Road through Tassie devil habitat approved
A 93-kilometre tourist drive through the disputed Tarkine wilderness has been approved by Environment Minister Tony Burke despite concerns it may further endanger Tasmanian devils. Mr Burke said on
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Tiger population rises from 268 in 1973 to 1,468 at present
Forty years of tiger conservation efforts in the country seem to have borne fruit with the number of big cats rising more than five times from 268 in 1973. "When project tiger was launched from Corbett's Dhikala range in 1973, tiger population in the country stood at 268. It has now risen to 1,468," Corbett Tiger Reserve Director Ranjan Mishra said today quoting an official estimate.
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New gecko species
PARIS: French scientists say they have discovered a new species of gecko, after hatching an egg 19,000 km from its South Pacific island home.
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New gecko species
PARIS: French scientists say they have discovered a new species of gecko, after hatching an egg 19,000 km from its South Pacific island home.
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Prelim data on tiger census soon
India, which is abode to half of the world's total big cat population in the wild, will declare its first preliminary data on the ongoing tiger census ahead of the global meet on the endangered species in Russia next week. "By the next few days we will declare the first tentative results of the tiger census, Hopefully, by early next year we will be able to make the full report public," environm
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Himachal to tag satellite collars on snow leopards
They’ve been captured on camera. Wildlife officials now want to tag satellite collars on the elusive and highly endangered snow leopard in the steep and rocky cliffs of Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley,
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Key role for nuclear energy in global biodiversity conservation
Modern society uses massive amounts of energy. Usage rises as population and affluence increase,and energy production and use often have an impact on biodiversity or natural areas. To avoid a business-as-usual
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Fishing ban from today
KENDRAPARA: As IX-month ban on fishing from November 1 to May 31 has been imposed by the State Government to protect the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles in the Gahiramatha marine sanctuary near here. Trawlers and boatmen were directed not to fish within 20 km from coastline in the sanctuary areas
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New rhododendron flower discovered from Arunachal
ITANAGAR: Adding to the rare bouquet of rich biodiversity in the Himalayan state, researchers have discovered a new beautiful species of pink rhododendron flower from Arunachal Pradesh which was hitherto unknown to science. A team of botanical experts recently carried out explorations in West Siang district’s remote Mechukha valley, few km away from the China border, and found the rare and endemic flower which has been named ‘Rhododendron Mechukae’ after its place of origin.
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Sathyamangalam forest declared Tiger Reserve
Sathyamangalam forest in Erode district has been declared a Tiger Reserve. It is the fourth such reserve in Tamil Nadu. The three other tiger reserves are at Mudumalai in the Nilgiris district, Anamalai in Coimbatore district and Kalakad-Mundanthurai in Tirunelveli district. The Forest Department has received the Government Order declaring Sathyamangalam Forests as a tiger reserve, and the Union government has also notified it, Conservator of Forests, Erode circle, A. Venkatesh told The Hindu over the phone on Monday.
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Guj loses lion’s share of grants
Central Fund Scaled Down By 100cr Ahmedabad: The lion’s share of conversation funds in the country are meant only for the tiger. For the Asiatic lion, found only in Gujarat, the central government seems to have only peanuts. The Planning Commission has asked the Gujarat government to slash its project to preserve the lions outside the Gir sanctuary by Rs 100 crore.
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South Korea Land Grab Killing Migratory Birds - Study
A huge South Korean land reclamation project has destroyed wetlands, killed migratory birds and pushed endangered species toward extinction, a report obtained at the weekend said.
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Range size has a clue for threatened species
there is a new approach to find out if bird species are threatened. Usually, a bird is classified as endangered or critically endangered on the basis of its range size
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Has the Earths sixth mass extinction already arrived?
<p>Palaeontologists characterize mass extinctions as times when the Earth loses more than three-quarters of its species in a geologically short interval, as has happened only five times in the past 540 million years or so. Biologists now suggest that a sixth mass extinction may be under way, given the known species losses over the past few centuries and millennia.
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Survival of turtles and tortoises threatened in North-east
Agartala, Oct 19: Researchers of the Ecology and Environment Department, Asom University, have called upon students of the north-eastern States to join the ongoing campaign - Save the Turtles Movement- against the consumption of turtle meat.
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Fencing off wild lions from humans 'could save them'
Nearly half of Africa's wild lions are facing extinction in 20 to 40 years unless urgent conservation measures are put in place, a report suggests. Writing in the journal Ecology Letters, conservationists
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Protecting dolphins
the Bihar government has adopted a two-fold strategy to protect the Gangetic dolphins ( Platanista gangetica ). The strategy includes educating fisherfolk and other people on the need to
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Green activists expect rescue plan for Great Indian Bustard
JAIPUR: On the eve of the state budget presentation, wildlife activists have pinned their hopes on chief minister Ashok Gehlot to announce some steps towards wildlife conservation. Some are hoping that the long neglected state bird, the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), will finally get its share in the budget. Rajasthan was once home to 50% of the bird population which has now come down to just about 100.
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Mountain lion protections strengthened in California
California wildlife officials have adopted new rules aimed at protecting the public from mountain lions without resorting to killing so many of the big cats so often when they roam near humans, pets or
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Marine pollution, poaching threaten dolphins
Sighting a dolphin on the shores between Visakhapatnam and Kakinada may become a thing of the past with such a death reported at a regular interval. North Andhra coast is a habitat for mostly bottlenose dolphins. Spinner, humpback and common dolphins are also found in limited numbers. Dolphins provide relaxing moments for the mariners and tourists going on a boat ride being organised by AP Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC). There is also a proposal to promote dolphin tourism in a big way by deploying more vessels to enthral animal lovers.