<p>Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M K Ranjitsinh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/03/2024. The matter related to protection of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican.</p>
India has moved a proposal for an amendment to the international convention on trade in endangered species to ensure that there was a total ban on international trade in ivory. The aim is to revoke a
Encouraged by the steady increase in the number of visitors to the Nehru Zoological Park, the authorities have urged their counterparts in other states to provide popular animals like rhinos,
In Madhya Pradesh the total strength of tigers has crossed over 1000 in 16 forests. As per information available from the Forest Department there are 1066 tigers and 710 leopards. Latest census of
Villagers residing along the Kaziranga National Park in eastern Assam, 225 km from Guwahati, are spending sleepless nights since the past week, with hundreds of animals migrating to higher ground
In order to save the species of Asiatic lions from extinction at Gir forest, they would be shifted to Palpur Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh within a year's time. Preparations are afoot to make the
A salvage team freed a 73,350-tonne Greek-owned bulk carrier from a sandbank near Australia's Great Barrier Reef where it had been grounded for over a week, raising environmental concerns. Clay
A rare and eccentric game bird could become extinct for a second time in Britain because of global warming, an RSPB report warned. Numbers of the capercaillie, a protected species which is as big as
It is considered to be one of the biggest seizures of smuggled skins of pythons and monitor lizards made at Mumbai's international airport. However, even a month after the consignment was recovered
It is considered one of the biggest seizures of smuggled python and monitor lizard skins made at Mumbai's international airport. However, even a month after the consignment was recovered from an
The Tamil Nadu Green Movement has appealed to the Forest Department to initiate steps on a war footing to set up anti-poaching camps in the Western Nilgiris Biosphere, Tamil Nadu side. The general
