The Trump administration is proposing a drastic reimagining of how public lands across the United States are used and managed, according to an Interior Department document leaked to the public in late April. The document, a draft of the department’s strategic plan for the next five years, downplays conservation in favor of an approach that…
Mangroves contribute to Mumbai in a host of ways. They protect the city from storm surges, nurture fish breeding grounds, absorb air pollution, and help filter coastal waters. But these services rarely find a place on balance sheets or cost-benefit analyses – in part because they aren’t easy to quantify.Now, a new study tries to…
LUCKNOW: On World Water Day 2025, the State Clean Ganga Mission-Uttar Pradesh and the District Ganga Committee, Lucknow, organised a day-long program to promote water conservation and cleanliness. The event, held in two sessions—morning and evening—aimed to raise awareness about protecting water resources and maintaining the purity of the Gomti River.The morning session at Mankameshwar…
PM Modi releases first-ever riverine dolphin estimation report in country, which estimated a total of 6,327 dolphins (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: India has a total of 6,327 river dolphins with Uttar Pradesh reporting the highest number at 2,397 followed by Bihar (2,220), West Bengal (815), Assam (635) and Jharkhand (162). This is according to…
MAHAKUMBH CITY: The Jal Jeevan Mission’s ‘Swachh Sujal Gaon‘ exhibition at the Mahakumbh is educating visitors about the changes brought to villages in Uttar Pradesh under the mission. School students from Jayaprakash Narayan Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Prayagraj visited the exhibition on Wednesday to learn about the impact of the mission’s ‘Har Ghar Nal‘ project in…
NEW DELHI: In a first-ever such move of satellite tagging of any species in India, scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on Wednesday tagged a male Ganges River Dolphin and released it in the Brahamputra river in Kamrup district in Assam for gathering critical information about the country’s national aquatic animal.The step will…