Karnataka gets WCS aid for tiger conservation
Tiger conservation in Karnataka received a shot in the arm with the New York based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) extending a financial assistance of about Rs. 1.4 crores for a three year project.
19 European nations sign ban on human cloning
Nineteen European nations on Monday signed an agreement to prohibit the genetic replication of human beings, but without Britain, which considers the measure too strict and Germany, which considers it too weak.
Kalabagh dam
In the eye of storm : Despite the fact that the proposed Kalabagh Hydro-electric Power project is just the medicine that Pakistan needs, a national debate rages on whether the project should go ahead . The country faces a massive power generation shortfall by the turn of the century and …
2 out of 3 bird species on the decline
report: At least two out of every three bird species are on the decline worldwide and about 11 per cent of all birds are officially threatened with extinction, says an updated version of the report prepared by Switzerland's world conservation union (known as IUCN from its original name).
Poaching pushes Bangla elephants to brink of extinction
Bangladeshis got a re-glimpse of the country's fast disappearing wild Asian elephant last month. A newspaper carried photograhps of one of the endangered animals, shot dead and awash in blood after its tusks and toenails had been ripped out by poachers. Conservationists were outraged. But for many, the most shocking …
15 more Dudwa tigers stray into fields
Officials of the UP forest department seem to be ready with excuses in anticipation of killing of a few more tigers. On his return from Dudwa, Chief Conservator of Forest R L Singh has said that 15 more tigers of the park have strayed away to the adjoining sugarcane fields. …
Noah's ark in the Gulf
In a quixotic effort to save the leopard and other Arabian species from extinction, the region's first ever Breeding Centre for Endangered Wildlife is set to open in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates this year.
Gujjars threaten to move SC
A proposal to notify the Rajaji national park in the western U.P. hills may run into rough weather with the Van Gujjars, a pastoral forest-dwelling tribe, threatening to move the Supreme Court for settlement of a dispute raised by the Uttar Pradesh Government over their centuries old land use rights.
Leopard census shows increase
The leopard population in Madhya Pradesh has increased by nine per cent in the last four years, according to the tiger and leopard census,1997.
Tigers no longer burn bright in Indian sanctuaries
With one more tiger being reported killed in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in UP in the last week, close on the heels of the killing of three tigers earlier in the same week, the conservation efforts made to save the national animal seem to be proving ineffective.
Mumbai set to launch anti-pollution project
A " Freedom from pollution" project would be launched in the metropolis soon to tackle contamination of air, water and food that has posed health hazards. As part of the project, automobile owners and operators of trucks, taxis and tempos in the city would take a joint pledge to control …
Steps to save Olive Ridleys
With endangered Olive Ridley turtles mating in the sea off Gahirmatha coast and their mass nesting likely to begin soon, forest officials and coast guards have stepped up their drive against illegal fishing trawlers in the area.
Govt. will cancel ration cards of national park encroachers
Even as the residents of certain slum colonies inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park were picking up the pieces of their "illegally" demolished homes, the government has dealt them another severe blow: It has decided to cancel hundreds of ration cards here, in Mumbai.
Tiger population up in Madhya Pradesh
The Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister, Mr. Shiv Netam, has informed the State Wildlife Advisory Board that the tiger population in the State, which stood at 912 in 1993, has now gone up to 927. Some forest department officers had earlier pointed out that attempts were being made at the official …
J&K amendment will not ban hunting of rare birds
Even after the much condemned hunting in December and the assurance given by Union Minister Saifuddin Soz, the Jammu & Kashmir Government has chosen not to incorporate a blanket ban on hunting in the proposed amendments to its wildlife act.
Govt employee shoots tigress
Poachers are proving more chilling for felines in UP than the winter with a tigress being killed in the wildlife sanctuary of Katernighat in Bahraich district. This time it was not the poachers or the villagers but an employee of the Central Seed Farm. The killing, however, was kept under …
3 bird species arrive early at Vedanthangal
The Wildlife officials here are surprised at the early arrival of three species of birds glossy ibis,grey pelicans and painted storks - at the Vedanthangal Birds sanctuary.
Increase in tiger populations in MP
Netam : Tiger population in Madhya Pradesh has gone up from 912 to 927 between 1993 and 1997 . Forests minister Shiv Netam informed the meeting of State Wildlife Advisory Board here on Saturday. The meeting also decided not to fell trees infested with sal borer pest in the protected …
Maneka threatens to sue Pataudi for shooting birds
Forest and environement minister Saifuddin Soz has strongly objected to the recent killings of migratory birds at Kashmir's Hojersar Wetland Reserve by former Indian cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and his actress wife Sharmila Tagore.
Warning on worsening sewers
The sewers of England and Wales will fall into serious disrepair unless more money is spent on renovation, several water companies have warned. However, others who monitor the sewerage network argue that its condition has worsened because water companies underspent on maintenance in the years following privatisation of the industry …
