State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
The forests of Mhow are witnessing a steep decline in the hyena population as they are increasingly falling prey to road accidents. The forest areas like Mhow, Badgonda, Choral and Manpur are gifted with a 20-km broad forest cover.
Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh is to write to his civil aviation counterpart about private airlines being used for smuggling wildlife products. Jairam Ramesh He said he
<p>Chunks of Intanki National Park in Nagaland are sold for Rs 2,500 a hectare as the forest department looks on. Read this Down To Earth Report on encroachers’ settlements in this national park.</p>
Migratory birds visiting this region in winter fall prey to poachers because of the lack of conservation measures to protect the habitats of the feathered guests. A local NGO, working for preservation and protection of birds
Camera traps, which up to now have clicked pictures of wildlife in Assam, have now for the first time taken pictures showing poachers at Orang National Park. Revealing this at a news conference today, Assam principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), Suresh Chand, said pictures taken by camera traps hung on trees have been able to take pictures of a group of poachers who had killed a rhi
Among the captive elephants, the most attractive ones are those caught from the forests of the Kerala-Mysore border. They have attractive features such as a long trunk, symmetric and wide tusks, broad and projected forehead, honey-coloured eyes and a long tail. The forehead and trunk of Kerala tuskers are pitchblack. Tuskers caught from Bihar and Assam forests are the tallest.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Madhavan Pillai Foundation for Conservation has selected G Kannan, a forest watcher at Periyar Tiger Reserve in Thekkady, for the Madhavan Pillai Conservation Award-2011 instituted by the Foundation. Addressing a news conference here on Friday, Balan Madhavan, director of the Foundation, said that Kannan, who has been serving as an anti-poaching watcher and speed boat d
KOHIMA, Jan 6: Wild animal meat may be a delicacy for many Nagas, but the trend is slowly eating Nagaland