biodiversity

Crucial To Bird Migration, India’s Wetlands Are Under Threat

By Rishika Pardikar, thethirdpole.net The Najafgarh wetland in New Delhi and the Basai wetland in Haryana are important destinations within the Central Asian Flyway (CAF), one…

Indian Government Misleads Parliament On Wildlife Decline

By Nikhil Eapen/thethirdpole.net “With only 2.5% of the world’s landmass, we have 8% of the world’s recorded biodiversity,” India’s minister of Environment, Forest and Climate…

8,50,000 Animal Viruses Could Be Caught By Humans Unless We Protect Nature: UN Report

Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats,…

Owning Up: The Great Coronavirus Mystery

  By Vijay Panjwani, Advocate Supreme Court Even as world leaders grow suspicious of the role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its alleged…

To Care for Humanity, We Must Care for Nature, Says UN Chief

On World Environment Day, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres said that “To care for humanity, we must care for nature. As we work to build back…

Our Solutions Are In Nature: International Day For Biological Diversity 22 May

"As we encroach on nature and deplete vital habitats, increasing numbers of species are at risk. That includes humanity and the future we want" - UN…

Arunachal Pradesh's Hydro-Electric Project Poses A Major Threat To The Environment

Breath-taking mountains covered with dense forest, deep gorges, waterfalls flowing into emerald lakes and innumerable meandering rivers and turbulent streams. Least to say this is…

A "Wild" Tale Of Two Nations

By Subhankar Banerjee India, February 2020: As I traveled north towards Gandhinagar (about 15 miles from the Ahmedabad city center) I was welcomed by a…

107,000 Km Area Burnt So Far As Australia Reels Under Bushfire Crisis

Wildfires in Australia, considered the largest this century, have claimed the lives of 27 people and burnt to the ground an area of 1,07,000 square…

Australia Reels Under Worst Bushfires In Decades

It has been four months since bushfires began in Australia but they are showing no signs of ending. According to a survey by the Ecology…