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The police said the couple was travelling along the Kumaran Nagar Main Road, when a huge branch from a roadside tree suddenly snapped and crashed onto the vehicle. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 65-year-old woman sustained injuries after a large tree branch fell on the car she was travelling in at Virugambakkam on Tuesday. The…
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Much has been written about the universally loved Jane Goodall, primatologist and animal rights campaigner, on whom awards and honours far too numerous to list have been showered. She passed away on October 1 aged 91. One recognition, however, she did not but should have received is the Nobel Peace Prize. For all her life, Goodall worked for…
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Forests are home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial plant and animal species and crucial for sequestering. | Photo Credit: AFP Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published on Tuesday. Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023,…
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Paris: Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday. Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, according to two dozen research organisations, NGOs and advocacy groups, with 6.37 million hectares (15.7 million acres) of trees felled and…
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The diversity in India’s geography results in large differences in natural forest cover A detailed analysis of the earth’s trees was made a few years ago. The method for this global effort utilised ground-based sample counts extended to calculations on images from satellites, using sophisticated algorithms (Nature, 2015). The study estimated that our planet has…
A view of the semi-evergreen forest. Forest loss driven by rubber production in Southeast Asia could be two to three times higher than estimated, highlighting the challenges facing importers under pressure to find sustainable supplies | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy/The Hindu Forest loss driven by rubber production in Southeast Asia could be two to three…
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A view of the semi-evergreen forest. Forest loss driven by rubber production in Southeast Asia could be two to three times higher than estimated, highlighting the challenges facing importers under pressure to find sustainable supplies | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy/The Hindu Forest loss driven by rubber production in Southeast Asia could be two to three…
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