The global biodiversity hotspot will lose up to 87% of or.iginal habitat by the end of the century, with repercussions around the world. It’s not just the snow and ice that’s disappearing on the roof of the world. Animals and plant species, crop diversity and ecosystem diversity are disappearing in one of the world’s richest …
Biodiversity of Hindu Kush Himalayas will plummet by 2100 Read More »
JAIPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a small windowless room in the heart of Indian tourist magnet Jaipur, Parveena shows a school uniform and tiny shoes to prove that the little boy sitting on the floor, sticking beads on a bangle goes to school and is not a child slave. Ms Parveena, who would only …
India’s tourist magnet starts to clean child labour ‘blot’ Read More »
China and India, two of the world’s biggest polluters, are making it leafier – for now, a report says. The greening effect stems mainly from ambitious tree-planting in China and intensive farming in both countries.There are now more than 2 million sq miles of extra leaf area per year, compared with the early 2000s – …
Two-fifths of the world’s insect species may disappear over the next few decades, and we could be looking at a world without any insects at all within a century. Given insects’ importance for sustaining plant and animal life—by pollinating plants and serving as a food source—that’s as dire a prediction as they come. The warning …
Insects are dying at an alarming rate – and this is terrible news for life on Earth Read More »
Once forbidden by colonialists from cultivating coffee, indigenous people in southern India have won a prestigious award for their bean, which they farm while fighting deforestation. Araku Valley Coffee won gold in the Prix Epicures OR Award in Paris earlier this month. The beans are grown by Adivasis – or “original inhabitants” – of southern …
These indigenous Indian farmers are fighting deforestation with gourmet coffee Read More »
