ATREE News
A letter to fellow citizens of Earth ahead of Stockholm+50
In 1972, at the first UN Environment Stockholm Conference, 2,200 environmental scientists signed a letter – The Menton Message – addressed to their fellow neighbours, the then-3.5 billion citizens of planet Earth, warning of the “unprecedented common danger” facing mankind.
Restore nature to boost health and keep diseases in check
Humanity currently faces multiple, interlinked existential crises, The catastrophic consequences of climate change, ecological degradation, and biodiversity loss have cascading knock-on effects on human health and well-being, As the Covid-19 pandemic illustrates, ecosystem damage can contribute significantly to a global public-health emergency, But scientists are also increasingly finding that ecological restoration, by reversing the threats to soil, biodiversity, water, and other ecosystem services, can deliver major health benefits.
Grey water to make Bengaluru greener
Apartment complexes to send treated waste water to BBMP for use in parks, playgrounds, If all goes well, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will soon be using recycled wastewater for the upkeep of parks and playgrounds across the city.
Shoring up ecosystems good for your health
Humanity currently faces multiple interlinked existential crises, The catastrophic consequences of climate change, ecological degradation and biodiversity loss have cascading knock-on effects on human health and well-being. As the Covid-19 pandemic illustrates, ecosystem damage can contribute significantly to a global public health emergency. But scientists are also increasingly finding that ecological restoration, by reversing the threats to soil, biodiversity, water and other ecosystem services, can deliver major health benefits.
Vembanad Lake fish count indicates decline in backwater salinity: Study
While the two-day-long fish count has spotted 43 fin fishes and five shellfishes in Vembanad Lake, a vast majority of them belonged to the freshwater category.
Vembanad fish count records 48 species
The Vembanad fish count, 15th in a series of surveys, has been conducted in the southern (riverine), eastern and western parts of the lake under the aegis of the Community Environment Resource Centre (CERC), a field academic unit of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE).
In a first, Chhattisgarh recognises CFR rights of village inside national park
The CFR rights of Gudiyapadar hamlet, which comprises of 403 hectares of forest area and consists of four reserved forest compartments inside the Kanger Ghati National Park, was recognised on Wednesday.
Researchers warn about perils of mass drives to plant trees
Experts point out that if tree-planting initiatives are not scientifically sound, it may even lead to a reduction in the water table, The approach should rather be based on restoring the local ecosystem
Scientifically unsound mass plantation drives might be perilous to the environment, researchers say
Researchers from Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) have said that the mass plantation drives every year taken up by government bodies, NGOs, and CSR groups are well-meaning but misled. Researchers have said that the unscientific and careless mass plantation drives annually might in fact prove to be dangerous for the environment.
India’s missing wolves
Diseases such as canine distemper virus is one of the many problems that this enigmatic predator of the Indian savannas faces. A new study estimates that there may be as few as 3,100 wolves in India. This puts them in the same category of endangerment as tigers. Habitat loss is a primary threat to this species. No wildlife sanctuary is dedicated to the preservation of the Indian wolf, and a recent study shows that less than 5% of open natural ecosystems in the country are protected. The wolf, unlike the tiger, is not a creature of forests.