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Hospitality technology platform OYO on Monday said it plans to add 50 hotels and homestays by the end of this year in Rameswaram and Ramanathapuram.

Communities close to nature must be at the centre of our actions as there cannot be one-size-fits-all approach

Governments can adopt the Brazilian model which supports the ideas of ecological fiscal transfer, payments for environmental services, tourism and forest concessions

The event aimed to emphasize the importance of conserving and preserving biodiversity while promoting sustainable practices

Among the 35 Indian cities competing, Hyderabad made its remarkable debut, emerging as the top Indian city in terms of observations and participant count

West Bengal is known for its rich biodiversity, climate change is expected to lead to the loss of many species, said Dr Anjal Prakash

UN COP 15 in Montreal is a historic deal as it commits to protect nature from further destruction.

National Biodiversity Authority Secretary said there were many sites in the State that could be declared Biodiversity Heritage Sites.

Appreciating Telangana’s initiatives in biodiversity conservation, experts from different fields stressed on the need for preparing a comprehensive State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan

Hyderabad: These practice questions focusing on Environment and Biodiversity will aid aspirants to prepare better for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. Consider the following actions: 1) Extensive farming 2) Shifting cultivation 3) Monoculture 4) Contour farming 5) Zero tillage agriculture Which of the above is/are likely to cause land degradation? a) 2 and 3 […]

Each department should ensure that the concept of biodiversity is included, embedded and aligned with their policies so that it percolates down to the grassroots level where actual implementation takes place

By Quentin Read The food on our plates has a footprint. Every bite of food we consume represents the environmental impact of all the resources used to produce that food. Land is foremost among those resources. As food is transported from farm to fork, the land used to grow the food is ‘virtually transported’ along […]

By K Aloke Kumar Director, Telangana State BC Study Circles Knowledge about national parks, flora and fauna and the complete ecosystem is necessary for the upcoming competitive exams These practice questions focusing on environment and ecology will aid aspirants better prepare for the State government recruitment examinations. 1. Which of the following National Parks is […]

This article is in continuation to the previous articles that deal with various topics categorised as biological sciences. These series of articles will help you understand topics under ‘Biodiversity’. As discussed in the previous article, the threats to biodiversity include four major causes (the evil quartet) for accelerated rates of species extinction in the world: […]

Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the previous articles that deal with various topics categorised as biological sciences. These series of articles will help you understand each of the topics under ‘Biodiversity’. Broadly utilitarian argument: It explains that biodiversity plays a major role in many  ecosystem series the nature provides, for which we cannot […]

Hyderabad: What is Biodiversity? When we observe our surroundings, we find different kinds of organisms which vary in size, form, feeding habits, behaviour, etc. For example, there are more than 20,000 species of ants, 3,00,000 species of beetles, 28,000 species of fishes and 20,000 species or orchids. This variation of life at various levels of […]

Quoting from her personal experience of a field trip to an area from Arunachal Pradesh, Zoological Survey of India Director Dhriti Banerjee said, over the last two decades, she has found that over a fifth of the species have been lost.

Hyderabad: The students of grade III and IV of Delhi Public School, Nacharam learnt the definition of biodiversity by watching a video and taking a virtual pledge on October 25. Biodiversity is the diversity or variety among the different species in the living organisms that are present on planet Earth. The students comprehended the meaning […]

University campus will soon be home to a butterfly garden which will be coming up near the Zoology department

Earlier, the officials introduced the species, native to Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, to increase green cover. However, it has eventually affected the soil acidity, thereby preventing other plants from thriving.