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 …
Through the afternoon and midnight of December 31,1997, the NBA celebrated - through an agitation - 10 years of a struggle, knowing that the battle was only half-won. It has withstood changes in the social fabric and relentless political onslaught, gaining a little respite only three years ago when a …
The sluggish turtle has stolen a march over the Indian defence establishment in protecting its traditional nesting grounds on Wheeler Island, off Gahirmatha coast in Orissa.With environmentalists on their side, the Olive Ridley turtles have succeeded in forcing the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to delay its plans to …
Ignoring requests from environmentalists the world over for saving the endangered Tibetan antelope, the Jammu and Kashmir is all set to protect the illegal manufacturers of shahtoosh shawls in Kashmir through its proposed wildlife law. Shahtoosh is an exotic wool, extracted from the endangered Chiru, the Tibetan antelope, which is …
The World Wide Fund for Nature has decided to support 10 more protected areas in the country in 1998 while entering the second year of its three-year tiger conservation programme. Protected areas comprising less than two per cent of the land mass hold most of the tigers. Of the 3,750 …
Here are some of the things that the Yangtze River dolphin is not:It is not black and white and furry. It does not sit in adorable poses and chew on bamboo shoots. It is not the focus of a worldwide campaign to save it from extinction. In short, the large …
The large freshwater whitefin dolphin of Yangtze river is dying off at an alarming rate. Biologists believe that fewer than 100 of the dolphins remain in the lower reaches of the river, the only place on Earth where the 300 to 500 pound aquatic mammals with long beak like snouts …
The National Zoo Policy aims at giving proper direction and thrust to the management of zoos by mustering co-operation and participation of all concerned.
There have been hundreds of statements made about the future of the tiger over the last few years in India and around the world. Millions of dollars have been spent on conferences, expert meetings and the bureaucracies that support them. Presidents, Prime Ministers and politicians in many parts of the …
Rare aquatic species, dolphins have been found in four rivers in the M. P. According to information, dolphins have been seen in the Cain, Betwa, Sindh and Som rivers. Conserted efforts would be made to preserve and protect the species which are on the verge of extinction. According to a …
High in the mountains of central Mexico, monarch butterflies arrive by the millions each winter to take refuge. But conservationists have grown increasingly concerned about the butterflies as these small patches of forest, some of which were set aside as preserves, compete with the needs of the residents around them. …
The UK government is set to scrap Britain's quarantine laws for pets, in a move that will allow vaccinated animals to travel freely across the European Union. Nick Brown, the agriculture minister, is thought to keen to press ahead with reforms to laws that animal welfare groups regard as outdated …
The number of migratory birds is less this year due to scarcity of fish in the waterbodies and rampant hunting in the greater Khulna region of Bangladesh.
Just two years after gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone after what is believed to have been half a century's absence, they have dramatically made their presence felt. They have killed half the coyotes in the area, forced elk to become more vigilant and provided more opportunities for scavangers to …
a robotic camera was released on December 3 - 40 feet above space shuttle Columbia - by a spacewalking us astronaut, Winston Scott. The camera - about the size of a beach ball - is the first test of its kind. The us $3 million free-flying camera is padded for …
A new strain of bacteria which causes tuberculosis (TB) and is resistant to traditional anti-TB drugs is emerging as a major hazard in Nepal. The new strain of bacteria called Multi Drug-Resistant strain can side-step all the major drugs that are in regular use to fight the deadly infectious disease. …
In Sri Lanka, a whale died even as army troops tried to rescue it. The whale was spotted in shallow waters near Colombo's Galle Face Hotel and volunteers swam in to push the animal into deeper waters when it appeared to have lost its bearings. Environmentalists who were at the …
The Union Environemtn Minsiter, Mr Suresh Prabhu, has called for greater international cooperation for controlling illegal trade in tiger products to combat the steady decline in tiger population world-wide. In a letter to the ambassadors/high commissioners of the Global Tiger Forum, he stresed the need for "effective control of both …
A joint operation by the Forest Department and police personnel helped bust a racket in poaching of deer and smuggling of deer skin and horns. The police have taken into custody three notorious poachers and recovered more than Rs. two lakh worth deer skin and horns from them.
Nineteen snakes, including 10 pythons, six sand boas and three cobras which were seized from four men belonging to a tribe of snake trappers from Punjab and taken into the custody of the Chief wildlife Warden three days ago, have mysteriously disapeared, much to the consternation of animal-lovers engaged in …
Most of the population of China - one-fifth of all people living today - owes its genetic origins to Africa, an international scientific team has reported in research that undercuts any claim that modern humans may have originated independently in China. Published in the United States in the Tuesday edition …
