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Sikkim: NGT adjourns environmental conservation case, next hearing set for July 12
The National Green Tribunal’s Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata, convened a hearing for Original Application No.38/2022/EZ (I.A. No.131/2022/EZ), featuring Dr. Bina Basnett versus the State of Sikkim & Ors. Presided over by Justice B. Amit Sthalekar and Arun Kumar Verma, the case seeks to address pressing environmental issues in the region. Representatives from both sides, led…
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Woodland Wednesdays program to spotlight conservation climate smart practices
The next Woodland Wednesdays program will take place online at 6 p.m. May 29 and will offer conservation climate smart practices in forestland and timber stand improvement for wildlife management. Attendees can learn about new climate smart programs as well as improvements to their forested land for wildlife with the United States Department of Agriculture’s …
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Draft Saving our Species conservation strategies: public consultation
Saving our Species delivers the Biodiversity Conservation Program under the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016. Saving our Species conservation strategies are developed for threatened species and ecological communities, as well as many key threatening processes. The strategies are used to inform threatened species management in New South Wales. Part 9 of the Act outlines provisions for…
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Gram sabhas play huge role in environment conservation, says Medha Patkar
Thane, May 5 (PTI) Social activist Medha Patkar has said gram sabhas play a huge role in environment conservation and asserted forest, water and land can only be preserved through decentralized development planning. Speaking at a felicitation event here on Saturday, she also said urgent action was needed to conserve the environment since the results…
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Rwenzori schools in environmental conservation drive
______________ Weather-related disasters as a result of climate change are continuously plaguing the East African region following the torrential rains, which are leaving unredeemable damage in their wake. For instance, last week, seven people in the districts of Bunyangabu and Kasese lost their lives, multimillion properties destroyed and hundreds of people displaced to camps. The displacement…
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Wildlife officials move ahead with plan to release conservation land for highway
Florida wildlife officials moved ahead this week with plans to swap 60 acres of conservation lands to make way for a new toll road through Split Oak Forest in Osceola County, in exchange for putting 25 times that acreage into conservation. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners voted 6-1 Wednesday in favor of an agreement…
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Nominate your environmental champion for a conservation award
You can nominate an environmental champion for the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority’s 42nd annual Conservation Awards. Last year, the efforts of 19 outstanding individuals and groups across the Lake Simcoe watershed were recognized for tree planting, stormwater management, habitat restoration, community events and initiatives enhancing private properties to protect our waterways. “We are continually inspired…
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Water conservation and maintaining rich vegetation urged amid South Texas drought
WESLACO, Texas (Border Report) — During a hike around Estero Llano Grande State Park, water and agriculture experts pointed out best practices for planting vegetation to help conserve waterways, and actually clean the environment. “Wood is good,” Ricky Linex, a retired wildlife biologist from the Natural Resource Conservation Service, told about 50 participants who gathered…
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Seven conservation pioneers who are ‘saving the world’
How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots conservationists, who’ve won an award – and funding – for saving imperiled species If you’ve ever doubted how much difference one person can make – particularly at a time when environmental challenges seem so overwhelming – then take heart from the winners of this…
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Cooper sets $148M aside for environment in FY 25 budget
A road leading to a private residence in Sea Level in Down East Carteret County is flooded in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Idalia in 2023. Photo: Dylan Ray Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed around $150 million to go toward conservation and resiliency, with $20 million of that for grants to improve draining and reduce…
