Biodiversity

The Baldah Garden is a crucial research ground for local botanists, botany and zoology students and naturists. Photo: Noor-A-Alam/TBS.
Panorama

Saving Baldah for the sake of research

A 2018 study led by one of Jagannath University’s botany teachers, associate professor Shahrear Ahmad, found that visitors had no idea about how to interact with the plants while they visit the...

A giant panda rests on a tree "panda kindergarten", a refuge for baby pandas, inside Bifengxia giant panda base in Ya'an, Sichuan province. Photo :Reuters
Environment

UN biodiversity talks end in China's Kunming with new funding pledges

UN biodiversity conference held in Kunming
World+Biz

UN biodiversity conference held in Kunming

China's Xi launches $232 mln biodiversity protection fund for developing countries
China

China's Xi launches $232 mln biodiversity protection fund for developing countries

A worker cleans a lake in Daguanyuan Park as China celebrates Lunar New Year of the Ox following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Beijing, China, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China

China submits draft biodiversity declaration to United Nations

Fur seals rest along the northern shore in St. George, Alaska, U.S., May 22, 2021. Hundreds of thousands of fur seals spend their summer on St George each year. Picture taken on drone May 22, 2021. Photo : Reuters
World+Biz

After delays, UN biodiversity agreement expected next year

Lathitila is a safe abode to many threatened species like this clouded leopard. The forest deserves to be a protected area, not a safari park. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Earth

Safari park in Lathitila forest: Are we committing ecocide?

Photo: Collected
South Asia

Experts fear biodiversity loss in Andaman, Nicobar Islands

Dead molluscs from different species scattered across the St Martin Island beach. Photo: TBS
Environment

Experts urge biodiversity restoration of St Martin’s Island

Tanguar Haor, Photo/Courtesy
Bangladesh

Tanguar haor biodiversity still under threat 

Panchagarh is the only place where you can see the Himalaya from Bangladesh. Photo: Firoz Al Sabah
Earth

Panchagarh: A biodiverse land blessed by the Himalayas

Photo collected from UNCTAD website.
Environment

Human activity threatens species survival: Study

French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd left) speaks to close the first roundtable during the One Planet Summit Biodiversity which is part of the World Nature Day at The Elysee Palace in Paris on January 11, 2021. AFP PHOTO
Climate Change

One Planet Summit: No climate fix without biodiversity