Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of M K Ranjitsinh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/03/2024. The matter related to protection of Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and Lesser Florican. The SC order of April 19, 2021 imposed restrictions on the setting up of overhead …
From all accounts, the central government was fully equipped to deal with the possibility of an outbreak of avian influenza. The systems for surveillance and monitoring were supposed to be in place. Events in the first two months of the year proved otherwise. On February 18, the Indian government officially …
experts advocate the use of a new drug meloxicam to save the dwindling number of white-backed vultures, a rare South Asian variety. Many of them reckon nearly 95 per cent of these birds have gone missing after the anti-inflamatory drug diclofenac was introduced in 1994. The drug is prescribed to …
A recent major oil spill off Estonia's northwestern coast has damaged the marine ecosystem in the Baltic Sea and its delicate bird population, authorities said. The spill was located in the coastal areas of Laane and Harju counties, some 100 km southwest of the capital, Tallinn. It was caused by …
on february 4, 2006 bird carcasses were spotted in the Okhla bird sanctuary in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh (up). In the next three days, 58 bird deaths were reported in the sanctuary. Though the exact cause of the calamity has not yet been confirmed, bird lovers and forest officials …
a public interest litigation seeking a halt to construction on a part of the Telugu Ganga Canal in Andhra Pradesh was recently filed to save the only known habitat of a rare bird species. Submitted in the Supreme Court by environmentalist Bittu Sahgal, it is scheduled to come up for …
in a quantum leap that might spell a windfall for virologists, 170 strains of the avian influenza virus have been decoded by researchers from St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee, in usa. The effort doubled the amount of genetic information available on bird flu viruses in one go. The team …
Agenetic mutation of h5 n1, the bird flu virus, caused the death of two people in Turkey in early January, according to a collaborating institute of the World Health Organization (who). uk's National Institute for Medical Research in London, which conducted an analysis of the virus, said genetic mutations could …
chinese scientists have come out with an improved live vaccine to protect poultry and other birds from avian flu. Developed at the country's Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, the vaccine also protects birds from the Newcastle Disease. According to the Chinese agriculture ministry, this is the first vaccine that offers protection …
Named after the French naturalist Leonard Puech Dupont, who was the first to collect a specimen, Dupont's lark (Chersophilus duponti), is the only lark in the genus Chersophilus. It breeds across north Africa
As disturbed forests increase in protected areas in the tropics there is a clear need to assess their conservation values through studies of their vegetation and animal communities. However, Thai protected area managers lack data on how ecosystems respond after human disturbances. It was therefore the aim of this research …
A study was undertaken with an aim to investigate community perceptions towards conservation and management of the Openbill in Pailom and Ampuvararam Temple Wildlife Non-Hunting Area located in the Samkhoke district of Pathum Thani province of Thailand.
Secondary succession in tropical areas following recent human disturbances is becoming more common. This is particularly evident in regions of tropical rainforests, long valued by conservationists for their remarkable species diversity. In Southeast Asia, as in the neotropics, central Africa and South Asia, tropical forests have been logged for timber, …
