Rainforest Trust’s partner Applied Environmental Research Foundation (AERF) in India uses unique economic opportunities to encourage communities to sustainably manage natural resources. Flowering Pterocarpus marsupium. Photo courtesy of AERF. After dedicating extensive time and resources to planting saplings of a threatened tree species, many people would find it incredibly discouraging to come across a pile […]
What We Buy Affects Endangered Species
Map reveals connection between consumers and which species and its home is impacted by the purchase. You have just purchased a classy new 6 seater dining table for your home hand carved from the finest wood from Malaysia. You are happy and proudly enjoying the attention the new set is getting from friends and family […]
How Can We Help Endangered Species?
11 years old Maitreyi from Cochin, India asks us, How can we help endangered species? Every year, many species get listed as endangered. This means those animals or plants are in danger of getting extinct either because their population has become dangerously low due to various reasons or because their habitat is getting destroyed making […]
Sustainability Solutions: Practices for a Better Tomorrow
CII ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) is organising the sixth addition of its sustainability conference. The two day event called Sustainability Solutions: Summit & Exhibition in New Delhi on 25th -26th November, 2011 will explore challenges, opportunities, and strategies for bringing sustainability solutions to Indian Businesses.
Wanted Tigers. Dead or Alive.
As nations confer and meet to plan newer protection policies for animals, the international black market of animal parts is thriving with full force. From becoming trophies to being used as medicines, animal traffickers are happily helping many fulfil their wild whims and fancies while they illegally hunt and market animals and animals parts. Needless […]
India to Have its Own Red List of Endangered Species
As a move to take protection of animals and plants to the next level the Indian environment ministry has decided to bring out its own red list of endangered species like the one published by IUCN worldwide. The move will hopefully give a more systematic and planned approach to the protection of species in the verge of extinction in India.