Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 21:03
India is hopeful of a consensus on resource mobilization for bio-diversity conservation at the ongoing UN meet but is not expecting huge monetary commitments by participating countries.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 17, 2012, 15:33
Observing that environmental degradation holds back growth, a top official of the World Bank on Wednesday said that conservation of biological diversity is essential for poverty eradication.
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 14:19
The discussions in the `contact group` formed at the ongoing UN convention on biodiversity to try and arrive on the same page over the issue of resource mobilisation for biological diversity have come to an end.
Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 19:54
Hyderabad has joined a group of 14 international cities to come out with the CBI and is ranked somewhere in the middle of the cities that already have such an index.
Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 18:24
The historic city has scored 36 of a possible 92 points in the City Biodiversity Index (CBI), also known as the Singapore Index on Cities` Biodiversity.
Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 17:13
Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the ministerial session at the UN conference on biodiversity here, which will have heads of states from various countries working to chart out a roadmap on biodiversity.
Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 14:54
Can the impact of global warming be lessened by deploying sun-shields in space and by injecting sulphates in the upper atmosphere to reduce the amount of solar energy reaching the earth?
Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 23:20
Most governments in the world have no or very inadequate legal and policy mechanisms to respect indigenous peoples and local communities.
Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 15:14
A large number of animals are believed to have perished due to the recent floods in Kaziranga and some poached when they tried to escape.
Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 20:05
With sand mining playing havoc with India`s coastal biodiversity, environmentalists have called for developing alternatives.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 20:58
India Thursday suggested 10 percent increase in Official Development Assistance (ODA) for biodiversity conservation over the next 10 years to help the global community achieve biodiversity targets.
Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 20:52
A group of community-based organisations from across the world have showed that biodiversity and business can go hand-in-hand for the benefit of the people.
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