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 …
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 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. K. Ranjitsinh & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 31/03/2022. The matter related to power lines running through the sacred groves of Jaisalmer and posing a threat to the Great Indian Bustard. The bench of Justices …
India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species was unanimously accepted today at the ongoing thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) in Gandhinagar. The CMS Conference underway in Gujarat has kicked …
Jaisalmer: Union forest and climate change ministry expressing concern from the government of Rajasthan for not getting support for saving the state bird and schedule first wildlife the great Indian bustard, has written a letter and told that in the entire world the number of great Indian bustard is only …
RAJKOT: Wildlife conservation institutions has launched an online petition to save the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) whose population has dwindled to just 150 in India. Of the 150, only 25 birds are found in Gujarat that too in Kutch’s Abdasa taluka. The Corbett Foundation and Conservation India and …
Nagpur: Record a GIB sighting and get Rs 500! The state's principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra has started a novel scheme to save the critically endangered birds in Maharashtra. The foresters seem to have pressed panic buttons after not a single GIB was sighted in the five-day …
Jaipur: The first windmills of Jaisalmer came up in 2001. Since then, the desert has become among the largest windfarms in the world. The spread of this "sustainable" energy source, however, has not come without a cost. Local people who have lived off tourism are finding it harder to attract …
JAIPUR: In a Facebook post, scientist Sutirtha Dutta of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, expressed regret that a juvenile Great Indian Bustard had died in Gujarat after hitting a transmission line of a windfarm. "Within months of tagging, two Great Indian Bustard in Kachchh, (Gujarat) a tagged juvenile female …
Ahmedabad: The state government's recent decision to allow 16 more overhead power lines through the area encompassing habitat of the Great Indian bustard, a critical endangered species, has sent alarm bells ringing among wildlife lovers and environment activists. Each line will carry 11kV power, creating huge threat to the birds, …
JAISALMER: The Census on Schedule I species, including Godawan (Great Indian Bustard), began on Sunday at the Desert National Park (DNP) and other areas of Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. The survey will be marked by mammoth efforts by volunteers and frontline staff to systematically collect data by covering over 20,000 …
Ahmedabad: The recent population count of the Great Indian Bustard taken up after six years has raised serious questions on conservation efforts. Alarmingly, the count taken late last week has revealed that there are only six Great Indian Bustards left in Naliya-Kutch, as against 48 recorded in 2010 - a …
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. …
Jaisalmer: Unregulated windmills coming up in the Desert National Park (DNP) at Jaisalmer are posing a serious threat to the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) which has been categorised as "critically endangered". The state government has called a meeting on Wednesday over the issue. The meeting will be chaired by electricity …
As many as 36 animal and plant species in Gujarat have been categorized as endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. In reply to a question by Rajya Sabha member Parimal Nathwani, the minister …
Nashik: The majestic Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) are vanishing from sight, at least in the Nashik region. According to forest officials, not a single GIB has been spotted in the region since 2007. Officials said three GIBs were seen in the Ozar air strip that year. In 2014, the forest …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Great Indian Bustard, 15/12/2015. Financial assistance is also provided to the State Governments for protection of Great Indian Bustard habitats under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of ‘Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats’. A list of such Protected Areas along with details of the …
INDORE: The Nature Volunteers organised its second annual environment lecture on the topic, 'Conservation beyond tiger: Need to take action' in the city on Saturday. Chaired by collector, P Narhari, the lecture saw Asad R. Rahmani, former director, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), delivering his address. Rahmani focused on the …
The Central Information Commission has directed the Environment Ministry to explain whether it is revisiting environmental clearance given to a solar park in the habitat of Indian Bustard in Karnataka as per directions of National Green Tribunal. The Commission has directed the Ministry "to publish the policy along with reasons …
Several groups in the region have raised objections saying the diversion of these lands will spell doom for the Bustard as well as the entire ecosystem of the region. The Central Information Commission (CIC) has pulled up Environment Ministry for withholding information related to construction work in the ecologically- sensitive …
PUNE: One of the two male birds that came to the Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary in Nanaj unusually early this year was found dead under suspicious circumstances, officials of the forest department said. On September 15, a farmer found the injured bird at Karamba village about 10km from Nanaj. A …
