The changing of these locations into green cover improves biodiversity. Image: IE Chennai plans to introduce more urban forests to increase biodiversity and green cover in the city. For this, the Greater Chennai Corporation has decided to set up 1000 more urban forests. They are trying to utilise open spaces and reserve lands that will … Read more
Experts are of belief that Mumbai has a lot of biodiversity that remains unnoticed and undocumented. In order to perverse biodiversity in the city, Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given a go-ahead for setting up the first Biodiversity Management Committee. As the proposal was cleared, a 23-member committee will be formed which will be … Read more
This graph can tell you a lot about your future. Each bar shows how many new infectious diseases emerged in a year. In 1944, there was one. In ’48, three. We have no immunity to new pathogens. Each disease on this list posed a new pandemic threat. It was around 1960 when the number began … Read more
Mumbai: Destruction of mangroves and unplanned constructions are responsible for flooding in Mumbai every year after heavy rains, say environment activists and town planners. Mangroves absorb excess water but they are being destroyed in Mumbai in the guise of infrastructure development, city-based environmentalist Debi Goenka told . “Destruction of mangroves has definitely been one of … Read more
Even if the value of some provisioning ecosystem service, like logwood and fish, are embedded in measures of GDP, more important services like ecological resilience and benefits from diversity of life forms are often ignored. SynopsisThe current pandemic has made evident the extent of global interconnectness between our economies, health, environments and, more broadly, our … Read more