Animals
Animals (also called Metazoa) are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from 8.5 micrometres (0.00033 in) to 33.6 metres (110 ft). They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 21 August 2024 English
This report analyses the election affidavits presented by sitting MPs and MLAs from across 28 states and 8 union territories in India to documents the status of the criminal cases …
Gaming Act, Section 11 of Cruelty of Birds and Animals Act, Case No. - , Court - , FIR No. - 46/2011 of …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 29 July 2024 English
This report is written by Suhas Chakma of Indigenous Peoples Law & Policy Program (IPLP), University of Arizona. Published in July 2024, the report examines the conflict between tiger conservation …
They were not provided with sufficient land, animals or essential services. They had to live through … National Park to create an “inviolate zone” for wild animals including the plan to introduce tigers in the … forest officials help poachers hunt down protected animals, Down To Earth, 14 March 2019, https://www.downtoearth … -officials-help-poachers-hunt- down-protected-animals-63436 158. Struggles for the right to live in …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 April 2024 English
Suresh Dhurve tells stories through his paintings…of forests, trees and animals and people, and their crucial dependence on each other. Gond artists like him who live in Bhopal, say they have been left …
stories through his paintings…of forests, trees and animals and people, and their crucial dependence on each …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
grievances building up from the menace of stray animals by removing all legal and vigilante-imposed restrictions … farmers for destruction of crops by wild and stray animals. Support animal shelters and rejuvenate commons …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 February 2024 English
population or any geographically separate part of the population of any species or lower taxon of wild animals, a significant proportion of whose members cyclically and predictably cross one or more national …
the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ii UNEP promotes environmentally sound practices … the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). Copyright: © 2024 Convention on the Conservation … Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals. Citation: UNEP-WCMC, 2024. State of the World’s Migratory … Antelope (Saiga tatarica) iv Foreword Billions of animals are regularly on the move every year. Migratory … the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) was established in 1979 for this very reason: …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 January 2024 English
Home to endemic species of plants and animals, Kaas Plateau in the Western Ghats is a unique landscape resting on 1,600-hectare bedrock. Uncontrolled tourism threatens this fragile ecosystem …
Home to endemic species of plants and animals, Kaas Plateau in the Western Ghats is a unique landscape …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 14 January 2024 English
in Kolkata. During the busy winter season, carriage driver Akif is here every day, tending to his animals and giving rides to tourists. The rest of the year he looks out for painting jobs …
driver Akif is here every day, tending to his animals and giving rides to tourists. The rest of the year …
1 January 2024
almost every part of a rickshaw is painted with colourful floral patterns, natural imagery, birds and animals, creative depictions of historical events, fables, national heroes, movie stars and text. Rickshaws …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 28 November 2023 English
This report published on November 28, 2023, by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and magazine Down to Earth (DTE), sheds light on extreme weather patterns in India. It …
damaged 80,563 houses and killed over 92,519 animals. Number of days Human deaths Affected crop … of crop area, 24,070 houses, and killed 2,144 animals. It recorded extreme weather events on 143 of the … of crop area, 20,035 houses and killed 1,053 animals. It recorded extreme weather events on 204 of … ha crop area, 31,478 houses and killed 88,906 animals. Note: States could not be ascertained for 74 human … 317 ha crop area, 4,980 houses and killed 231 animals. All values are rounded off to nearest two decimal …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 November 2023 English
First History Lessons is a series of books published by the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK). Aiming to simplify and explain important historical ideas, the series has been sponsored …
cages in the zoo would be destroyed, allowing the animals to run free, if the Japanese bombed the city. …
