To stop extinctions, start with these 169 islands, new study finds
New research shows that culling invasive, non-native animals on just 169 islands around the world over roughly the next decade could help save almost 10 percent of island-dwelling animals at risk of
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Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 (Union Territory of Lakshadweep) dated 14/05/2019 regarding solid waste management and
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For over 60 years, our oceans have been a reservoir for exponentially increasing amounts of plastic waste. Plastic has been documented at all levels of the marine food web, from the deepest oceanic
View ArticleBirds like puffins dying at alarming numbers due to climate change in Alaska
Birds like puffins are dying in alarming numbers owing to climate change, suggests researchers. Tufted puffins breeding in the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska, feed on fish and marine invertebrates,
View ArticleSome reef islands resilient to climate change: Study
The Pacific's low-lying reef islands are likely to change shape in response to climate change, rather than simply sinking beneath rising seas and becoming uninhabitable as previously assumed, new research
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The September 2018, Mw 7.5 Sulawesi earthquake occurring on the Palu-Koro strike-slip fault system was followed by an unexpected localized tsunami.
View ArticleAmendment in ICRZ Notification, 2019
The notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change number S.O. 1242(E), dated the 8th March, 2019 [hereinafter referred to as the Island Coastal...
View ArticleJoint committee report on the impact of sea level rise on the islands and...
Report of the joint committee to study the impact of sea level rise on the islands and frame policy and measures to protect these islands dated October 10, 2023.The report was in compliance
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding dangers of sea level rise and...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item published in Newspaper The Hindu dated 19.03.2023 titled “India’s Sinking Island” dated 13/10/2023.The
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