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Deccan Herald , Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
Climate change training
Biodiversity and Climate Change Division, Directorate of Research, India Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun, is organising a training programme on Climate C ...More
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Koala diplomacy |
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The Indian Express , Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
For summit watchers who feverishly analyse photo ops and body-language cues for clues about world leaders, this season of global summitry is something of a gift. At the Apec meeting in Beijing, Japane ...More
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Sunny side up, the fury of Gaia |
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Business Standard , Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
From December 1 to 12, environmentalists, journalists and representatives of countries from all over the world will meet in Lima, Peru, to negotiate what they can or are willing to do to prevent the u ...More
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'US-India working closely to deepen cooperation' |
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Business Standard , Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
The United States and India are working actively to implement President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mutual commitment to strengthen and deepen cooperation in every sector for the b ...More
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Spread of airborne viruses increases fever cases in city |
R Gokul |
The Times of India. , Thursday, November 20, 2014 |
TRICHY: For the past two weeks, a large number of people were down with viral fever in the city. Doctors attributed the spread of airborne viruses to the increase in number of fever cases.
Accordi ...More
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Western Ghats face major conservation concerns: IUCN |
K. S. Sudhi |
The Hindu , Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
World Heritage Sites such as the Western Ghats, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Kaziranga National Park and Sundarbans are facing significant conservation concerns, according to an International Union for C ...More
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India tight-lipped on the issue of hydrofluorocarbons |
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Business Standard , Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
India did not clearly spell out its position on the issue of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) during a key UN conference here as nations debated whether to set up a contact group for discussing the proposed ...More
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World parks congress ends, urges more ocean protection |
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The Economic Times , Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
SYDNEY: A once-in-a-decade global forum on parks closed in Sydney on Wednesday calling for an urgent increase in ocean protection and stressing the economic benefits of natural sanctuaries.
The Wo ...More
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A ROAD RUNS THROUGH IT |
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Calcutta Telegraph , Wednesday, November 19, 2014 |
The environment ministry is proposing to make changes to the law so that development projects can be pushed through quickly. But will forest dwellers be short-changed in the process? Sonia Sarkar find ...More
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Climate agreement to have big impact on China: US |
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The Economic Times , Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
WASHINGTON: China must make significant investments now to meet the targets of last week's agreement with the United States on greenhouse gas emissions, a senior US official said today, predicting a b ...More
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‘Set up wildlife crime control units in each state’ |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Tuesday, November 18, 2014 |
Nagpur: Wildlife crime, especially illegal trade of animal parts, has become highly organized with transborder ramifications. To tackle this, the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), a multidisciplin ...More
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