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
Poaching
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2 poachers shot in Orang National Park
MANGALDOI, July 30
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No rampant poaching, illegal felling of trees
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that there were 25 extremist attacks in the Similipal Tiger Reserve between March 28 to April 15, 2009 causing largescale damage to its infrastructure such as buildings, roads, bridges, forest rest houses, watchtowers and VHF towers.
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Orissa warming unites MLAs
BHUBANESWAR: Amid the face-off between the Government and the Opposition over linkage coal scam, it
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Western Arunachal Pradesh offering prime home to the endangered red panda
Arunachal Pradesh, an abode of biodiversity and one among the 200 globally important ecoregions in the world, is fortunately situated in the north-eastern part of India. With the Eastern Himalaya extending into its western part, the state harbours an elegant range of endangered
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Two trying to sell leopard skin held
New Delhi: The east district police has arrested two persons, who allegedly planned to sell a leopard skin, at the Pandav Nagar area on Wednesday. They were caught after constable Yashpal received information that the two were to carry out the illegal activity near a Mother Dairy, Pandav Nagar.
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Asian nations pledge to double tiger count
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi The 13 nations of the world, considered abodes of the tigers, got together at Bali in Indonesia and pledged to double the count of the big cats by 2022 from the present 3,200, in the wild.
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Ranchers and drug barons threaten rain forest
Blake Schmidt The rapidly deforesting mini-narco-state of El Mirador is a far cry from President Alvaro Colom's vision of a lush Mayan-themed vacationland.
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Indian gazelle facing threat from stray dogs
Sunny Sebastian
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Foresters blame itinerant tigers
Tigers from Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh disappeared because they wandered out of the park and got poached. The forest department could not be held responsible for the loss because its jurisdiction ended within the park, says a state government committee report.
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Not the law
The focus should be on operational problems in the field