The treaty, adopted in June 2023, requires 60 ratifications to take effect. So far, only 29 countries have done so. The Philippines, while among the 116 signatories, has yet to finalize its ratification.
Home to 75% of the world’s coral species and over 2,500 species of reef fish, the pristine archipelago in West Papua has come under threat from aggressive nickel mining operations.
The Tamil Nadu government committed Rs 88 crore to building 50 new sponge parks in North Chennai. These additions come on the heels of an earlier batch of 57 sponge parks that were tested under fire—during the aftermath of Cyclone Michaung in early 2023.
In Assam, hanging bridges help golden langurs swing above the perils of development. The canopy bridge project is a joint initiative involving the Assam Forest Department, the local administration, the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), and local communities.
Heavy reliance on palm oil could cost the nation billions in ecological destruction and social conflict. But a community-based approach, focused on diversifying feedstocks and decentralizing production, could deliver the same energy goals — at zero environmental cost.
New initiative aims to modernize metro systems, expand clean infrastructure, and draw private capital to transform India’s urban future.
The muted 2025 coral spawning bears similarity to 2017, when a subdued reproductive season followed the 2016 global bleaching crisis. “One coral genus in particular,
A Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) system trained to detect malaria parasites in blood smear images—an area long reliant on manual microscopy.
Despite warnings of overfishing for decades, the Southeast Asia region has a 3.6 times higher ratio of underfished marine stocks as compared with the global estimate, primarily owing to the prevalence of artisanal or small-scale fisheries and nonselective fisheries, which are supported by high biodiversity.