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New study finds that minority of animals host majority of zoonotic viruses
After contracting COVID-19, a scientist in India delved into data on what mammal species pose the greatest risk for future pandemics.
Why frenzied tree planting is no answer to ecological restoration
Tree-planting drives often ignore the fact that the restoration of grasslands, deserts, savanna, or rainforests means planting the right species in the right places
What Does it Take to Save India’s Largest Lake?
The belief that a rising tide will lift all boats, says a fisherman-conservationist, who is part of a community setting up fish sanctuaries in Vembanad Lake
How Tech4Good Community is helping 600 NGOs scale through curated tools and solutions
The social change initiative – Tech4Good Community, incubated by The/Nudge Centre for Social Innovation, has built a unique platform OTTER that allows NGOs to access tools and mentorship for top tech firms.
How to save Banni grasslands from invasive species? Here’s what a new study suggests
A mosaic of restored grasslands and patches of Prosopis juliflora may be key to sustainability, Until other pieces of the puzzle are figured out
Jaltol: Addressing the capacity bottleneck in rural water security
Jaltol is an open source QGIS plugin tool that makes water budget estimation easy
INDIA'S STRAY DOGS ARE BEING LOCKED OUT BY A US BAN ON ADOPTIONS
The CDC says the ban is necessary to reduce the risk of rabies following a spate of falsified rabies vaccination certificates. But the move is a problem for charities across India like Kannan Animal Welfare (KAW), which often helps find overseas homes for India's stray dogs -- including Pihu.
India's commitments to increase tree and forest cover
To achieve India's goal on reducing greenhouse gas emission intensity, it plans to create carbon sinks of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents by increasing its forest and tree cover to 33% of its land area.
Not even 5% of India’s grasslands protected
Grasslands, scrub, and desert ecosystems make up 10% of the country’s total land area — or 319,674 sq km — but less than 5% of this habitat is under protection, a new study shows
With farm laws as inspiration, environment ministry takes an axe to the forest Act
Documents show that the ideas that serve as a basis for the drafting process have little to do with forest protection, focusing instead on ease of doing business. A sure-fire recipe for controversy.