Indonesia's strategy to increase renewable energy production could lead to Indigenous communities getting displaced and losing huge acres of rainforest!

Decoding Carbon Markets.

Carbon markets are platforms where carbon credits can be traded between buyers and sellers. Carbon markets are broadly classified into Compliance Carbon Markets and Voluntary Carbon Markets(VCM).

Decoding Carbon Sequestration. This blog will cover the most essential aspects of carbon capture and help you understand these terms and processes.

Drill Monkeys, Found only in three countries in the world, are at the brink of extinction due to habitat destruction for wood and slaughterhouses for food. It is important to save this old-world monkey, which is essential to maintaining ecosystem balance in the rainforests of Africa.

Blue Duiker: Facing habitat loss and relentless bushmeat hunting, their future hangs in the balance. Uncover the mystery behind the 'blue' in their name, a revelation never before observed, and stand with us to protect them.

Offsetting carbon emissions can be good only when coupled with reducing emissions. Investing in projects that are truly conserving biodiversity and increasing green cover on a long-term basis, and investing in reducing your emissions is the only way things will work and have a sustainable positive climate impact. Till this happens, keep clinging to your Green Hopes, and Keep Raising your voices for the Green!

The Dark Side of the Green Dream.

While electric vehicles offer a promising solution to combat climate change, it's crucial to acknowledge the dire impact of their battery components on the environment.

The extraction of rare earth elements is taking a toll on our planet. It's important to implement stronger regulations and invest in better, more sustainable extraction processes to truly make EVs the green dream.

“There could be 14.4 million tonnes of microplastics at the bottom of the sea, new research says.”

There's an urgent need to come up with better sustainable solutions in the fashion industry. And it starts from the fabric we choose.

The nations and the corporates need to come out of their stereotyped rituals of World Environment Day.

And do their bit seriously.

We have to learn quickly and change. Otherwise, the "Sixth Extinction" is not far.

Bamboo fiber can be a game-changer in the textile industry all over the world. It can create a massive difference in our fight to mitigate climate change as well.

Numaligarh Bio-Refinery is doomed to fail. But will the Government dare get rid of it?

In this concluding part of the series, I am going to enlighten you about the pioneering work done by some of the Government Department and institutions that triggered the gainful utilization of Sea Buckthorn or Leh Berry.

Sea buckthorn for combating desertification & mitigating climate change.

For an economic impetus to Ladakh

Bamboonomics establishes a way to achieve carbon sequestration to combat desertification and climate change wherein the tree plantations would not be needed to improve the soil quality and carbon sequestration.

Land degradation is the unwanted by-product of distorted developmental practices. The pro-development people dismiss it as the necessary evil, but we should ponder: Is it really the necessary evil, or have we been using wrong or inappropriate technologies for production, neglecting the ethics of the environment?

The Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) is a large, even-toed, ungulate native to the steppes of Central Asia. They are mainly found in the cold deserts of China, Mongolia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kazakhstan. A small but noticeable population of C. bactrianus also exists in India, distributed largely in the Nubra valley of the Ladakh region (a cold, arid desert in Trans-Himalayas).

Bamboo logic can be given a new dimension by recognising its socio-economic and ecological value, industrial and commercial value and its importance in climate change strategies. Its use as an effective tool in arresting land degradation and as a carbon sink also needs to be explored.

Bamboo is a species that, when utilized to its full potential, can transform our lives so much that every nation must have its own “National Bamboo Policy” aiming to fight a number of global problems.

Almost in every budget, there is a scheme mania as if without announcing these schemes, India will not develop. No one bothers to ask what happens to schemes such as the Technology Mission on Cotton, the National Bamboo Mission and a host of other white elephants.