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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Is the tiger doomed?
With tigers gone in Sariska, and unchecked poaching threatening tiger populations in many other reserves, is the Indian tiger finally destined for extinction? Hopefully, with a flurry of activity at the highest levels, the tiger might just get another chance at survival.
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are readily able to degrade crude oil. Scientists from the Estaci
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Once poachers now guards
At Kerala s Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism
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Kaziranga National Park World Heritage Site: Improving protection and building capacity of staff at Kaziranga National Park
The main objective of this study in Kaziranga National Park (Assam) was two fold: 1) Review of protection strategies and suggestion to enhance their effectiveness and 2) Development of a comprehensive capacity building plan for frontline staff.
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A timely compendium
Contested Terrain: Forest Cases in the Supreme Court of India
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After tigers...
Reckless manhunt by Sariska forest officials, complain villagers
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Hunting highs and lows
<b>1975:</b> Rasheed Jamshed becomes the first markhor trophy hunter<br> <br><b> 1983:</b> A trophy hunting scheme is formally launched. Foreign hunters invited <br> <br> <b> 1990:</b> Germany and the UK move a case at CITES to ban export of markhor trophy to prevent its poaching and extinction. Pakistan says the fears are unfounded. CITES puts markhor in Appendex-1. Trophy hunting halts<br> <br> 1992: NWFP government prepares conservation plan with communities<br>
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Troubled tiger
Vanishing from Panna Reserve, too
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Time to tell the truth again
I really hope we are proved wrong when we say there are no tigers left in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. But if it is so, what is now increasingly accepted as a sad fact should actually make
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Maneaten
In September <font class="UCASE"> </font> 2004, a group of students from the Wildlife Institute of India (<font class="UCASE">wii</font>), Dehradun, went to the Sariska Tiger Reserve of Rajasthan for training. Excited about their work, they painstakingly trekked through the hilly 866 square kilometres (sq km) reserve. They couldn't spot a single tiger. Alarmed, they informed A J T Johnsingh, dean, department of animal ecology and conservation biology, <font class="UCASE">wii</font>.