Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mathew Gonmei Vs State of Manipur & Others dated 20/03/2024. The Original Application has been filed by the Applicant stating that Zeiladjang village, of which the applicant is a resident, is surrounded by Zeilad Wildlife Sanctuary with Zeilad lake and …
SHIMLA: After conserving snow leopard and western tragopan, Himachal Pradesh is going to launch a conservation programme for the endangered Himalayan brown bear by setting up the country's first conservation and breeding centre for the pheasant in Chamba district, for which the Union government has already given in-principle approval. The …
RASUWA, Sept 29: A recent study has revealed that there are 51snow leopards in two national parks and three other conservation areas in Nepal. The study was conducted by a team deployed from the Center for Molecular Dynamics, Nepal with financial support from Hario Ban program of World Wildlife Fund …
NAGPUR: Poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction have decimated the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 3,200. Poaching continues to be the key threat to tigers in India - home to more than half of the world's tigers, finds a latest study conducted by Wildlife Protection Society of India …
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has sanctioned Rs 5.12 crore for the 'Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve' (CDBR) in the Spiti region of the tribal Lahaul and Spiti district. The Spiti area was the only one among 18 such zones in the country to have been declared …
MANANG: Locals of Manang and Mustang have found new job opportunities in snow leopards of late, as conservationists from home and abroad are carrying out research on the mountain cats. While the ongoing research is helping in local tourism, many locals have found employment as well as researchers hire them …
To reintroduce captive-bred endangered animals like red panda and snow leopard into the wild, the Darjeeling zoo has now started a new breeding conservation centre for wildlife. Built in an area of five hectares inside the zoo, the centre hosts three pairs of snow leopards and two pairs of red …
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), India, has set up camera traps to track the movement of snow leopards, Asia’s most endangered cats, a few km from the Line of Control (LoC) in the mountains of Kargil district. As per the WWF, there are 400-700 snow leopards in India, a majority …
A protection center for snow leopards has been set up in the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve in the Tibet autonomous region, authorities said. A project by the Qomolangma National Nature Preserve Administration and the Vanke Public Welfare Foundation, the center aims to integrate resources for the protection of snow leopards. …
Poachers are active in Chitral district, the paradise of wildlife, due to shortage of watchers. The wildlife department has only 56 watchers for an area of 14,850 square kilometres. Lamenting the government’s apathy towards the preservation of Chitral, Shakir Ahmad, conservationist at a nongovernmental organisation, told Dawn that due to …
The wildlife department of the Himachal Pradesh government has been given permission by the Centre to carry out a study of the highly endangered snow leopard. "Half a dozen snow leopards will be tagged by global positioning system (GPS) collars and the behaviour of these elusive cats will be observed,"said …
SHIMLA: With the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) clearing Rs 5.15 crore project, the state wildlife department is set to launch a globally unique and field-based snow leopard research and conservation facility in Spiti Valley of tribal Lahaul-Spiti district, which is considered as one of India's most important …
Tata group's realty arm will donate Rs 15 lakh per year in the project WWF India today partnered real estate firm Tata Housing to launch a project for conservation of endangered specie 'snow leopards' in the country. Snow leopards population is estimated at 400-700 in India out of 7,000 worldwide. …
In exciting news for wildlife conservationists, a camera installed at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi district has caught two snow leopards, a rare species. Sources in the Uttarakhand forest department said the camera captured a male snow leopard on November 18 and a female in the first week of December. …
The Department of National Parks and Wildlife conservation in association with WWF Nepal, National Trust for Nature Conservation, and Kanchenjanga Conservation Area Management Council, has successfully fitted Satellite Radio Collar on a snow leopard in Kanchenjanga Conservation Area. Maheshwor Dhakal, an ecologist at the department, informed that the Satellite Radio …
Representatives from Kyrgyzstan and 11 other Central and South Asian countries on Thursday made a historic pledge to protect and conserve snow leopards, also called "ghost of the mountain" because of their elusive nature, and their habitat in the high-mountain landscapes of Asia. Joined by conservation experts from around the …
The country marked the seventh National Conservation Day with a theme —snow leopard conservation and a call to protect the Himalayas — here today. Addressing a government-organised function, President Ram Baran Yadav pointed that the mountain ecosystem is under threat from the pervasive impacts of climate change. “It is heartening …
As London Fashion Week concludes, Dr Charudutt Mishra explains how demand for cashmere is affecting Central Asian wildlife, and how enlisting the support of local people will be essential for the future of snow leopard conservation. The mountains of Central Asia are where the endangered snow leopards live. The higher …
Tigers and their close relatives (Panthera) are some of the world’s most endangered species. Here we report the de novo assembly of an Amur tiger whole-genome sequence as well as the genomic sequences of a white Bengal tiger, African lion, white African lion and snow leopard. Through comparative genetic analyses …
With the financial assistance of the USAID, the Snow Leopard Foundation here on Wednesday launched a project for protecting snow leopard in central Chitral. Speaking at the launching ceremony, the director conservation of SLF Hafeez Buzdar said the pastures of six villages in central Chitral were habitats of the wild …
Sparrows Indicate Environmental Well-Being, Their Absence Worrying: Experts Bangalore: They may be small but their presence makes a big impact. Sparrows are an indicator of the environmental health of an area, say experts. And their disappearance can be linked to increase in infectious diseases and ecological changes, they warn. These …
