Life Improving Guide
We choose Oil palm plantations instead of orangutans, quick bucks over later losses. Even as their limited habitats are destroyed, they cling precariously to life. From a once-mighty orange army of 300,000 their numbers have dwindled to 25,000…
Are we looking at the extinction of orangutans in the wild? Read More »
Drought-resistant ankole cattle are being displaced from African farms by the northern hemisphere’s holstein-friesian dairy cows, which produce much more milk.
We are close to witnessing another major drawback of introducing invasive species. This…
Are Indigenous livestock breeds in danger of extinction? Read More »
The Brazilian Foreign minister(FM)Celso Amorim recently suggested that UN should create a separate body to look over the environmental matters. Given the ever escalating number of environmental issues, it is critical that the UN create a separate..
Separate UN agency to look over environment, suggests Amorim Read More »
Burgeoning population is a roadblock not only to development, but also a burden on natural resources, heralding a pace of slow growth and fast exploitation of resources. Both, global warming and rising population are a drag that needs fixing, if man..
Global warming, rising population is straining soils Read More »
Much to the surprise and joy of conservationists, a freshwater dolphin that had been declared ‘extinct’ only days ago, has made an appearance in the Yangtze River! This is the Baiji Dolphin, also called the Chinese River Dolphin and affectionately…
‘Goddess of the Yangtze’ Makes an Appearance! Read More »
An increase in tourism, vehicles and a deadly frog fungus is being held responsible for landing a rare Japanese wildcat on the ‘critically endangered list’.
This change in status by the Japanese Environment Ministry is the latest indication of..
Iriomote Wildcat joins ‘Red List’ of Threatened Species Read More »
It may sound unbelievable but as per a report, the Great Wall of China might disappear in some twenty years from now. The report also confirms that the Great Wall is being reduced to ruins and dust, the reason being the great sandstorms. However, the…
Great Wall of China may disappear twenty years from now Read More »
A UN climate change meet has urged India and China to cut down on their carbon emissions because of being among the most vulnerable to global warming.
India and China, the two fastest developing economies are also the largest polluters of…
UN climate meet urges India & China to cut emissions Read More »
Mexican authorities have seized a large consignment of endangered turtle eggs. Nearly, 57,000 Olive Ridley turtle eggs were recovered from smugglers, near the Oaxacan beach in southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The eggs are very popular in this..
57,000 Olive Ridley turtle eggs seized by Mexican police Read More »
A new study published by the USDA has found that increasing carbon dioxide level in the air is fueling a global ‘shrub invasion’. Providing evidence to support this theory, the research has suggested that current environmental conditions are…
Encroaching Shrubs Linked to Rising CO2 Levels: Study Read More »