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Your Environment This Week: Leopard Cats, River Interlinking, Natural dyes
This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the latest high quality, original video stories from nature’s frontline in India. To receive a weekly email roundup of stories, please sign-up for our newsletter. As Ken-Betwa project barrels ahead, new research finds river interlinking could worsen drought…
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Alwaleed Philanthropies joins forces with the World Scout Movement to promote forest conservation and environmental sustainability
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct 29, 2023– As part of the World Scouting annual JOTA-JOTI (Jamboree-on-the-Air-Jamboree-on-the-Internet), the world’s largest online Scout event which connects Scouts from over 170 countries over 3 days from 20-22 October, Alwaleed Philanthropies, chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud, hosted an event in partnership with the World Scout Movement…
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Russian delegation stymies creation of Antarctic conservation area
A major international conference on the Antarctic marine environment has failed to agree on new conservation areas despite hearing evidence the southern continent is facing a range of crises, including historically low sea ice levels, plummeting wildlife numbers and the first cases of bird flu. Longstanding proposals to create nearly 4m sq km of marine…
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Environment conservation efforts highlighted at Kuwaiti pavilion
Expo 2023 Doha Commissioner-General, HE Ambassador Bader bin Omar al-Dafa, asserted that the expo represents a global and pivotal platform where countries converge to discuss their innovations and cooperate among them to address the pressing global challenges.During a tour to the Kuwaiti pavilion at the expo with Secretary-General of the Bureau International des Expositions Dimitri…
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Indigenous Lands Play a Key Part in Environmental Conservation
Global biodiversity hotspots, encompassing a mere 2.4% of the Earth’s land, have seen over 80% of armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000, with some of these conflicts persisting today. Armed conflicts in these vital ecosystems, driven by various factors, have led to substantial biodiversity losses and threatened the indigenous ways of life. A recent study…
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NMDC flags off Mobile Environment Lab for Chhattisgarh
India’s largest iron ore producer NMDC flagged off a Mobile Environment Lab, meant for Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB), from its head office in Hyderabad on October 27. A first-of-its-kind, according to NMDC, the lab will enable real time monitoring of ambient air quality in the industrial clusters of Chhattisgarh. With a Continuous Ambient Air…
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Environmental Commission and Commission on the Status of Women vacancies
BLOOMINGTON – The City of Bloomington Office of the City Clerk is accepting applications to fill vacantpositions on the Environmental Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women. Established in 1971 by municipal ordinance, the Bloomington Environmental Commission (EC), formerly known as the Environmental Quality and Conservations Commission, is a voluntary advisory body composed…
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Wet weather and a conservation deal ease some short-term pressure on Colorado River managers
A wet winter and a temporary water conservation agreement have lifted some weight off the shoulders of Colorado River policymakers. That shift is reflected in a new draft management plan from the Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency which operates major dams and reservoirs across the West. The draft document, called a “Supplemental Environmental Impact…
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$14 Million Awarded to Improve Air Quality and Reduce Emissions in Under-Resourced School Districts
Three Major Clean Heating and Cooling Projects to Serve Eleven Districts in Disadvantaged Communities through “Clean Green Schools” Initiative October 27, 2023 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced over $14 million in awards for 11 under-resourced public-school districts to decarbonize their buildings through the Clean Green Schools initiative. The projects will lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce…
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Longtime Conservation Advocate Chris Robinson Honored as a Champion for Nature
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) honored Chris Robinson of Utah earlier this month with its Nature’s Advocate Award. The award is given annually to several state- and country-level TNC trustees who are champions for government policies that will help address climate change and conservation challenges. TNC is a global conservation organization dedicated to conserving the lands…
