Gopalpur - VIEWS, a grassroots non-profit organisation in Odisha, successfully conducted a workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction at Hill View Cottage in Gopalpur, Ganjam, on June 3, 2023.With support from the Global Greengrant Fund (
The Kappaphycus alvarezii seaweed was brought to India from the Philippines in the 1980s, and soon gained popularity in commercial farming. But then in 2014
Kappaphycus alvarezii proved to be a commercially viable livelihood option for the people of Rameswaram. But it also poses a danger to coral reefs in the biodiversity hotspot of Gulf of Mannar region.
The government plans a seaweed park in Tamil Nadu, ignoring the threat that Kappaphycus, a widely grown invasive seaweed, poses to corals in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park running along the state's coastline
India has scored a notable success in mobilising international support for the conservation of two of its endangered freshwater turtles, but there is a huge ground work ahead to translate the policy into action and save these valuable members of the ecosystem from vanishing. At a recently-concluded 19th meeting of the conference of the parties […]