Cop24: Nations Agree On Global Climate Pact Rules

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-16 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA COP24 President Michal Kurtyka reacts during the final session of the UN Climate Change conference 2018 in Katowice on December 15, 2018.   | Photo Credit: Reuters Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to…

The Plastic Question Is Hard To Crack

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Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-15 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA Bryony Drought was frozen in the fruit section. To her left on a recent shopping trip, the 26-year-old London school teacher saw “normal” bananas, grown using pesticides and chemical fertilizer. On the right were organic bananas…

A Rare Blitz For Trees

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Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-12 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA Blitzes are swift, vigorous attacks and usually part of military parley. But there was nothing military about citizens as they looked up at trees across India on December 1 and 2: they were on a ‘bio…

Sc Directs Centre To Declare 10 Km Area Around National Parks As Eco-Sensitive

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Source : www.thehindu.com  Date : 2018-12-12 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA The Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam.Ritu Raj Konwar The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union Environment Ministry to declare 10 km area around 21 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country as ‘eco-sensitive zones’.…