Indian Independence Day 2020
Pollution due to coal mining and coal-fired power plants effects various communities by violating right to healthy environment which encompasses of rights to life, health, food, and water, among others.
Pollution due to coal mining and coal-fired power plants effects various communities by violating right to healthy environment which encompasses of rights to life, health, food, and water, among others.
With more than 50% of world's Asian elephants, India need to conserve their population by protecting the forests, which inturn also helps in mitigating the climate change
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed Asiatic Lions as Endangered because the remaining small population is vulnerable to outbreak of contagious disease or natural disaster like forest fires
Coal led economic growth suppress Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples and displaces these communities from their ancestral lands in the name of Coal Bearing (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957.
Did you know? Habitat loss and prey decline due to human activities (leading to shrinkage of forest cover) are the two major reasons for sharp fall in India's tiger population.
The drastic effects of climate change and human activities are destroying mother nature.
Mangroves support coastal and marine ecosystems. However, their depletion due to climate change and human activities are reducing their ecosystem functions.
Coal mining in the surroundings of forests and river banks is the major source of water pollution, water erosion and man-made droughts in India #DesertificationAndDroughtDay #StopCoalMining
The impulsive plan of Ministry of Earth Sciences to mine minerals like cobalt, nickel and copper from the depths of Indian ocean will wipe out many endemic and localised species, and destroy the habitat of many unknown species. #WorldOceanDay #NoToDeepOceanMining
Nature is the ultimate source of all our basic needs, thus #conservation of natural resources is necessary for sustenance of humans and other living beings on #Earth. This is the time to stop 'business as usual' in the name of greenwashing through false solutions. #WorldEnvironmentDay