Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA

Environment

Source : www.livemint.com Date : 2018-11-19 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA Earlier this year, when French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beijing, he looked at the clear blue skies above and exclaimed: “I’ve never seen Beijing like this!” Macron was not off the mark. Ten years ago,…

Jumbo care! India gets its first dedicated elephant hospital

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-18 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Degradation – Wildlife related issues Novel initiative:The hospital has facilities for thermal imaging, ultrasonography, hydrotherapy and quarantine. India’s elephants now have their first dedicated hospital near the Taj Mahal, complete with wireless digital X-Ray, laser treatment and dental X-ray facilities. The ‘jumbo’…

Microplastics – A Scourge Stalks The Sea

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-18 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste Sometime in 2009, Bindu Sulochanan, a marine ecologist at Mangalore’s Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), was dissecting sardines in her laboratory. Scientists at the CMFRI have been doing this for decades, to study…