Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
FlutterBy: European butterflies might face extinction if global temperatures continue to rise as predicted over the next 70 years, a new study said. In the worst-case scenario, 95 per cent of the land will become too warm for 70 butterfly species if the average temperatures rise by 4.1o C by …
Megha Mann Tribune News Service Nangal, January 28 The teams of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) today visited the Bela Dhyani village where a large number of dead fish was found floating in the Sutlej waters on January 25. PPCB team, …
Sultanpur national park has been declared as an eco-sensitive zone as per this draft notification issued by Ministry of Environment and Forests. Whereas the Sultanpur National Park (about 15 km from Gurgaon and about 45 km from Delhi) attracts a large number and variety of migratory birds during the winter …
Himanshu Kaushik, TNN AHMEDABAD: With north Gujarat becoming a separate zone, the state forest department proposes to develop another wetland, this time in Banaskantha district. Nadeshwari near Vav district will be one of the largest freshwater wetlands in the country spread over 1,330 sq km. Officials in the forest department …
AHMEDABAD: The forest department plans to set up an artificial breeding centre for Lesser Flamingos at Nadeshwari. This species was classified as near threatened by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources in 2006. Gujarat has two species of the bird breeding in Rann of Kutch Greater Flamingo …
Bhopal, Jan 27: Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) is a dreaded disorder of fishes which inflicts heavy losses to the fishery industry. Since about two decades, it has been the observation that three things come together at Bhopal during winter season. They are cold weather, migratory birds, and EUS in fishes. …
NEW DELHI: Delhiites can look forward to seeing large flocks of pelicans and storks in the next few years. The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is adding another 300 acres to its present area, all of which will be developed as a huge wetland specially to attract the aforementioned species of birds. …
AHMEDABAD: Birdwatchers in the state are rejoicing as one good news follows another. After spotting several migratory birds in Thol and Nalsarovar bird sanctuary, ornithologists have got yet another treat in Porbander, as three Red-necked Grebes were spotted in the wetlands of Porbander. The Red-necked Grebe is a migratory aquatic …
ROMILA SAHA Birds at the Santragachhi jheel. (Sanat Kumar Sinha) Fewer birds have made the Santragachhi jheel their home this winter. Overgrowth of water hyacinth in the 13,75,000sq ft lake, the largest hub of waterfowl around the city, could be one of the reasons, according to experts. Last year, 5,152 …
Date: 08-Jan-09 Country: CANADA Author: Jeffrey Jones CALGARY - Environmental groups took the first step on Wednesday to convince a court to charge Canada's largest oil sands producer with the deaths of 500 ducks, an incident that brought worldwide attention to the ecological impact of the huge energy resource. Ecojustice, …
Mumbai: A delay in the arrival of flamingos in the city has raised fears that the migratory birds might have shifted their place of settlement to another spot. The large pink to scarlet web-footed wading birds flock to the mudflats near Uran and Sewri in search of the blue green …
The avian flu outbreak in Assam has put Haryana on high alert, especially as migratory birds come calling to the lush green bird sanctuaries at Sultanpur and Bhindawas. The wildlife wing of the Forest Department has launched a survey of migratory birds in these bird sanctuaries to check any threat …
Even as the dreaded Avian Influenza (H5N1 strain) has come back to haunt India, particularly through the recent outbreak in Assam, the Chilika lagoon has been included in a multi-centre study aiming to identify sources of the killer virus. The first of its kind initiative carried forward through an international …
Manoj Anand If migratory birds were centre attractions for the tourists in Assam, this time they have brought disaster with them. The health ministry has confirmed that it was migratory birds who brought this deadly bird flu to Assam. The Assam government has not only started culling operations, but also …
The equitable and sustainable allocation and management of water are crucial for maintaining the ecological function of freshwater water ecosystems. These functions sustain the significant services that these ecosystems provide to support human well-being; biodiversity underpins the functioning of these ecosystems and therefore the services provided. Loss of biodiversity, therefore, …
This paper focuses on only one piece of this complex challenge: the ways in which conservation action has been informed, and should be informed, by the interaction between ecological scale and governance. The published literature does not provide much guidance
KENDRAPARA: The Forest and Veterinary officials have sounded alert in Bhitarkanika after large numbers of migratory birds started arriving in the national park with the onset on winter. The officials have also taken precautionary steps to detect any sick birds in the park and its nearby areas, said Dr Keshaba …
JORHAT, Nov 27: Despite the availability of a large number of beels (natural water tanks) and marshy areas in the district, the conservation of native birds and adequate protection of migratory avian species have been a far cry due to the absence of a regulatory mechanism. Though a proposal to …
