KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-06 KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues Habrocestum longispinum A group of jumping spiders that mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, has been spotted for the first time in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests by arachnologists from Kochi’s Sacred Heart…

‘AIR POLLUTION SHORTENED LIFESPAN BY 30 MONTHS’

Environment

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-05 ‘AIR POLLUTION SHORTENED LIFESPAN BY 30 MONTHS’ Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a- half years while globally the reduction stands at 20 months,…

FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Environment, Environment & Disaster Management

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-21 FOR A HEALTHY PLANET Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Last week in Nairobi, governments welcomed the Global Environment Outlook 6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (GEO-6) report. GEO-6 argues that in a business-as-usual scenario, the world will exhaust its energy-related carbon…

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO BEGIN TOMORROW

Environment

Source : www.pib.nic.in Date : 2019-03-19 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON DISASTER RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO BEGIN TOMORROW Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Disaster and disaster management Ministry of Home Affairs International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure to begin tomorrow Posted On: 18 MAR 2019 10:51AM by PIB Delhi An International Workshop on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) will…