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Committee slams plan panel for cutting Project Tiger outlay

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 21:16

Criticising the Planning Commission for taking "so lightly" its recommendation, a parliamentary committee has asked it to provide adequate funds for tiger conservation programme.

Street lighting changing insect ecosystems: Study

Last Updated: Friday, May 25, 2012, 10:34

Groups of invertebrates living near artificial lights include more predators and scavengers, a study has found.

A third of wildlife has vanished: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 19:30

The world`s wildlife has fallen by almost a third over the past 40 years, according to a new landmark research.

Biodiversity loss impacts ecosystems as much as climate change

Last Updated: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 12:30

Loss of biodiversity apparently impacts ecosystems as much as climate change, pollution and other major forms of environmental stress, according to a new study.

Extreme weather threatens rich ecosystems

Last Updated: Sunday, April 1, 2012, 22:49

Flora and fauna will become extinct at a rate 100-1,000 times higher than normal.

Global warming could be similar across ecosystems

Last Updated: Sunday, January 22, 2012, 14:19

The impact of global warming could be similar across ecosystems, regardless of local environmental conditions and species.

Seaweed can be an unlimited source of biofuel

Last Updated: Monday, July 4, 2011, 15:09

Seaweeds are capable of producing more biomass per square metre than fast growing terrestrial plants such as sugar cane.

ISRO prepares first national inventory of wetlands

Last Updated: Monday, June 20, 2011, 09:51

A detailed national inventory of wetlands has been prepared on the basis of satellite imagery by ISRO.

`Water management processes directly impacts our health`

Last Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011, 20:37

Changes to water systems affect the health and well-being of communities living within them.

UN seals historic treaty to protect ecosystem

Last Updated: Saturday, October 30, 2010, 12:10

193 countries agreed to protect 17% of land and 10% of oceans so that biodiversity there thrived.

UN seals treaty to protect threatened ecosystems

Last Updated: Friday, October 29, 2010, 23:49

Treaty to protect world`s forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems was sealed at UN summit.

Humans overloading ecosystems with nitrogen

Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 15:31

A new study reveals that humans are overloading ecosystems with nitrogen by burning fossil fuels.