Year: 2021

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The New Geospatial Data Guidelines Are Revolutionary – but Can Also Do More

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy 24/02/2021

The biggest drawback with the new guidelines have to...

The Wider Image: Farmers fight back: making animal feed from a locust plague

Kenya’s Communities Turn Locust Swarms Into Profitable Animal Feed

Baz Ratner 23/02/2021

The Bug Picture is working with communities in central...

A tigress carries her cub at a zoological park in the northeastern city of Guwahati October 24, 2007. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah

Study Suggests Habitat Loss Is Leading To Inbreeding of Indian Tigers

The study found that several individual tigers in the...

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J&K: Poaching Continues Unchecked Despite Conservation Attempts

Hirra Azmat 23/02/2021

In J&K, species at greatest risk of being critically...

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Border Disputes Threaten Climate Science in the Himalaya

Lou Del Bello 23/02/2021

The Himalayan region is divided not only by a...

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Breakthrough Science Society Condemns UGC’s Promotion of ‘Cow Science’ Exam

The Wire Staff 23/02/2021

'Instead of promoting scientific temper in education, the UGC...

WHO Agrees Compensation Fund for Serious COVAX Vaccine Side Effects

Kate Kelland 23/02/2021

The COVAX scheme will cover serious side effects linked...