The Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor is a 16-million-hectare transboundary Amazonian reserve between Brazil and Peru. It shelters the world’s largest population of isolated indigenous tribes but faces severe threats from logging, oil expansion, and highway infrastructure projects.
Click to View MoreStubble burning severely degrades air quality and soil health across Northern India. By adopting sustainable technologies, providing Minimum Support Price for paddy residue, and leveraging shared-economy machinery, the government aims to mitigate farm fires and enhance environmental conservation effectively.
Click to View MoreMarine oil spills cause catastrophic ecological degradation, severely destroying marine biodiversity, coastal habitats, and traditional livelihoods. Mitigating these disasters requires rapid mechanical recovery, advanced bioremediation, and strict institutional frameworks like the National Oil Disaster Contingency Plan to ensure effective shoreline protection.
Click to View MoreThe International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in New Delhi focused on conserving seven big cat species. India will host the first global summit in June 2026 to adopt the historic New Delhi Declaration
Click to View MoreIndia’s Extended Producer Responsibility framework enforces waste management for plastics, e-waste, and batteries. The Central Pollution Control Board launched a unified portal for compliance and certificate trading to enhance traceability, formalize recycling, and promote a robust circular economy in India.
Click to View MoreCanine Distemper Virus (CDV) is a highly contagious, fatal RNA virus threatening India's endangered tigers and lions. Transmitted primarily by feral dogs, prevention requires establishing immunization buffers of 70-80% to create herd immunity around tiger reserves.
Click to View MoreChanna stewartii, or the Assamese snakehead, is an endemic freshwater ornamental fish of Northeast India. Recently, ICAR-CIFRI achieved India's first hormone-free captive breeding of this species.
Click to View MoreEcocide involves severe, widespread, and long-term environmental destruction. Advocates are pushing to amend the Rome Statute to make it the fifth international crime. This eco-centric shift aims to deter rampant corporate and military ecological destruction.
Click to View MoreMicroplastics, plastic fragments under 5mm, severely pollute global ecosystems. Arising from synthetic textiles, tire wear, and degrading macroplastics, they threaten biodiversity and human health by transferring toxic chemicals through food webs, demanding urgent international mitigation efforts.
Click to View MoreA new UN report warns that 49% of migratory species protected under the CMS are declining and 24% face extinction. Major threats include overexploitation, habitat loss, and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), highlighting the urgent need for stronger global conservation cooperation.
Click to View MoreThe Climate TRACE 2025 report shows global emissions reached a record 60.63 BtCO₂e, mainly from fossil fuels and methane. Power-sector emissions slightly declined. India recorded the largest reduction among major economies, reflecting renewable expansion and partial decoupling of economic growth from power-sector emissions.
Click to View MoreNational Highways Authority of India launched the NH-GCI with National Remote Sensing Centre under Indian Space Research Organisation to track highway vegetation via satellites. The index enables targeted greening, improves sapling survival, creates carbon sinks, supports biodiversity, and helps India meet its Paris Agreement climate commitments.
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