Tag: Biodiversity
Biodiversity & afforestation initiatives in the Western Ghats of India
Over the past 40 years, Tata Power has planted saplings of fast growing tree species, native to the Western Ghats on hill slopes of the lake catchments.....
Tata Housing & WWF-India renew partnership for biodiversity conservation
Focusing on community-based conservation initiatives, the second phase of the project, based primarily in Sikkim, will support initiatives in red panda and snow leopard conservation....
Rs 118 crore spent on farm mechanization in last two years
In order to boost the agriculture production in the country, Indian government has increased its spending on introduction of latest machines in the agricultural practices.......
Experts pledge to conserve agrobiodiversity at the biggest international convention
The 1st International Agrobiodiversity Congress that concluded at New Delhi on November 9th, witnessed the extensive deliberations....
Declining biodiversity: Wildlife populations could drop two-thirds by 2020
The WWF’s Living Planet Report 2016 states that world needs to re-think production systems and consumption patterns as top threats to species......
India to host BRICS Environment Ministers at Goa
Union Environment Minister, Mr Anil Madhav Dave is currently taking the review of the preparations that are underway at Goa to host the high profile event....
Series of workshops by DBT on access to biological resources
Being held across India, these awareness workshops aim to bring a better clarity on the issues pertaining...
Lok Sabha okays Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016
The Bill seeks to establish a Regional Centre for Biotechnology, an institution of education, training...