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 …
Exclusionist policies of forest conservation, of which preservation via dislocation is an extreme manifestation, need to be situated within the broad canvas of the conservation-poverty-rural livelihood interface. Prima facie, a clear correlation seems to exist between access to natural resources and forests and the incidence of rural poverty, especially in …
The Asiatic Lion has been of concern for many years as the population is said to have diminished to a scant twenty to one hundred or so animals. Previoulsy, reintroduction and translocation efforts had been undertaken to try and establish another population but these efforts were not successful due to …
Isolated populations of endangered species are at much greater risk compared to populations that are well distributed. The risk is even more acute if the species in question survives as a single, small population confined to a single locality. Currently Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) are up against precisely such …
the centre informed Parliament on April 30, 2007, that it was necessary to relocate Asiatic lions from the Gir National Park (gnp) in Gujarat to save them from extinction. But the Gujarat government has shown no indication that it will back down from its stated position that it will not …
The first ever poaching of several Asiatic lions In Gujarat has shaken the authorities and wildlife lovers into devising steps to protect the species The poaching of six Asiatic lions in two separate incidents and the death of eight others due to various reasons during the month of March alone …
the Gujarat Lion Conservation Society, an autonomous body for Asiatic Lion conservation, will be registered by March 15, 2007. The society will focus on improving habitat, mobilising resources, developing new areas and funding for conservation, says Pradeep Khanna, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), Gir National Park in Gujarat's Junagadh …
Approximately 300 Asiatic lions Panthera leo persica are confined to the 1,883 km2 Gir forests in Gujarat, western India. To establish a second home for the Asiatic lion in its former range, Kuno Wildlife Division (1,280 km2, with a core 345 km2 Sanctuary) has been identified in Madhya Pradesh. To …
• Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has reinstated three senior civil servants, suspended for their involvement in the dumping of toxic wastes around the capital city of Abidjan, in September 2006. • Borneo island in Indonesia is being plagued by mud flows, containing toxic substances like nitrogen oxide and methane. …
lions are killing people in Tanzania three times more frequently than 15 years ago. Since 1990, they have killed over 563 Tanzanians and injured another 308, says a survey published in the August 18, 2005, issue of the journal Nature. Tanzania has the largest lion population in Africa. Craig Packer, …
The death of 20 Asiatic lions in a single year (2003-2004) in Gujarat's Gir forests has stirred up a debate in the current session of the state assembly. Ironically, more potent threats to the big cats such as those arising from disease, loss and fragmentation of habitat or inbreeding continue …
The policy discourse on management of protected areas (PAs) has come a long way from purely conservationist strategies to participatory approaches. In between these two there is a wide range of options that combine different elements of resource sharing, market regulation and privatization. Located in western part of India, Gir …
simple remedy: Garlic not only keeps the vampires at bay, but also pests such as slugs and snails, which cause millions of dollars worth of damage in countries with cool or temperate climates. Scientists from the uk-based University of Newcastle upon Tyne have found that the pungent herb could act …
Members of Kenya's famous Maasai tribe are on a collision course with the government over lions that have been straying into grazing area owned by them and taking a heavy toll on their livestock. The tribals have already killed 10 lions and are threatening to wipe out the remaining nine …
The designation of Protected Areas (PAs) for biodiversity conservation had had negative implications for communities that derive their sustenance from such areas. Apart from restrictions on resource use, there have also been instances of people being displaced from areas that they had inhabited and that had been designated subsequently as …
the guessing game regarding the number of Asiatic lions ( Panthera leo persica ) in Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary has come to an end. According to a census conducted by the sanctuary officials, there are 315 lions, an increase of 11 lions over the last five years. The three-day census began …
The Orissa government's decision to donate 12 tigers and 15 African lions of the Nandankanan zoo to the other states has proved fatal for one of the lions. The lion which was being transported to Visakhapatnam, along with four other lions and five tigers, died on the way. According to …
following the death of five lions in the Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary within a span of three months, the state forest department plans to shift some of the lions to the neighbouring Barda hill forest range. According to officials, three of the five lions died due to natural causes. With an …
Thanks to mismanagement, inefficiency and corruption of the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, residents of many areas in the city are facing a water crisis despite more than adequate rains and sufficient storage of water in reservoirs. Good rainfall in the first week of October saved 12 talukas under the Rajkot district …
