All posts tagged "Ecology"
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2.2KEcologyWorld Environment Day: As deaths due to COVID-19 rise, experts in Kashmir say environment is healing
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take lives across the globe, reports suggest that the environment is healing due to reduced human...
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3.3KCulture
Photo Essay: Annual fishing and cleaning festival of Panzath Nag
Kashmir is home to a number of springs and fresh-water bodies. One such spring, the largest in South Kashmir, is Panzath Nag...
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3.1KClimate Change
India’s moves in Kashmir are bad news for climate change activists and the ‘Global Environment’
On August 5, 2019, India, under the directions of its right-wing extremist BJP government, and without consulting either Kashmiris, Pakistan, or China,...
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7.8KClimate Change
The #10YearChallenge Kashmir should worry about: Receding Glaciers, Drying Lakes
Disclaimer: This story is best viewed on a desktop. The Shafat Glacier is a massive 14 kilometres long, and is situated in...
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5.4KWildlife
After decades wild boars make a comeback, sighted in select areas around Srinagar, Handwara
The non native animal has been sighted in Dachigam National Park and Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary Srinagar: Wild boar or pig which is not...
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3.9KEcology
Hundreds of forest trees face axe for Ladakh-Ganderbal transmission line
Locals appeal to the Governor for intervention Ganderbal: A transmission company which is executing work on Ladakh to Alastang Ganderbal 220 KV transmission...
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1.7KEcology
Unprecedented land filling of agricultural land in Hokersar, HMT triggers panic in locals
Locals appeal to the Governor to order enquiry into revenue authority’s conduct Srinagar: Mass land filling of agricultural land and areas close to...
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1.6KEnvironment
As forest fire rages in Kupwara, locals say no official from the department has come to the spot
DFO says ‘team on spot’ Kupwara: While the fire is raging in several compartments of the Hyhama forests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district...
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7.1KEcology
Inside the militarized habitat of Kashmir’s Royal Stag
Grappling with multiple problems, Hangul, the Kashmiri stag is now facing rising military interference in its native heartland. Even as the menace has...
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1.4KEnvironment
WHO quotes Govt data to place Srinagar as tenth most polluted city, Govt says no such data shared
World Health Organisation (WHO) quoting Government data placed Srinagar as the world’s tenth most polluted city. Srinagar has been listed as the tenth...
