Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamal Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/05/2025. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden, Rajasthan stated that a high level meeting to review the progress on the demarcation of Nahargarh …
The famous Rock Apes of Gibraltar are to be fed contraceptives to curb a population that threatens to grow beyond control. The contraceptives would be hidden in the monkey's food and some of the females would be given anti-fertilisation implants.
At least 35 white-sided dolphins have died and more were in trouble after becoming stranded on the eastern US shores of Cape Cod. Rescuers who spent Thursday trying to save dozens of dolphins headed back to Wellfleet to try to save two more that beached themselves in mudflats last morning.
The officials of the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai are chalking out plans to reintroduce some of the "excess population of animals" back into the wild.
The police seized 500 tortoises, including dead ones, stacked in a gunny bag from a two-member gang and arrested the two at Kothapalli in east Godavary district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
This paper argues that tiger conservation is, ultimately, an issue of incentives. Command-and-control prescriptions for saving the tiger have largely failed because the people who actually determine the destiny of wild tigers have few incentives to save them. If environmentalists are to succeed in saving the wild tiger from extinction, …
The high-sounding promises of the state government to convert Orissa into a major destination for eco-tourism hold little water, looking at the increasing incidents of crime against wildlife. Futher, inadequate efforts to minimise attacks on forest field staff have dampened their spirits.
The WWF has launched a $1.5 million conservation programme to assist agencies working to protect tigers. Agencies evolving sound management systems to protect this species, its habitat and prevent poaching are eligible for assistance under the programme. The programme also envisages support to initiatives to reduce man-animal conflict and increasing …
The New Caledonian Lirikeet, a small green bird with violet-blue thighs and a yellow-tipped tail, may be the latest of the world's parrots to become extinct, according to experts.
tribals of Madhya Pradesh (mp) have decided to unite and rise under the aegis of the non-governmental organisation (ngo) Ekta Parishad, to oppose a World Bank (wb) forestry project that might displace over three lakh tribal families. The project, aimed at encouraging natural regeneration through better management of forests and …
China has found its biggest threat yet. Pollution. With 178,000 annual deaths being attributed to urban pollution, the nation's leaders have become keenly sensitive to the issue and going by the rhetoric and new regulations, are indeed concerned about the problem. The blood-lead levels in Chinese children are 80 per …
More than 2,800 residents living near the us Atsugi Naval Station, used jointly by the us Navy and the Self-Defence Forces, in Kanagawa prefacture near Yokohama have filed a lawsuit against the government seeking compensation for noise pollution. The lawsuit, third since 1976 and the largest-ever lodged against the government, …
Sixty per cent monkeys in the Capital suffer from Hepatitis B. Camel's skin is peeling away and humps have shrunk. Soumil Mukhopadhyay lets out a cry for hapless animals working long hours, suffering from various ailments.
Three herds of about 30 wild elephants were spotted along the gas pipeline route which runs through the lush forest in Kanchanaburi's Thong Pha Phum district, conservation groups said. They said the elephant were scattered between the pipeline from 18 to 28 km, because the area was covered with elephant …
Carcasses of over 2,000 Olive Ridley sea turtles, killed by fishing trawlers in Orissa's coastal waters, have been found strewn along a five-kilometre stretch of the Konark-Bulukhand sanctuary area in Puri district. Project Swarjya, a non-governmental organisation which conducted a survey, said in its report that the 30 km-long coastline …
Sea lions are being shot, and sometimes decapitated, in the waters off a popular Northern California beach by unknown assailants, park rangers said. Some of the dead animals are so decomposed when they are found that it is impossible to tell if they are beheaded by sharks or by humans.
Nature's Beckon has undertaken a comprehensive bird survey programme at Chakrashila wildlife Sanctuary along with a conservation awareness programme. This programme has started on December 1 and will continue till the end of May, a press release said.
With a view to countering rising incidence of poaching and illegal trade and wide-ranging threats detrimental to tiger habitats in major tiger range countries of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh and Thailand, the World Wide Fund(WWF) for Nature has announced an international action plan and declared 1998 as the year for …
India and France have agreed to promote collaborative research in several areas of biotechnology, including silkworm genome. An agreement in this regard has been signed by the Minister of State for Science and Technology, Prof. Y.K. Alagh, and the French Minister of Education, Research and Technology, Prof. Claud Allegre.
