Affidavit by HPCL Shapoorji Energy Pvt Ltd. in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, February 12, 2020 in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others. The matter related to an all-weather deep-draft port at village Chhara Sarakhadi in taluka Kodinar …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has, once again, issued a warning to the authorities of national parks and sanctuaries about a possible attack of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV). In a letter sent to all sanctuaries, the NTCA has said that tissue or blood samples should be collected from carnivores …
Gujarat’s Curative Petition To Expose MP Govt’s Claims About Prey Base For Big Cats Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to file the curative petition challenging the apex court order to translocate lions to Kuno Palpur. The state had, after the final order on April 15, filed a review …
An agreement may be signed between the Environment and Forests Ministry and other stake holders to oversee implementation of Asiatic lions from neighbouring Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh's Palpur Kuno sanctuary. The Madhya Pradesh government has sought from the Centre shifting of some near-extinct Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary, home …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to construct a VVIP guest house near Mulayam Singh Yadav’s dream project – lion safari —in Etawah on grounds that the district already has three guest houses under the forest department, it is learnt. The state …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the Uttar Pradesh government’s proposal to construct a VVIP guest house near Mulayam Singh Yadav’s dream project – lion safari —in Etawah on grounds that the district already has three guest houses under the forest department, it is learnt. The state …
The king of the jungle has conquered new territories. About one-third of the Saurashtra region has been marked as Asiatic lioninhabited areas by the state forest department. A recent study based on frequent lion kills and compensation given to farmers says the big cats rule over a huge 20,000 sq …
Fresh Plea Has Been Submitted By NGO Based In Rajkot Ahmedabad: A Rajkot-based NGO Wildlife Conservation Trust – Rajkot has in a fresh petition moved the Supreme Court against the translocation of Lion to Kuno Palpur, Madhya Pradesh. The fresh petition demanded that the petition which is active in the …
Last month, Mumbai NGO Empower Foundation wrote to a panel created to study and chart out translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, asking them to stay the trans-location till various issues are not resolved. The NGO has cited more than 29 …
The population of major animal species like lions, tigers, elephant and rhinos has increased in the country, the Rajya Sabha was told on Thursday. "The estimated population of lions has increased from 359 in 2005 to 411 in 2010. The population of tiger has increased from 1411 in 2006 to …
A wildlife photographer with a mission, Mona Patel has taken it upon herself to start a campaign to save the tiger. And she has begun her drive from Gujarat, as she thinks it sets a good of animal conservation. All on her own, the photographer from Gandhinagar has been visiting …
The world's largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations, a new study has warned. The study assessed 14 desert species and found that a shocking half of those are regionally extinct or confined to one percent or less of their historical range. Led …
The world's largest tropical desert, the Sahara, has suffered a catastrophic collapse of its wildlife populations, a new study has warned. The study assessed 14 desert species and found that a shocking half of those are regionally extinct or confined to one percent or less of their historical range. Led …
AHMEDABAD: Even as the Gujarat government prepares to file a curative petition against the shifting of some lion prides from Gir to Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, observations made in the 50-page report submitted by two members of the expert committee set up to oversee the translocation, has come …
State May File Curative Plea Against Translocation Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government plans to file a curative petition seeking another look at the Supreme Court order of Tuesday which rejected the state government’s review petition against the April 15 apex court order allowing the translocation of some of Gir lions to …
Ahmedabad: If lions are not sent from Gir every four years to Kuno Palpur (Madhya Pradesh), the chance of their extinction in Kuno Palpur is 30% after a hundred years. This is among the extinction scenarios relating to the Madhya Pradesh site — proposed to be Gir lions’ new abode …
Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of St. Andrews warn that Uganda's African lions—a mainstay of the country's tourism industry and a symbol of Africa—are on the verge of disappearing from the country's national parks. According to the results of a recent survey, African lions in Uganda …
AHMEDABAD: It will be wildlife experts versus a management guru from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, when it comes to countering the claims of Madhya Pradesh over the translocation of lions to Kuno Palpur. The state forests department has asked the management guru to study the planned dispersal of …
Ahmedabad: Six months after the Supreme Court ordered the translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh, an expert committee has recommended that the process should begin by shifting a dozen big cats to the neighbouring state. Last week, the two-member expert panel comprising Wildlife Institute …
The result of examination of the presence of Canine Distemper Virus (CDR) or Pestes Des Petitis Ruminants Virus (PPVR) in Asiatic lion has brought in relief for forest officials. The results have revealed that there is no presence of CDV and PPVR in Asiatic lions. The study was taken up …
The Untghat area of Tikri forest would be developed into a deer safari. Chief secretary Javed Usmani wrote a letter to the chief forest conservator (wildlife) Rupak Dey and asked to prepare an action plan be sent to the Central government for approval. If the proposal is approved, Gonda would …
