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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Protests in Assam over Rhino poaching
The BJP came out on the streets yesterday to protests against recent killings of rhinos at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The protesters were showing their angst at the recent spur in poaching incidents at the national park. The protesters blamed the Bangladeshi immigrants who have encroached the forestland at Kaziranga for the poaching incidents. They also burnt an effigy of forest minister Raqib-ul-Hussain for showing apathy towards the issue.
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Save the Endangered Rhino
Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is globally known as the home of the one-horned rhinoceros, though it also shelters and attracts a wide variety of exotic birds from all over the world, apart from being the habitat of the wild buffalo, the great Indian swamp deer and other varieties of wildlife forms. KNP is equally famous for medicinal plants, herbs and other exotic flora. But it has earned the status of a national park because of the one-horned rhino, and it is primarily the rhino which attracts visitors.
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Survey of the ivory items for retail sale in Addis Ababa in 2008
In a survey of ivory items for retail sale conducted in June 1999 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, almost 10,000 ivory objects were found, the fourth largest in Africa after Abidjan, Harare and Cairo.
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The Pakke Tiger Reserve initiative
The heads of sixteen villages bordering the Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng District in Arunachal Pradesh, have formed a committee called the Ghora Aabhe, to protect the reserve where hunting animals illegally has been a common practice. Tana Tapi, a Divisional Forest Officer has helped the villagers in the formation of the committee.
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A future for wild tigers
The challenge of saving wild tigers has become a global one and calls for a global solution and commitment. The successful conservation of wild tigers and the natural capital that sustains them are among the key indicators of sustainable development and require greater global resources and attention.
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In Court
Notice on gir lion deaths: The Supreme Court of India on October 29 sought responses of the Centre and the Gujarat government on a petition seeking steps in Gir forest to contain large-scale
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Wildlife: Jumbo crisis
An eleven-member herd of wild elephants has triggered a row between two state governments, trapped forest officials into taking desperate measures which killed two members of the herd and brought the man-elephant conflict into sharp focus. It all started when an all-female herd of elephants crossed into Andhra Pradesh from neighbouring Orissa in July this year.
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Piecing together problems with conservation in India
Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis
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Distribution and status of the Asiatic Black Bear Ursus Thibetanus in India
In 1994-1995, the first author evaluated the status and distribution of the Asiatic Black Bear in India and reported presence of the species in 53 protected areas and 62 other localities. After 10 years, we assessed the status and distribution of the Asiatic Black Bear through a questionnaire survey (n=90), results of recent field surveys, and expert knowledge.
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Sex tree called Citropsis
Researchers have expressed concern about the high demand of a plant, used to boost male libido, leading to its extinction in Uganda. The country's