14th July 2017 - Ecologise

Wikimedia Commons

Conserve/Resist

India’s first urban biodiversity heritage site – A ray of hope

14th July 2017

From EarthaMag: India recently conferred biodiversity heritage status on the Ameenpur Lake on the fringes of Hyderabad. Other sites across the country also received this distinction. But what sets Ameenpur Lake apart is that the tag is the first of its kind in the country for a water body, and the first in an urban environment….

Conserve/Resist

Study: The world is facing a ‘biological annihilation’ of species, researchers warn

From The Independent: Scientists warn in a new study that Earth is undergoing a sixth mass extinction that’s “more severe than perceived.” Not only that, human activity —including pollution, deforestation, overpopulation, poaching, warming oceans and extreme weather events tied to climate change— is to blame for this massive loss in biodiversity, according to the analysis….

Archives for 14th July 2017

India’s first urban biodiversity heritage site – A ray of hope

Study: The world is facing a ‘biological annihilation’ of species, researchers warn