Today’s Environment News Update
By: Environment India
Tags: News, Environmentind, Indenvironment, Environment, Conservation

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Kerala’s ‘pink phenomenon’ can kill water bodies:- The plant will spread in the water bodies across the state, choking them as well as the drainage canals. It requires a huge amount of oxygen to grow and that could badly affect freshwater biodiversity. The water quality would also be affected

Snow Leopard’s new Arrival in Kashmir Jungles:- Before a survey of the Mountain Wildlife Division of SKAUST Kashmir would confirm their Kashmir presence, the wild cats were majorly found in Ladakh region.

3 People Arrested For Encroaching Protected Forest Land In Odisha:- The authorities of Bhitarkanika National Park have arrested three persons in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on the charge of encroaching protected forest land for prawn farming, officials said. The accused persons had illegally raised the prawn culture dykes at Shalendrasarai village that comes under classified forest land, they said.

Will we lose our great Indian bastard:- A proposal to put all power transmission lines passing through Great Indian Bustard (GIB) habitat underground did not elicit support from the Union Ministry of Power (MoP) and the Rajasthan government

Red List Assessment of Indian grasshoppers is going to start:- The Grasshopper Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is initiating the Red List Assessment of grasshoppers in India for the first time by the end of this year.

What Delhi lost after its URBANISATION:- Unplanned urbanisation in Delhi between 1998 and 2018 has happened at the expense of many natural and semi-natural elements and has resulted in a loss of around Rs. 560 million, a recent study has found.

Bihar government launched a crackdown against farmers burning crop stubbles:- The Bihar government launched a crackdown against farmers burning crop stubbles after harvest, a top official said recently.

Metro car shed will surely be completed, but not at cost of environment: CM:- Notwithstanding the Bombay High Court’s comments on the Maharashtra government for shifting the Metro car shed from Aarey colony to Kanjur Marg, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that the State is committed to development but not at the cost of environment.

Finance Commissions and local bodies should encourage green buildings through tax incentives — Vice President:- The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu today appealed to the Finance Commissions and local bodies to encourage green buildings through various measures including tax incentives.

Researchers turn to DNA detectives to aid rhino poaching prosecutions with forensic evidence:- The project is part of the Rhino DNA Indexing System (RhODIS- India) conservation program. This database has been created to build a DNA catalogue of the existing Indian greater one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, to tackle rhino poaching and assist conservation efforts for this vulnerable species.

Harike Wildlife Sanctuary to get Rs 15 cr, says Dharamsot:- An amount of Rs 15 crore would be released soon by the state government to make Harike bird sanctuary more attractive.

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