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 …
In the little village of Pubong Fatak, 13 km from Darjeeling in West Bengal, sits Phul Bahadur, 97, weaving baskets to earn his living. He wears thick glasses tied to a rubber band around his head. On his wrinkled wrist is a Seiko watch that stopped functioning 20 years ago. …
Pakistan's Sindh province government has allowed hunting of more species this year. It has issued new rules to regulate hunting during the forthcoming season. Last year's ban on hunting of several wildlife species has been lifted. This year hunters will be allowed to hunt partridges, sandgrouse, quails, ducks, coots, moorhens, …
vultures are gregarious scavengers. They sit in large sized groups, hunched, looking for carrion. But soon there might not be enough of them surviving to perch in groups. High mortality rates have been recorded among several species of the vulture found in the country. A new study reveals that a …
More than half of the total African penguin population, which was on the verge of dying, were saved due to the efforts of thousands of people. The penguins of the Dassen Island and the Robben Island, had faced a threat of extinction when oil from a sunken ship had leaked …
the Indian bustard, one of the world's most endangered birds, in on the verge of extinction in its natural habitat in the state of Andhra Pradesh. A recent survey of the Bird Watchers Association of Andhra Pradesh reveals that only four to five birds could be found in the Rallapadu …
slash-and-burn farming practised by poor farmers in the Indian Northeast, known as jhum , is often said to be damaging to the environment. This traditional mode of agriculture has been discouraged through several measures. A recent study, one of the very few to scientifically assess the impact of jhum on …
the Madhya Pradesh police has filed a case against the traders who distributed chemically-treated bajra seeds (pearl millet) to farmers in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh. At least 80 peacocks had recently died in Maharajpura and Sitapur villages of Morena, after eating these contaminated seeds. According to officials, viscera …
more means peacock in Hindi. Morena, a district in Madhya Pradesh known for its large population of peacocks, gets its name after the national bird. When about 77 birds died in Maharajpura and Sitapur villages of the district after they had consumed pesticide-laced grains of bajra (pearl millet), the national …
The population of pied myna is declining alarmingly in Bangladesh. Being an insectivorous bird, the myna plays an important role in protecting crops. "Random destruction of the myna's nesting trees, increasing pressures of human population and unscientific use of insecticides have led to its decline," said Khalilur Rahman, a bird …
researchers have come upon a new source of acid rain seabird urine. The discharged waste contains ammonia, which also damages plants. A study by Sarah Wanless of the British government's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology at Banchory in Scotland has shown that ammonia concentrations in the air near seabird colonies …
Intensive use of hazardous pesticide has led to the death of thousands of sparrows who fed on dead insects from the vegetable fields in Dakatia village situated in Jessore district on the western border region of Bangladesh. Although the land is not suitable for rice cultivation, vegetables like brinjals, pointed …
A recent study funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has concluded that the gradual warming of the Arctic due to global climate change is proving a serious threat to the survival of birds in the polar region. This was stated by the WWF in a recently released …
Reducing heavy metal pollution can help improve bird populations, report Finnish researchers. Tapio Eeva and Esa Lehikoinen of the University of Turku, Finland, studied pied flycatchers ( Ficedula hypoleuca ) and great tits ( Parus major ) around the copper smelter at Harjavalta, southwest Finland. A decade ago the plant …
A fierce tussle has ensued in southern Thailand, with environmentalists and wildlife activists determined to save the swiftlet, a sparrow-like bird, from the jaws of poachers and tour operators. While in Thailand the habitat of swiftlets is restricted to the spectacular limestone caves of the Phang-Nga Bay, they are also …
After pesticides were blamed for the decreasing population of vultures, pesticide misuse is now decimating the national bird population. A team of veterinary scientists at the Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (ccshau), Hissar, has come out with a study that shows ignorance on the part of farmers, while sowing …
The National Geographic magazine suddenly finds itself in an embarrassing situation with the discovery that the "missing-link" dinosaur-bird featured by it in November is a fake. The fossil is two animals put together either mistakenly by its discoverers in China or as an artful forgery. Archaeoraptor, on display at the …
ireland has been hauled up by the European Commission ( ec ) for its failure to curb sheep overgrazing at a key conservation site in County Mayo. This has endangered the existence of Ireland's most threatened birds, the Red Grouse, whose mainstay the heather plant is the worst affected by …
Some birds stutter just like people. Sometimes they repeat syllables, alter them or insert new ones into songs they have learnt until finally breaking out into the rest of the song. David Rosenfield of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and his colleagues Nagalapura Viswanath and Santosh Helekar recorded …
The wide banks of the Huntspill River in England are witnessing a dramatic increase in wildlife population. On the advice of the Hawk and Owl Trust (HOT), the National Rivers Authority (NRA) allowed Chris Sperring, conservation officer of HOT, to conduct trials on grassland management. The NRA, meanwhile, paid for …
