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 …
According to the government, introduced species kill 25m native New Zealand birds a year including the iconic ground-dwelling, flightless Kiwi, which die at a rate of 20 a week, and now number fewer than 70,000. The government estimates the cost of introduced species to the New Zealand economy and primary …
Urban waste impacts human and environmental health, and waste management has become one of the major challenges of humanity. Concurrently with new directives due to manage this human by-product, illegal dumping has become one of the most lucrative activities of organized crime. Beyond economic fraud, illegal waste disposal strongly enhances …
Latitude is the main factor which determines the organic pollutant concentration in Antarctic giant petrels -emblematic species in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions-, according to an article from the journal Environmental Research in which Professor Jacob González Solís, from the Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences and the …
Climate change could make much of the Arctic unsuitable for millions of migratory birds that travel north to breed each year, according to a new international study published today inGlobal Change Biology. The University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences' researcher Hannah Wauchope said that suitable breeding conditions for Arctic …
A new study of population trends among 46 ecologically diverse bird species in North America conducted by avian ecologist Joel Ralston and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst overturns a long-held assumption that the climate conditions occupied by a species do not change over time. Instead, as the researchers …
The earth is warming at an alarming rate, especially in the Arctic, where a marked decline in sea ice cover may have far-ranging consequences for endemic species. Little auks, endemic Arctic seabirds, are key bioindicators as they forage in the marginal ice zone and feed preferentially on lipid-rich Arctic copepods …
But the summer visitor is in decline and, according to a new study, its migratory habits may be to blame. Scientists have tagged birds leaving the UK and believe they take two different routes on their journey to spend the winter in Africa. Surprisingly, survival is lower on the shorter …
Animal populations occurring at high elevations are often assumed to be in peril of extinctions or local extirpations due to elevational-dispersal limitations and thermoregulatory constraints as habitats change and warm. However, long-term monitoring of high-elevation populations is uncommon relative to those occurring at lower elevations, and evidence supporting this assumption …
Raipur: Fondly called as 'cutest falcon' among the birdwatchers, Amur Falcon a small raptor that breeds in south-eastern Siberia and Northern China was spotted for the first time in Central India with photographic authentication, at Bastar region by a birder cum Head of Department, Zoology of Government PG College, Jagdalpur. …
In a first-of-its-kind death of an bird in the Okhla sanctuary , a baby snakebird or Oriental darter was found hanging from the high tension line passing through it.Following the death of the bird, a small flock of darters, which had arrived in the sanctuary , has left the place.The …
The importance of species richness in maintaining ecosystem function in the field remains unclear. Recent studies however have suggested that in some systems functionality is maintained by a few abundant species. Here we determine this relationship by quantifying the species responsible for a key ecosystem role, carcass removal by scavengers. …
A new study by researchers at Stanford University shows the effects of deforestation and climate change are amplified into a one-two punch that pushes vulnerable rainforest species towards extinction, while dry-climate species persist. The findings, published in Ecology Letters, could help guide decisions about where land can be converted to …
Aurangabad: A high-powered committee of Union government recently gave in-principle approval to the long-pending proposal of declaring 500m area around the Jayakwadi Bird Sanctuary as eco-sensitive zone, prohibiting commercial activities in the buffer area. However, the committee categorically spared the farmers residing in the zone area by allowing them to …
Plastic waste found on the beach at Sarstangen on Prince Carls Forland, on the west coast of Svalbard, Norway. Plastic dumped into the seas around the UK is carried to the Arctic within two years, scientists have revealed, where it does “extreme harm” to the fragile polar environment. Marine plastic …
The Mysore Science Foundation conducted a nature walk for students on the premises of Kukkarahalli lake here on Sunday to provide greater exposure to the participants to the world of birds and environment. K. Manu of the Mysore Amateur Naturalists (MAN) was the resource person and explained the importance of …
The desperate call of a starving chick or the screechy mating call of a red-wattled lapwing in Pallikaranai get drowned in the din of vehicles that whiz past the marshland. All through the day, these birds are exposed to urban cacophony, and experts say it is having an adverse impact …
Climate change is disrupting the seasonal behaviour of Britain’s plants and animals, with rising temperatures having an impact on species at different levels of the food chain, new research shows. The result could be widespread “desynchronisation” between species and their phenological events – seasonal biological cycles such as breeding and …
JAIPUR: With an aim to the protect the state bird, the Great Indian Bustard (or Indian bustard), locally known as "godawan", the Rajasthan government has now decided not to set up any windmills for wind power projects in the areas where these birds are found, an official said on Monday. …
Amid public protest against animal killing practices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services killed a total of 3.2 million animals in 2015. The number was revealed in a report conducted by its highly selective arm. Aside from highlighting the numbers, the report also detailed whether the animals were killed, …
Environmentalists fear a vulnerable eagle species will disappear from the ACT when the CSIRO allows developers onto its large research field station in Canberra's north-west. The little eagle, a very small eagle species native to Australia, remains in the ACT only in limited numbers. One of the few remaining nesting …
