Adnan Faisal, back from Jaipur
Category: Biodiversity
Bangladesh taking ahead REDD+: Hasan Mahmud
Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Bangladesh has taken a major move to take the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) agenda ahead.
Protecting from climate change using biotech
Greenwatch Report
US support for managing wetlands, forests
A new ‘USAID Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) program’ was formally launched Wednesday seeking to expand and strengthen USAID’s support for co-management in up to 25 of Bangladesh’s 35 protected wetlands and forests.
12pc people still not getting safe water: DPHE
The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) officials on Thursday said about 12 percent of the country’s population are still living beyond the coverage of safe drinking water.
Unidentified life under ice!
Russian scientists believe they have discovered new life forms sealed off for millions of years in a subglacial lake deep under the Antarctic ice, the RIA news agency reported on Thursday.
Cropland expansion blamed for biodiversity loss
[JAKARTA] Rapid cropland expansion is the main cause of biodiversity loss in tropical countries, a study by UNEP’s (the UN Environment Programme) World Conservation Monitoring Centre and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has found.
‘Bribed judge disgraces Ecuadorian’
A former Ecuadorean judge has claimed that after stepping down from the bench, he illegally ghostwrote a judgment in which Chevron was ordered to pay $18.2 billion (11.5 billion pounds) for polluting the rain forest, and that the plaintiffs paid…
Biodiversity loss, disease cut incomes
Luís Amorim, Science and Development Network via ENN Tropical countries’ per capita incomes could more than double if they managed to reduce their health burden from vector-borne and parasitic diseases (VBPDs) to that seen in temperate countries, a study has…
Desertification solution? Olive trees
The planting of ten of thousands of olive trees in arid areas in Israel have proved highly beneficial, according to a study which said the trees provide shade for animals, purge the air and even produce excellent olive oil.
Tree height, leaf size have internal physics
From: Allison Winter, ENN The tallest trees in the world can grow up to 100 meters (think of a tree climbing the length of three football fields!) but if a tree has all the necessary sunlight, water, and space what…
Stunning mangrove losses in BD, India
Coastal development and climate change are eating away at the Sundarbans, the largest block of mangroves in the world, stretched along the coast of India and Bangladesh.
World’s oldest living olive trees are Lebanese
Tucked away in the sleepy village of Bechealeh, Lebanon, 16 olive trees have witnessed 6000 years of political unrest, plagues, diseases, varying climatic conditions and changing civilizations. In fact these “trees of Noah” are considered by locals to be a…
Big, old trees decline impacts forest ecosystems
Big, old trees are in decline throughout the world, which spells trouble for the forests in which they play such an important role, a new study finds.