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Indian report shows steady increase in forest cover

18 Jan 2022

Last week, the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021. The report showed a continuing increase in forest cover across...

Action Plan Cheetah finally underway

11 Jan 2022

Indian Environment Minister Bhupendra Singh has announced that the Environment Ministry will introduce 50 cheetahs into Indian forests over the next five years, 70 years after they went extinct. He...

Environmental progress under review

04 Jan 2022

The Indian Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has said that the Protected Area coverage in the country has increased from 4.90 per cent in 2014 to 5.03 per...

Climate smart farming in India

28 Dec 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) defines climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as an approach that helps guide actions to transform agri-food systems towards green and climate resilient practices. CSA supports reaching...

Healthy indoor environment highlighted

21 Dec 2021

A recent study by the Green Building Certification Inc. (GBCI) India and Saint-Gobain Research India evaluated the health performance of office buildings in India. The ‘Healthy Workplaces for Healthier People’...

India’s plastic waste generation doubled in 5 years

14 Dec 2021

Responding to a query raised in the Lower House of Parliament, Indian Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Choubey said that India’s plastic waste generation has more than doubled in...

India, EU to boost clean energy and climate alliance

07 Dec 2021

During discussions at the EU-India Energy Panel meet last week, India and the EU have agreed on a detailed work programme until 2023 to implement the 2016 EU-India Clean Energy...

Seeking out solar energy solutions

30 Nov 2021

Remote villages in Assam are experimenting with floating solar plants for providing electricity. With over 280 days of sunshine, Uttarakhand has significant potential for solar power, a comparatively cleaner form...

Natural disaster loss costs India nearly $87 billion

23 Nov 2021

A recent report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said that India lost $87 billion last year due to disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts. The United Nations...

India ranks 10th on Climate Performance Index

16 Nov 2021

India maintained its 10th rank like last year and continued to be among the top-performing countries within the Group of 20 in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2022 report....

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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