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In focussing on building carbon stocks in plantations, the proposed amendments to The Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, weaken the very purpose of the legislation, which is to protect and conserve India's forests.
In this interview, Devy, also known as the ‘Canopy Lady of India’, explains what is canopy studies and its challenges in our country.
The villagers have spotted a tiger in the surrounding areas of Madenahalli, Kanenuru and JP Hundi villages.
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Carbon sinks are places and/or products that sequester and store carbon as organic or inorganic compounds for different periods of time. Essentially, anything that absorbs more carbon than it emits into the atmosphere through natural or artificial processes can be considered a carbon sink. In the pre-industrial era, carbon emitted into the atmosphere was usually […]
Compared to other carnivores, the leopard has been able to survive better in an increasingly human-dominated landscape. Jan 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm A 60% rise in India’s leopard population has been recorded in 2018, compared to 2014, but there is one area in the country, the northeastern landscape, where its population is facing “major threat” due to land-use changes triggered by agriculture, tea gardens and linear infrastructure projects. According to the Indian government’s Status of Leopard in India, 2018 report published on December 21, the northeastern landscape has 141 leopa...