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Eastern Hoolock Gibbon spotted in Assam
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For the first time, the rare species of the non-human primate, Eastern Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock leucondys) has been spotted by primatologists in three reserve forests in the State.[...More]
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Glacier shrinkage may affect Brahmaputra
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The Ministry of Environment and Forest hinted that water flow in the Indian rivers especially Brahmaputra and Ganga rivers were at risk because of shrinkage of glaciers in Tibet.[...More]
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93% of wild medicinal plants in endangered list: Study
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Ninety three per cent of wild medicinal plants used for making ayurvedic medicines in the country are endangered and the government is trying to relocate them from their usual habitat to protect them. [...More]
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State medicinal plants facing serious threat
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Inadequate Government initiative coupled to low public awareness could result in the disappearance of an invaluable asset of Assam.[...More]
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State zoo’s floral wealth documented
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Decades after it was established, the Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden will have its first comprehensive documentation of its rich floral wealth.[...More]
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Concern over depletion of medicinal plants
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Expressing concern over depletion of several medicinally important wild plants Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday urged plant scientists to work towards conservation of such species.[...More]
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Himalayan glaciers shrank 16% in 50 yrs: Isro
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Himalayan glaciers retreated by 16% in the last nearly five decades due to climate change, investigations by India’s scientists in selected basins in four states has revealed. [...More]
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Call to use satellite data for ground water zones
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Satellite data and geographical information system (GIS) should be applied to locate the groundwater zones for the purpose of harnessing this resource to meet the drinking water demand of the people.[...More]
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Taptapani stream no more perennial
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A perennial stream that used to be the contrast to the Taptapani hot spring in Ganjam district has vanished.[...More]
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Clouds over Western Ghats getting drier
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The increasingly vulnerable tropical montane cloud forests of the Western Ghats, so called because of the low cumulus clouds that cloak the canopy almost perennially, are growing drier, finds a study.[...More]
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Rising sea level threats life of people in Orissa
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People settled in and around the coastal region of Satabhaya in Kendrapara District of Orissa are on the verge of losing their homes due to extensive soil erosion by the increasing water level in the sea.[...More]
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Plea to develop Deepor Beel as eco-tourism, fishing centres
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Deepor Beel, famous for flora and fauna is situated 18 km west of Guwahati city and 5 km South of the river Brahmaputra.[...More]
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Orissa among five States showing signs of desertification
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Is desertification process in Orissa already on? The answer appears to be yes if one goes by the latest report of Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad that has bracketed Orissa among top five States facing land degradation and desertification. [...More]
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Warming taking toll on Western Ghats
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Far from the rhetoric of political negotiations at Copenhagen, scientists and activists are studying Karnataka — one of the more densely forested states of the country — whose fragile ecosystem is showing signs of crumbling under climate change. [...More]
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Isro images show Gangotri glacier receded 1.5km in 30 yrs
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As big global players play the game of negotiations, and as the opposition wakes up to the implications of India's green plan as announced on Thursday, the Indian Space Research Organisation has come up with an alarming figure - the Gangotri glacier has receded by 1.5km in the past 30 years. [...More]
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