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Only a quarter of global ecosystem restoration commitments implemented, UN report finds

India, Oct. 30 -- Only 252 million hectares, or 25% of the 1 billion hectares committed globally, have been documented as under restoration. Countries need to triple restoration efforts to meet the K... Read More


No pests, no disease: Why have 25,000 teak trees died in Madhya Pradesh?

India, Oct. 30 -- More than 25,000 mature teak trees have died across 16,800 hectares in Madhya Pradesh's West Betul forest division. Forest officials suspect prolonged drought and heat stress caused... Read More


Centre orders high-level probe into cheetah's death from firearm pellet injuries in Kuno

India, Oct. 28 -- A 19-month-old cheetah died on October 27 after five firearm pellets were recovered from its body during surgery. The Centre has ordered a high-level investigation into the death an... Read More


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