by NEST Northeast Social Transformation Network | Aug 12, 2018 | Biodiversity, News, Wildlife
Wildlife has been at the receiving end in the event of untamed development and human-animal conflict. Poaching has been a big environmental issue in India and is rampant. The World Elephant Day was set up on 12 August 2012 to mobilize support for conservation of Asian...
by NEST Northeast Social Transformation Network | Jun 26, 2018 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living, Wildlife
By Ranjan K Panda — There has been a new wave of admiration in India of our traditional knowledge, which has emerged in public discourse. But it’s not reflected in ways the State wants to manage our own forests. Politicians, intellectuals, and bureaucrats...
by NEST Northeast Social Transformation Network | Jun 19, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, News, Pollution Watch, Sustainable Living
The United Nations has called for urgent action to combat land degradation. It has also called for the need to make sustainable choices for greening the blue and reclaiming land that is getting lost due to deforestation. The World Day to Combat Desertification and...
by NEST Northeast Social Transformation Network | May 21, 2018 | Home, News, Pollution Watch, Solar & Green Energy, Sustainable Living
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has declared Indore as the cleanest city among the 4203 urban local bodies (ULBs) in India during the Swachh Survekshan 2018, which was done earlier in 2018. This will be the second time in a row that the city of Indore, which...
by NEST Northeast Social Transformation Network | Jan 8, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
Kaziranga National Park, Guwahati: Three female rhino calves, which were rescued from the destructive monsoon floods that hit the Kaziranga National Park in 2016, have been relocated to the Manas National Park for rehabilitation in the wild. The three calves have been...
