Global Assessment of Forest Biodiversity
- According to the first-ever global assessment of forest biodiversity by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), there has been a 53 per cent decline in the number of forest wildlife populations since 1970.
- The new findings were based on the Forest Specialist Index, developed following the Living Planet Index methodology — an index that tracks wildlife that lives only in forests.
- Of the 455 monitored populations of forest specialists, more than half declined at an annual rate of 1.7 per cent, on average between 1970 and ....
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Ecology & Environment
- 1 Climate Justice and the Principle of Equity in Negotiations
- 2 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) – Implications for Indian Exports
- 3 Climate Finance and Operationalizing Loss & Damage Mechanisms
- 4 NDCs and India’s Progress on Paris Agreement Targets
- 5 Climate Finance Taxonomy: Defining Green Investment Standards
- 6 Climate Change: Impacts on Agriculture and Food Security
- 7 Water Scarcity and Climate Resilience
- 8 Emissions Trading and Air Quality Management
- 9 Forest Fire Management in India
- 10 Sudden Climate Variability and Extreme Weather Pattern Shifts
