Cop15 Montreal

The United Nations (UN) has recognised the Namami Gange initiative to rejuvenate river Ganga as one of the top 10 World Restoration Flagships aimed at reviving the natural world and awarded the project's Director General, G. Asok Kumar.

Hundreds of people on Saturday braved sub-zero temperatures to march the streets of Montreal, the host city of this year's UN biodiversity summit, demanding a strong new deal to protect nature worldwide.

The United Nations (UN) has recognised the Namami Gange initiative to rejuvenate river Ganga as one of the top 10 World Restoration Flagships aimed at reviving the natural world and awarded the project's Director General, G. Asok Kumar.

Hundreds of people on Saturday braved sub-zero temperatures to march the streets of Montreal, the host city of this year's UN biodiversity summit, demanding a strong new deal to protect nature worldwide.