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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Hawaii lawmakers look to ban ivory
Cheryl Konrad has spent the last 35 years educating visitors to her Lahaina, Hawaii, store about the centuries-old history of scrimshaw. Konrad fills the shelves in Lahaina Scrimshaw with the etchings
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Barbaric! Wildlife park worker left distraught after finding the bodies of three rhinos who were slaughtered by poachers for their horns at South African reserve
Head in hands, a distraught wildlife park worker struggles to hide his emotion after three white rhinos were attacked by poachers for their horns. One warden described the slaughter – at a reserve in
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Elephant poaching drops in N. Tanzanian wildlife sanctuary: official
Elephant poaching in northern Tanzania's wildlife sanctuary, Tarangire National Park, has gone down for the past two years, a senior park official said on Sunday. Park tourism officer Geoffrey Mboma
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Burning bright: UNDP and GEF in the tiger landscape
This publication highlights the unique contribution of ten GEF financed, UNDP supported projects in six tiger range countries (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand), demonstrating how
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193 Jumbos Perish in Three Years
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 193 elephants died in the last three years in the State. In a written reply to a question from Prakash Chandra Behera (Cong) in the Assembly, Forest and Environment Minister
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Chinese Demand for Ivory Alternative Threatens Rare Hornbill Bird
Even as China, the world’s leading market for illegal ivory, promises to help safeguard elephants in Africa, a rare bird in Southeast Asia is in danger because its skull is being sold in China as an ivory
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32 wild animals hunted in divn since 2013: Forest department
Kolhapur: As many as 32 wild animals were hunted in the forest areas falling under the Kolhapur division's jurisdiction since 2013. According to the data furnished by the forest department, the number
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Kenya Prepares to Torch Largest Ivory Stockpile in April
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday visited the Nairobi National Park ahead of the April event when he will preside over the destruction of massive stockpiles of ivory. At the event, Kenya
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of wall on the bank of Song river, Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand, 21/03/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action For Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs Uttarakhand Forest Department & Others dated 21/03/2016 regarding construction of 2
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Forest dept could have prevented tiger poaching in CTR
DEHRADUN: A day after the special task force (STF) of Uttarakhand police seized the skins of five big cats from a gang of poachers, a red alert was issued in the entire Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). It