Assam Forest Minister Atuwa Munda decided to ignore an urgent summons from Assam Governor PB Acharya to meet him at the Raj Bhavan here yesterday citing prior engagement, but the director of Kaziranga
Investigators are reviewing the cause of an oil production pipeline breach on Alaska's North Slope where upwards of 4,000 gallons (15,100 liters) of fluid spilled, state officials said on Monday. The
The population of endangered wild giant pandas has risen some 17 percent in just over a decade, the Chinese government reported this week, news that a major wildlife group cites as evidence that the famous
BEIJING – The number of wild giant pandas in China jumped nearly 17 percent over a decade, state media cited an official survey as showing, with a government agency crediting conservation measures for
Weeks after a farmer blocked a route, Gujarat forest department has reduced the number of permits for lion safaris in Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (GNPWS) at Sasan-Gir in Junagadh district.
Myanmar's forestry department has captured a rare white elephant in the jungles of the country's western Ayeyarwaddy region, an official said on Sunday. The 7-year-old female was captured on Friday,
An environmental group sued the U.S. government on Friday, accusing regulators of discounting the dangers that a widely used herbicide poses to the declining monarch butterfly population. The Natural
Assam governor P.B. Acharya here on Sunday asked the state forest minister to submit report in writing on failure of his department in stopping the rampant killing of precious one-horn rhino in Kaziranga
Against a total of 47 tiger reserves at present including 13 sensitive tiger reserves, Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) has been raised, armed and deployed only in four tiger reserves. These include
China will impose a one-year ban on the importation of carved ivory items acquired after July 1, 1975. The ban, which took effect on Thursday, was announced by the State Forestry Administration, China's
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