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Tag Environment

Biodiversity, Feature

What is the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act and why is it being criticized?

By Vivek Saini The Lok Sabha recently approved an amendment to the Biological Diversity Act of 2002. The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill aims to ease the worries raised by several central ministries, state governments, academics, businesses, and other stakeholders regarding…

CFC India
August 11, 2023

Fact Check, Green Energy

Viral Post claims Green Energy causes Environmental Degradation

By Aayushi Sharma A video in a viral Twitter post shows a person stating that Green Energy causes environmental degradation. The person claims that Electric Vehicles running on Lithium-ion batteries, Wind Turbines etc., are more harmful than beneficial. Here’s the post by…

CFC India
August 9, 2023

Conservation, Environmental Policies, Feature

How India’s new Forest Bill puts the country’s forests at risk

The Lok Sabha approved the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 on July 26 and this happened without much debate. Despite dissenting opinions from committee members and states that said the Bill undermines the goal of conserving and maintaining existing forests,…

CFC India
August 2, 2023

Environment, Sri Lanka

Climate Fact Checks embarks on the second clean-up of the Mahaweli River

The CFC team first collaborated with the Clean River Project and the Kandy Municipality Council (KMC) to organise an awareness program and river clean session for the students of Hillwood College Kandy. The location was near the Polgolla Dam, which…

Kithmee Mediwake
July 19, 2023

Feature, Conservation

Nurturing saplings as important as planting them: Forest Man of India

“Just the planting of saplings isn’t enough. One has to water them, nurture them and ensure they grow into trees. Only then does it make a difference to the environment,” said the Forest Man of India- Padmashree Jadav Payeng during…

CFC India
May 3, 2023

Feature

How indigenous communities of India are ‘investing in our planet’ in their own unique ways

Every year April 22 is celebrated globally as Earth Day, a day meant to inspire people to get involved, mindful of issues plaguing our mother Earth so that they can pledge their support for the planet. This year Earth Day’s…

CFC India
April 22, 2023

Sri Lanka, Biodiversity

Legal Aspects & Detailed Analysis Regarding the Option of Exporting Toque Monkeys

Toque monkeys are known for damaging agricultural crops in many Sri Lankan villages. Several such cases were reported in the recent past as well, and due to this behavior of monkeys, there is an ongoing discussion on how to limit…

Silila Sandawala
April 21, 2023

Climate Change Impact, Feature

How Climate Change is affecting bird distribution and migration patterns in India

By Vivek Saini A recently published research has found that as many as 66 to 73% of the 1,091 bird species it studied to comprehend the effects of climate change were likely to move to higher elevations or northwards by…

CFC India
April 14, 2023

Feature, Conservation, Environmental Policies

India’s New Forest Conservation Bill: boon or bane?

By Aayushi Sharma The Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, was introduced by the government on March 29 in the Lok Sabha in order to amend the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. According to the new Bill, certain types of forest land…

CFC India
April 11, 2023

Climate Change, NUCLEAR ENERGY

FEASIBILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SRI LANKA

WHAT IS NUCLEAR POWER? Nuclear power is a clean and efficient way of producing energy through chemical reactions. Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus. An atom has a core consisting of two basic types of…

CFC Sri Lanka
March 31, 2023