On 02 February 2020. Celebrated every year on 2 February, World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the same day in 1971. #WetlandBiodiversityMatters “Wetlands and Biodiversity” is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2020. This day is considered as an opportunityContinueContinue reading “India’s Unique Water Purification Wetland Could Soon Become Extinct”
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International Mountain Day observed by indigenous students
By IUCN CEM member on 12 December 2019. International Mountain Day was observed by the students of Government Tribal Residential School at Manalodai in Kanyakumari forest at the foothills of the Western Ghats at Tamil Nadu, India on December 11, 2019. Addressing the students Mr S. Davidson Sargunam, the environmental educator and IUCN CEM memberContinueContinue reading “International Mountain Day observed by indigenous students”
How are dry forests of Bengal? A recent health check-up reveals interesting events
By Bindia Gupta on 01 December 2019. According to Murphy and Lugo, tropical dry forests, though less species-rich than rainforests are most exploited by locals for both living and livelihood. As trees form the skeleton of a forest ecosystem, I intended to know about the current status of tree diversity and regeneration in dry deciduousContinueContinue reading “How are dry forests of Bengal? A recent health check-up reveals interesting events”
National Workshop on the Awareness of Marine Plastic Debris in Indian Seas (Pollution and Solution)
We are turning our beautiful Ocean into a plastic soup. About 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the sea every year, and at this rate, we face a future with more plastic in the Ocean than fish by 2050. Our plastic addiction and waste mismanagement are condemning countless marine birds and animals to death byContinueContinue reading “National Workshop on the Awareness of Marine Plastic Debris in Indian Seas (Pollution and Solution)”
IUCN CEM SA congratulates Sheikh Adil EDRISI for awarded the prestigious Green Talents Award
By IUCN CEM SA on 14 October 2019. Every year, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) hosts the prestigious “Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas. Sheikh Adil Edrisi We are extremely proud that this year one of theContinueContinue reading “IUCN CEM SA congratulates Sheikh Adil EDRISI for awarded the prestigious Green Talents Award”
Finding the way out to human-wildlife conflicts
By Samir Kumar Sinha on 13 October 2019. Human-wildlife conflict is not a new problem. Conflicts due to elephants in Asia dates back to 300 BC, and crops and human life were protected from wildlife even in ancient civilisations. Conflict is present both in urban and rural areas. Monkeys create problem in urban settlements, whileContinueContinue reading “Finding the way out to human-wildlife conflicts”