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 …
In an attempt to check deaths from illegal operations, Cambodia has legalised abortion. The new law, passed by the National Assembly, states that girls under the age of 18 must seek parental permission to have an abortion. Under the new law, unqualified doctors will be fined up to 10 million …
The World Bank has approved a US $70 million loan to improve roads and road management in Zambia. A spokesperson for the World Bank said that the funding would enable road repairs to be speeded up, reducing the strain on government resources and boosting the overall economic efficiency. A statement …
A project to conserve the Asian elephant has been launched by the Smithsonian Institution, USA, and the department of wildlife and national parks, Malaysia. Using radio collars and satellite tracking, the project will collect information on relocated animals. The collar carries an
two earthquakes in Italy over the last fortnight left about 11 people dead and left an estimated 5,000 homeless. The first quake on September 23 in central Italy, which measured 4.6 on the Richter scale wrecked havoc on several villages. Several monuments are reported to be damaged. The historic basilica …
scientists in China are attempting for the first time to create a test-tube panda. Since the beginning of this year, China's Laboratory of Genetic Embryo Engineering on Endangered Wildlife has been equipped to attempt this experiment. The only ingredients missing were the female panda eggs. But when the laboratory heard …
aids cases in Cuba has increased to an alarming proportion during 1997. Jorge Perez, director of the aids Sanatorium of Santiago Las Vegas says, during the first half of 1997, nearly 234 cases of hiv infection were detected that are equal to the total cases reported during 1996. Till today, …
At a time when alarms have been sounded over the slaughter of elephants and rhinos by poachers and killing of male lions by hunters, the wildlife in Botswana is facing a serious threat. An expanding cattle industry and hundreds of miles of new veterinary cordon fences have led to massive …
At least 61 people were killed and thousands of establishments destroyed when a cyclonic storm hit southern coastal area in Bangladesh recently. According to relief officials, nearly 10 lakh residents have been evacuated from the cyclone hit area. Remote islands of Bhola, Laxmipur, Noakholi and Khulna were some of the …
reserchers in the us and Japan are trying to device methods of using lasers to deflect lightning bolts and prevent the harm that ensues. The significance of this can hardly be underestimated. Since time immemorial, people have sought ways to prevent lightning from causing destruction. In the ancient times, sacrifices …
in st Louis, Missouri, usa , hundreds of healthy people are leasing their bodies to medical research and contributing to the development of a vaccine for aids . They are receiving injections containing canarypox viruses that cause disease in birds but are harmless to humans. After being genetically-engineered, the viruses …
Vanishing forest cover in Nepal may not be a cause of Bangladesh floods. A study conducted by the University of Berne, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the United Nations University suggests that floods in Ganga and Brahamputra rivers have more to do with the weather patterns in …
The country is struggling to prevent large-scale deforestation by people who mainly rely on charcoal and firewood for fuel. According to William Harrington, environment minister, there is an immediate need to protect the country's forests as the tree felling has reached alarming proportions. Figures show that nearly 300,000 ha of …
asiatic lions in the Gir Sanctuary in Gujarat will be shifted to the Kuno Palpur Sanctuary in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh to prevent their extinction. The shrinkage in forest cover and the uncontrolled hunting of wild animals have led to their dwindling numbers. Apart from the reintroduction of Asiatic …
alcoholism in Russia is rising at an unparalleled rate. The average life expectancy for Russian men fell by 6.2 years and for women by 3.4 years between 1990 and 1994. A major reason for that was a high consumption of alcohol. According to David Leon of the London School of …
the Black Sea ecosystem is threatened by a project to build a pipeline to transport oil to the sea shores from Kazakhstan through southern Russia. Some of the largest oil companies of the world are involved in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium ( cpc ), a us $2-billion project that is …
the jaguar, one of the most elusive creatures of the south American rainforests, is now a protected species in the us . The us Fish and Wildlife Service added the big cat to its endangered species list last month after the Southwest Center for Biodiversity, an environmental group based in …
the endangered Asian elephants have a new friend in usa . A proposal to spend up to us $25 million to conserve the asian elephants could go a long way towards saving them from extinction. "It is clear that active intervention is necessary,' says Mary Pearl, executive director of the …
the us space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth on August 20 with a satellite that has gathered data about ozone depletion in the Earth's atmosphere. The spacecraft had been launched successfully on August 8 after overcoming a communications glitch. It carried a sophisticated, reusable German science satellite crista-spas that studied …
scientists working on the east African island of Zanzibar have observed that the red colobus monkey ( Procolobus Kirkii ) has added charcoal to its diet, apparently to help it overcome the chemical defences of the plants it eats. The monkeys can now tolerate a wider range of plants and, …
Officials in Nepal and India have expressed concern over the trans-boun-dary migration of wild animals. They say the movement of animals is posing a serious threat to the life and property of the people living in the adjoining villages. Wild elephants around the Bardia National Park, bordering India in western …
