Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the demarcation of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 27/05/2025

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 …

Threat to birds at poison-hit winter site

Conservationists are planning to use explosions and gunfire to scare migrant birds away from parts of a wintering site poisoned by an environmental disaster. They will also lay down food in less polluted areas of a Spanish nature reserve that is home to hundreds of thousands of birds flying south …

Residents win pollution payments

A court ordered the national government and the Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp. to pay 149 million yen in compensation to 48 residents in Kawasaki who complained that air pollution from busy roads was destroying their health. The judgment by the Kawasaki Branch of the Yokohama District Court is the first …

End in sight to marathon dam protest

Villagers affected by the Rasi Salai Dam project yesterday agreed to end their five-month-long protest after the Science Ministry pledged to verify their compensation claims in 45 days. The agreement followed Deputy Science and Technology Minister Pornthep Techapaibul's promise to the villagers their claims would be verified based on aerial …

He gave up his life to save a peacock

In an inspiring saga of conservation, a Muslim youth from Kota in Rajasthan gave up his life trying to save an injured peacock - the national bird - from the hands of a group of fleeting poachers. Young Ali Mohammed died from the bullets he received at the Ummedganj locality …

Measures to stop large scale poaching

Karnataka State Forest Minister D Manjunath today reiterated that the Union Forest Ministry was seriously contemplating on the grant of more powers to forest guards in order to curb large-scale poaching and smuggling activities.

Maneka panel norms may impede biomedical research

Biomedical research in India, already at a low ebb, may face virtual extinction if the fresh guidelines framed by a committee headed by Maneka Gandhi to regulate the use of animals in research are implemented, scientists have warned. "The new guidelines will put a halt to most research using animals …

Orissa tribals protest against Govt sanctuary plan

The State Government's proposal to set up 11 wildlife sanctuaries at different locations has run into trouble. Over two lakh tribals, whose homes are being threatened by the project, are putting up a stiff resistance. According to reports, about 32,000 people, mostly tribals are going to be displaced due to …

Where govt gives license to kill

Hunting of endangered species is legally allowed in Jammu and Kashmir as a royal sport, even after the monarchy came to an end there 50 years ago. The Wildlife Act of Jammu and Kashmir "licenses" the killing of five types of listed animals, killing of whom, in the Central and …

MC to give report on chlorination

Civil judge R.S. Sachdeva while declining the request of the Public Interest Litigation Forum to constitute a committee of five lawyers, including representatives pf the plaintiff, has, however, directed the muncipal corporation of Patiala to furnish a report on the working of tubewells and the state of chlorination by August …

Wolves and lynxes return to Alps

Wolves and lynxes are returning to the Italian Alps in large numbers after an absence of more than a century, according to the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps.

Predatory birds bite the bullet

Hunters in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido should stop using shotgun shells containing lead pellets because predatory birds in the region are dying of lead poisoning, according to the Hokkaido prefectural government. Workers in the prefecture's natural environment department said they found the cause of death of many eagles to …

Scientists resent Maneka's stand on research animals

India's biomedical research community is upset over the controversial guidelines for using animals in research framed by a committee headed by Ms Maneka Gandhi, animal activist and union welfare minister. They have warned that the new regulations finalised by the "committee for the purpose of control and supervision of experiments …

Aqueduct planned over Yamuna canal

In a permanent solution to the western Yamuna canal problem, the Delhi government is planning to construct an aqueduct over the canal since the Haryana government has failed to complete the project seven years after its initiation. Delhi government officials said talks between the Delhi and Haryana governments are on …

City tap water unsafe, says pollution board

Adding to the woes of thirsty Delhiites, already reeling under acute water shortage, it cannot be said with conviction that safe drinking water flows from their taps, according to a Central Pollution Control Board report submitted before the Delhi high court. "Samples of raw and treated water, collected in April …

Rare monkey in Arunachal

Pere David's Macaque, a large monkey found only in China, has been spotted in Arunachal Pradesh, according to noted environmentalist, Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury.

Asian Elephant home in southwestern China

Pu Yunchang 50, who used to be a crack elephant hunter of the ethnic Jino people, is now head of a model village for elephant protection in south western Yunnan Province. Pu's Baihua Village is situated at the fringe of a nature reserve with 99,000 hectare of tropical forest in …

Maternity leave for elephants

Pachyderms employed by the Uttar Pradesh government can now avail of maternity benefits. The state forest department has the for first time sanctioned maternity leave to an elephant, Champa Kali, who works in the Dudhwa National Park on patrollling duty.She will be now brought to the zoo here where medical …

Leopard trapped by mistake languishes in Ahmedabad zoo

Kajal growls in frustration in her cage at the Kankaria zoo--she wants to be set free to her natural surroundings, and is waiting for a nod from the chief conservator of forests. But in all probability, Kajal , the leopard, will not be able to go home, because all authorities …

It's Kenya's farmers vs, wildlife and the animals are dying

The clash between farmers and lions in Kitengela reflects a growing conflict between people and wild animals in Kenya, that conservationists poses a serious threat to the survival of wildlife. During the last 20 years, aerial survey shows, Kenya's wildlife has been disappearing steadily as the country's human population expands …

M.P.'s national parks are a haven for illegal activities

Illegal activities, inlcuding construction of a helipad, forts and fishing, were going on in the naitonal parks and sanctuaries of Madhya Pradesh. The state government has allowed an erstwhile ruler to occupy 696 acres of land and the fort inside the Bandhavgarh national park though the law does not permit …

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