The health assembly is WHO’s highest decision-making body, setting out the Organisation’s policy and approving its budget. WHA is attended by delegations from all...
Creation of more van panchayats and more autonomy to these bodies would strengthen the involvement of local communities in preventing forest fires.
By Prem Bahukhandi
Forest...
Nearly 5,000 elephants and 1,600 people have been killed in the last 15 years in clashes between elephants and humans in Sri Lanka, home to one of the largest remaining populations of Asian elephants, according to official figures.
Staying close to 1.5°C on the other hand preserves at least some glacier ice in all regions, even Scandinavia, with 20-30 per cent remaining in the four most sensitive regions; and 40-45 per cent in the Himalayas and Caucuses; stressing the growing urgency of the 1.5°C temperature goal and rapid decarbonization to achieve it.