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Carbon Sequestration and Community-Based Conservation: A Holistic Approach to Environmental Stewardship

This article discusses the role and relevance of community-based conservation in the context of carbon sequestration.

World’s First Container Cargo Ship Using Methanol Propulsion

A.P. Møller – Mærsk introduced the world’s first container cargo ship using methanol propulsion in Copenhagen in September 2023. The...

The Kudumbashree Initiative

Agrobiodiversity is the sustained management of various biological resources including multi-cropping, trees, herbs, spices, livestock, fish species and non-domesticated resources...

Shankar’s Initiative

Muthupet, located in Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu, India used to receive significant amounts of rainfall. However, in due course...

Unmasking India’s Environmental Chameleon: The Battle Against Desertification

This article describes the problem of desertification as well as efficiently highlights its underlying causes, impacts. It also highlights relevant...

Lessons from the Mountain Top

Mountain ecosystems are unique, and harbour a diversity of animals and habitats. But mountains are also extremely vulnerable – exposed...

Sierra Gorda: A Model for Conservation

Sierra Gorda was an expanse of wilderness in the heart of Mexico. Activities like logging, road building and other types...

Reviving coastal and inland ecosystems

Comoros, St Lucia and Vanuatu, all low-lying island states, face the threat of extinction as a result of rising waters...

The Admirable Work of Ørsted

In the late 2000s Ørsted was one of the most coal intensive power generators in Europe with an expanding oil...

India’s Success in Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

India’s greenhouse emissions rate dropped by a faster-than-expected 33% in 14 years as renewable energy generation rose and forest cover...

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