Mauritius Facing Environmental Crisis, Oil Began Leaking
“We are in an environmental crisis situation,” said the environment minister, Kavy Ramano, while the fishing minister, Sudheer Maudhoo, said: “This is the first time that we are faced with…
Environmental Indexing of Sustainable Lignite Deposits at Thar Coal Field
Pakistan’s lignite coal deposit was discovered by Geological Survey of Pakistan in the 1990s and it spreads over more than 9,000 km2 area comprises around 175 billion tons enough to…
Strict Implementation Of Environmental Protection by Steering Committee
Directed for strict implementation of the environmental protection and water conservation measures. Punjab Chief Secretary Jawad Rafiq Malik briefed the prime minister about the project, a Prime Minister Office Media…
Covid-19 Social And Environmental Impact On HKH Region
We remain very concerned about the impacts of COVID-19 in our HKH region. While the situation is mixed in our ICIMOD countries regarding disease spread, across all of the countries…
This Plastic Eating Caterpillar Could Be Key in Fighting an Environmental Menace
It turns out mother nature may have a solution for our massive plastic waste problem. The answer? Galleria mellonella, more commonly known as the ‘great wax moth’ or the ‘honeycomb…
Bendable concrete goes cement free to cut environmental footprint
Concrete is the world’s most widely-used building material thanks to its incredible strength – but it doesn’t stand up well against bending. Now, researchers at Swinburne University have developed a…
IIUI organised awareness seminar on Environmental concerns
Awareness seminar on “Alternatives of plastic bags and clean Green Pakistan Movement” held at department of environmental sciences IIUI in collaboration with International Islamic university (IIUI), Ministry of climate change…
Hazards of mercury on environmental & human health
Among the heavy metals mercury (Hg) is one of the most toxic element which have effects on environment and also on the health of human. In the modern era of…
Role of nanotechnology in agriculture & environmental protection
Over time we humans tried new techniques and methods to boost the output of products in agriculture. We invented new tools and methods for the sake of ease and to…
Environmental Changes and Crop Production
Environmental changes have inverse impact on agriculture, but our farming community doesn’t aware of it. They don't have any idea that it might face huge changes in the next 20-30…