Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in 6 yrs
Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in 6 yrs
Amazon deforestation falls to lowest level in 6 yrs
Deforestation must also end, with land use, deforestation and forest degradation contributing 11 percent of global emissions.
Thus, eating 20 per cent less meat may also halve the carbon emissions associated with beef, revealed the study published in Nature.
Mining activities result in deforestation, alter the community ecology of native wildlife and push populations to extinction or migration. This will increase the instances of human-wildlife conflict. These short term economic gains will ruin wildlife habitat as well as impose soil, water and air pollution. Such projects are being challenged by public interest litigators in the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The diamond mining project of Buxwaha forest, MP, will clear 364 hectares of forested land with the felling of 200,000 trees. This mine site has diamonds worth 34 million carats. This same forest land is home to tigers, leopards, foxes, bears and many other wild species. These forests are also home to indigenous tribes whose lives and livelihood revolve around the forests.
On Metro, it took him just about 20 minutes to reach Versova.
The Rs23,136 crore Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro project is partly funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
“These are hard times… Nature globally provides services worth around $125 trillion a year… we need more research, efforts from government, business and financial sectors, researchers and conservation communities to revive the planet,” said Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, WWF-India.
India has retained its position as one of the world’s largest beef exporters for four years now. It also continues…
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