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| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:21:07 GMT |
| Our wildlife reserves, crafted more by circumstance than design, look like islands on a map. Bigger species like elephants seek ways of moving between them. Smaller species like jackals and mongooses live on the edges of villages & towns. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:29:54 GMT |
| The MoEF has pitched for an amendment of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1976, that will ensure that the rights of forest dwellers and tribals are denied in the existing 661 national parks and sanctuaries. |
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| Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:03:03 GMT |
 Moscow sweltered on Monday through its hottest day since records began 130 years ago, as temperatures hit 37.4 degrees Celsius (99.3 degrees Farenheit) sparking peat fires that blanketed the city in smog. |
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| Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:26:24 GMT |
| Around 1,500 sq km (579 sq miles) of the Amazon forest is lost each year due to deforestation and environmental degradation in Peru. |
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| Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:01:50 GMT |
 The world is on course for the hottest year since records began in 1880 after record-breaking temperatures in four of the first six months of the year, according to meteorologists. |
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| Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:36:19 GMT |
| Environmental groups said on Monday global warming was to blame for Russia's worst drought in decades and expressed hope this would persuade Russia to cut its carbon emissions, among the world's highest. |
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| Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:38:25 GMT |
| The first six months of 2010 brought a string of warmest-ever global temperatures, but connecting these dots to long-term climate change patterns remains frustratingly difficult, experts say. |
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| Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:22:05 GMT |
 Farmers whose crops are raided by wild animals like elephants should try driving them away with pepper spray, using guard donkeys or booby trapping food with snakes, the UN said on Monday. |
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| Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:34:09 GMT |
| Injecting aerosols in the upper atmosphere is believed to be a method that can quickly counter global warming. However, this is not the case, new research reveals. |
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| Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:34:40 GMT |
| The environment ministry on Monday rejected a proposal for diverting forest land for constructing a hydroelectric project in Uttrakhand's Pithoragarh district, saying it will effect the "highly ecological sensitive wildlife habitat". |
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| Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:51:47 GMT |
| WWF and the Madhya Pradesh forest department have embarked on a unique initiative to gentrify the ‘criminal’ Pardhi tribe and stop large-scale tiger poaching |
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| Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:58:51 GMT |
| When British climbing legend George Mallory took his iconic 1921 photo of Mount Everest's north face, the mighty, river-shaped glacier snaking under his feet seemed eternal. |
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| Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:31:38 GMT |
| The Union environment and forests ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the proposed projects until the National Ganga River Basin Authority conducts a cumulative impact assessment study of all proposed dams. |
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| Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:00:14 GMT |
 Fund basic tech research to tackle climate challenge |
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| Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:26:07 GMT |
| For the first time, scientists claim to have made a genetic map of how a plant and a fungus live in a symbiotic relationship - and also found how fragile this relationship is. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:30:11 GMT |
| A new study has found that the quickest, best way to slow the rapid melting of Arctic sea ice is to reduce soot emissions from the burning of fossil fuel, wood and dung. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:10 GMT |
| The escaped Bengal tiger who captured headlines across South Africa has been found and returned home after a 2-day search, hungry and worse for the wear after a jump from the back of a moving truck, the tiger's owners said Thursday. |
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| Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:08:31 GMT |
| A delegation of senior business leaders from the UK met their Indian counterparts of the UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group during the British Prime Minister David Cameron’s recent visit to India. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:36:28 GMT |
| Nepal and India inked a key pact to curb illegal trade in animal parts and other conservation initiatives to boost wildlife in the two neighbouring states. |
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| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:39:50 GMT |
| A new oil spill is sullying US waters in the northern state of Michigan after a pipeline leak sent more than a million gallons of crude into a river tributary, officials said Wednesday. |
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com |
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