Sikkim’s 510 MW hydropower project on river Teesta has been conferred with the Blue Planet Prize by the International Hydropower Association (IHA). Teesta-V is a part of a cascade of hydropower projects along Teesta designed to fulfill Sikkim’s energy needs. During its assessment, the Teesta-V project met or exceeded international good practice across all 20 performance criteria using the Hydropower Sustainability Tools.
The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) has, for the first time mapped climate change hotspots in the country in three future time period scenarios of 2030, 2050 and 2085. It was conducted by the Forest Survey of India in collaboration with the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani (Goa campus). According to the report, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are projected to witness the highest temperature increase whereas Andaman & Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh may face least temperature rise over these short, medium and long time periods.
In a recent study, it has been found that the cooling effect forests and trees have on the planet are a result of a much more complex process than just carbon sequestration. The tropical forests store one third of the world's carbon, but apart from that they are also large containers of moisture, they keep their surroundings cool, they create more clouds which apart from giving rain provide cover from Sun’s heat radiation.
A study conducted by the scientists of Imperial College London has revealed that a certain kind of fungi may enhance trees’ capacity of absorbing carbon dioxide.
A new study published in the Nature Journal reveals that using timber to construct houses and buildings could help decrease 100 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by 2100. The research states that using engineered wood in construction instead of other building materials could pave the way for climate mitigation.
The Amazon rainforests in Brazil are considered to be the lungs of the Earth. They absorb 1.6 billion tonnes of CO2 annually , that’s 4% of global annual carbon emission by humans.
Scientists form the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre, Oxford University and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development have reported that the Australian rainforests are dying twice as fast as they were in the 1980s.
Orlando Rojas at the University of British Columbia along with his colleagues have devised a process to turn recycled wood into a material that is five times stronger than steel.
On November 2, 2021, world leaders signed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use and committed to working collectively to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. They also committed to delivering sustainable development and promoting an inclusive rural transformation. They pledged $19 billion of public and private funds to “halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030”.
During his Gujarat visit, PM Modi inaugurated the Miyawaki forest near the Statue of Unity in Gujarat’s Ektanagar. This is a special type of forest that was discovered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki. Miyawaki forest in Kevadiya, Gujarat has been developed to reduce the impact of climate change and to increase tourism as a tourist destination. The forest has been developed on a site which was originally used as a 'dumping site'.
Escalating wildfire incidents in Canada have triggered a surge in the development and adoption of advanced detection systems. The ongoing catastrophic wildfire season has led to substantial investments in technologies aimed at identifying wildfires before they intensify. OroraTech, a German company with a Vancouver branch, operates eight satellites equipped with specialized infrared sensors that monitor temperature anomalies in grids of four-by-four meters. The data is integrated with information from other satellites to swiftly detect irregularities and provide real-time reports to clients, including firefighting and forestry services. OroraTech's software is also capable of predicting fire behavior, aiding in prioritizing firefighting efforts.
The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) has raised concerns about the environmental impact of the recent launch of a mega palm oil plantation drive in Nagaland. The NSF has raised concerns about the following potential impacts of the palm oil plantation drive:
It started with a simple idea - what if children around the world planted a million trees in every country? This vision, conceived in 2007 by a nine-year-old German student named Felix Finkbeiner, blossomed into Plant-for-the-Planet, an international youth organization leading global reforestation efforts.
Human-caused climate change is causing unprecedented fluctuations in the Earth's climate, according to a recent study by IIT Delhi, and the potential influence on forest fire danger in Indian forests is highlighted.
Reindeer are ecological guardians in the wintry kingdoms of Lapland, resisting climate change in ways that reach well beyond the romance of the holiday season.
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