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Union minister Bhupendra Yadav said developing countries bear most of the burden of implementing biodiversity conservation targets and so need adequate funds.

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India has sought more public finance to protect its biodiversity and strongly opposed proposals to reduce subsidies on fertilisers and pesticides for the sake of biodiversity, asserting that the livelihood of hundreds of millions of farmers in the developing world depend on farming.

India has sought more public finance to protect its biodiversity and strongly opposed proposals to reduce subsidies on fertilizers and pesticides for the sake of biodiversity. “Our agriculture … is the source of life, livelihoods and culture for hundreds of millions. Such essential support to vulnerable sections cannot be called subsidies and targeted for elimination,” Union

Proposal sent to Union environment ministry as it will uproot over 4.5 lakh trees at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary; reservoir to add 440 MLD water to city

During a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the issue of global warming on Thursday, BJP’s Surendra Singh Nagar hit out at the ‘double speak’ of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying it once used to grudge Punjab farmers for stubble burning and consequently contributing majorly to air p

All eight cheetahs brought from Namibia to a Madhya Pradesh national park are adapting well to their new surrounding, informed the Union Environment Minister on Sunday.

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Saturday said stubble-burning could be reduced in Punjab this year because the Centre got bio-decomposer sprayed in the agrarian state under corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Union Environment MinisterNew Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI)

Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill allows for the transfer of elephants for ‘religious and other purposes’