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The Global Sand Dilemma: UNEP Warns Over-Extraction is Driving River Degradation and Aquifer DepletionHighlighting an overlooked ecological crisis in global material supply chains, the United Nations Environment Programm...
Scientists from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (ICAR-NBFGR) have discovered a new freshwater fish species, Labeo kaage, in the Cauvery River basin of Karnataka. It...
Global Conservation Network Scales Up: Civil Society and Indigenous Groups Inducted into AllianceThe International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially approved the induction of 48 new member organizati...
World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is observed twice a year, on 9 May and 10 October, to promote the conservation of migratory birds. The observance encourages ordinary people to take part through community science, such as...
Salween River: A Toxic Threat to Asia’s Last Great Free-Flowing RiverThe Salween River (known as the Nu River in China) is currently facing a catastrophic environmental crisis due to arsenic contamination far exceeding s...
Researchers have discovered a new species of 'fanged frog', named Limnonectes motijheel, in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve located in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Fanged frogs of the genus Limnonectes are known f...
Dolphin Friends Initiative: Safeguarding the Ganges River DolphinThe Forest Department in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has launched the 'Dolphin Friends' volunteer network in April 2026. This initiative is a dedicated commu...
Sanderling: A Marathon Migration from South Australia In a significant observation for avian research, a Sanderling (Calidris alba) was recently spotted on Narcondam Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, i...
CMS COP15 Brazil: New Shield for the Endangered Steppe Eagle The Global Action Plan for the Steppe Eagle (2026–2035) was formally adopted at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS...
Bhavasagara: India’s Scientific Hub for Deep-Sea BiodiversityThe Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has officially designated the “Bhavasagara” Referral Centre at the Centre for Marine Living Res...
India has submitted its First National Report (NR1) on implementing the Nagoya Protocol to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.It covers India's Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) work from 2017 to 20...
Two days were observed on 21 March:International Colour Day: Celebrated every year around the world to recognise the importance of colours in art, science and everyday life.World Day for Glaciers: Observed to draw attent...
