S. Africa expands marine protection areas
South Africa has expanded its marine protection areas (MPAs) to provide protection to 90 percent of marine habitat types, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) said on Tuesday. The move, which
Biodiversity Conservation
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Benthic communities of mesophotic coral ecosystem off Puducherry, east coast of India
<p>The shallow coral reef ecosystems along the Indian coast are being threatened by anthropogenic global ocean warming and increased frequency of coral bleaching in the recent past. Identification and
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Global linkages: a graphic look at the changing Arctic
Sharp and potentially devastating temperature rises of 3C to 5C in the Arctic are now inevitable even if the world succeeds in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement, research
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Comprehensiveness of conservation of useful wild plants: An operational indicator for biodiversity and sustainable development targets
<p>Plants are essential sources of food, medicine, shelter, fuel, feed, and forage, and provide a wide range of additional ecosystem and cultural services to humanity.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/useful_wild_plants.pdf"
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Mitigating biodiversity impacts of new sports venues
Wherever a new sports venue is built, or the refurbishment of an existing venue is undertaken, it is likely that biodiversity will be affected by that development, although the significance of impacts
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Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity: impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other approaches
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used
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Malawi: African Parks Restore Giraffe Population in Majete
Blantyre — African Parks a non-profit conservation organization has translocated nine Giraffe from South Africa to Majete Wildlife Reserve in Chikwawa. With the translocation, the population of Giraffes
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State of Mediterranean forests 2018
The Mediterranean forest area has increased by two percent between 2010 and 2015, resulting in a rise of 1.8 million hectares - about the size of Slovenia, says a new FAO-Plan Bleu report - The State of
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Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach
Determining whether species have gone extinct requires considering the timing and reliability of records, the timing and adequacy of surveys, and the timing, extent and intensity of threats. However, previous
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Sustainable use of biodiversity in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) and its contribution to effective area-based conservation
In this volume, seek to highlight how the sustainable use of biodiversity as practiced in well-managed SEPLS can contribute to effective area-based conservation of biodiversity. The concept of SEPLS includes
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Nirmal' Ganga: Govt plans to finish 200 projects for ghats by March 2019, says Gadkari
NEW DELHI: In a bid to actualise the dream of a "nirmal" and "aviral" Ganga, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Sunday the government is looking to complete about 200 projects for ghats and crematoria by