Emissions may need to drop to zero by the end of this century for the world to have a decent chance of keeping the temperature rise below a level that many consider dangerous.

Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) R. K. Pachauri on Sunday launching the Panel’s Synthesis Report in Copenhagen, said, “There is no room for complacency.” He suggested that India’s National action plan on climate change
needs to be revisited in the light of this report. If the rise in global temperatures has to be kept under 2 degrees Celsius, fossil fuels would have to be phased out by the end of this century, he added

Source:http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/un-climate-report-offers-hope-but-with-stark-warnings/article6557750.ece]

 Almost half a century ago, they vanished from Punjab's rivers. Now, the Punjab wildlife department is taking a bold initiative to bring them back to their natural habitats. Come February, the first batch of young gharials, reared in captivity at Chhatbir
Zoo near Banur, will swim in the Beas and Satluj - two tributaries of the Indus river system.

Source: http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/newsletter/enews/NewsDetails.asp?id=65415

 

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Central Assam's Morigaon district, with a dense population of the Great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, reopened for tourists on Sunday after a routine closure of four months during the monsoon. The sanctuary was formally reopened
for both foreign and domestic visitors this morning by Assam Forest Minister Rockeybul Hussain at a colourful programme.

Source: http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/newsletter/enews/NewsDetails.asp?id=65414

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Chennai: In the last rains when people in the city suffered from inundated roads, residents in five wards under the Pallavaram municipality were dry and even used the rainwater to address their water woes with the dexterous use of rainwater harvesting.
Now, residents say they do not suffer from water scarcity. The initiative was kickstarted by residents of Shankarlal Jain street in Chromepet, a quiet, residential area near MIT college.

Source: http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/newsletter/enews/NewsDetails.asp?id=65362

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The first-ever leopard density estimation study conducted in Karnataka has indicated a high density of leopards in the Bhadravati Forest Division.

The study, largest one carried out in the country, as conducted by the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), Mysore, in collaboration with the Forest Department. 

Source: http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/newsletter/enews/NewsDetails.asp?id=65344