15 Indian birds on the EDGE list
A recent list of 100 Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) birds released by the Zoological Society London (ZSL) and Yale university includes 15 species from India. The EDGE list, which
Wildlife
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Humans and leopards can co-exist: Wildlife biologist
The easy availability of food, especially feral animals like dogs, pigs and goats found near urban garbage dumps, is the main reason that attracts leopards to venture into human territory leading to a
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Cash-strapped Wildlife Department says no to four jumbos from Maharashtra
The fund-starved Haryana Wildlife Department is finding it hard to accommodate more elephants, apart from the existing two, in Ban Santour Elephant Rehabilitation Center (ERC), located in Kalesar Wildlife
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NGOs, students to assist in wildlife census, research
The Forest Department has assured to conduct research and census of wildlife in a more transparent manner with the involvement of NGOs and students of various institutions from the State. According
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Univ hacks 15 trees as bats ‘disturb’ faculty
Mumbai: In an act that has been called a “brutal murder of trees”, Mumbai University has hacked the branches of 15 trees on its Kalina campus as the noise created by a colony of bats residing in them reportedly
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within 10 KM radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary, 17/04/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Amit Kumar V/s U.O.I. & Ors. dated 17/04/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorized construction works undertaken within
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Jumbo safety plan in bin
The Centre has turned down suggestions for planting chillies and tea crops around railway tracks to curb the mowing down of elephants by trains, saying it would hamper the migration of the animals in search
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Forest dept, CIDCO plan mangrove wetland centre in Navi Mumbai
The mangrove cell is also planning to start the western coast’s first marine interpretation centre at Airoli. Soon, Mumbaikars can walk through the mangroves along the Palm Beach Road in Navi Mumbai and get closer to flamingos in the Thane creek. The forest department and the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) are undertaking a joint survey of mangroves in the area with the plan of creating a wetland centre there.
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Present level of poaching spells doom for rhinos, experts say
Rhinoceros in the wild may be pushed to extinction by the end of this decade, if unrelenting poaching continues at the present rate, experts have warned. The poaching of black and white rhinoceros has soared in last six years. While as many as 13 rhinos were slaughtered in 2007, that number spiked to 1,004 last year, experts said.
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Swamp deer census begins at Suklaphanta
Counting of swamp deer and one-horned rhino has begun at Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Kanchanpur from today. The tiger census was completed at the wildlife area a month ago. Chief Protection