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CBD COP17: New guide aims to put animal welfare at heart of biodiversity, health policies

India, Oct. 22 -- A new policy guide launched at COP17 in Armenia aims to help governments integrate animal welfare into biodiversity conservation and public health policies. Animals for Biodiversity... Read More


How £2 a day is helping Indigenous communities protect Peru's Amazon rainforest

India, Oct. 21 -- An unconditional basic income of nearly £2 a day was linked to improved food security, living standards and forest conservation among Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amaz... Read More


Wild animals, free-ranging dogs and cats could face painful laboratory experiments under proposed rules, PETA warns

India, Oct. 19 -- PETA India warns that proposed animal experimentation rules could subject wild animals, free-ranging dogs, and cats to severe suffering. These will include electric shocks and induc... Read More


Two female leopards sterilised in India's first such initiative

India, Oct. 18 -- In a first, the Junnar forest division in Pune district of Maharashtra has launched a scientific study to control leopard fertility through immunocontraception-a non-lethal method of... Read More


Global deforestation falls 15 per cent, but world remains off track to meet 2030 forest goals: Report

India, Oct. 16 -- Global deforestation declined by 15% in 2025 to seven million hectares, but the world remains off track to meet its goal of halting deforestation by 2030, according to the Forest Dec... Read More


Writing on the wall: Gadchiroli's transformation comes at a cost

India, Oct. 15 -- Maharashtra is on a spree to sign memoranda of understanding with companies to invest in Gadchiroli. The easternmost district of the state borders Chhattisgarh and Telangana, and ear... Read More


Africa and Latin America hold two-thirds of global biodiversity but account for just 14% of related exports: UNCTAD

India, Oct. 15 -- Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, home to nearly two-thirds of global biodiversity, accounted for just 3% and 11%, respectively, of global biodiversity-based product export... Read More


Toxic chromium found at 1,000 times drinking water limit in Nashik; 109 residents diagnosed with skin ailments

India, Oct. 14 -- At least 109 residents of Dattanagar in Maharashtra's Nashik have been diagnosed with skin conditions and allergies after authorities screened 248 people amid concerns over toxic gro... Read More


Weekly water cuts, borewell ban: Maharashtra tightens restrictions amid drought

India, Oct. 13 -- Nearly 75% of Maharashtra's talukas have been declared drought-affected, prompting authorities to introduce water restrictions across several districts. Pune will suspend water supp... Read More


Slaty Egret's behaviour shift signals how ecosystems are changing

India, Oct. 8 -- The behavioural shifts of the Slaty Egret (Egretta vinaceigula), a small, shy water bird mainly found in Botswana's Okavango Delta, are an important instance of changes in natural eco... Read More