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 …
JORHAT, Nov 20: Three persons were apprehended by the Forest Department for poaching migratory birds at the Kokilamukh area here today. This is the second poaching incident within a span of a week. In the earlier incident one person was held for capturing and selling six wild ducks in the …
Shyam Ranganathan Migratory birds flocking at the Kodiakkarai sanctuary near Vedaranyam. NAGAPATTINAM: A project, to be funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, will study the role of migratory birds in the spread of avian influenza, using tracking devices in three bird sanctuaries later this year, K. Balachandran, Indian co-ordinator …
marine sciences Rare corals aplenty According to researchers from James Cook University rare coral species might not be at high risks of extinction due to small population sizes.Their tendency to hybridize saves them. The previous prediction was that small population sizes led to decreased genetic diversity, which in turn decreased …
Yogesh Kabirdoss, Chennai: GLOBAL Positioning System (GPS) has come handy to study the movement of migratory birds in the State. Come December, the field station of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Mission, an NGO, which is engaged in natural conservation at Kodiakkkadu in Nagapatinam district, will start monitoring the movement …
Migratory birds sing winter song in Bhitarkanika park focus Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Migrant birds have started thronging Raipatia water bodies near Satabhaya forest block, enlivening the serene internationally acclaimed Ramsar wetland site in Orissa
BERHAMPUR: With the onset of winter, feathered guests from Siberia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and central Europe have started arriving in the picturesque Nalabana Bird Sanctuary in the Chilika lake. The twittering of the avian species started last week and since then over 20,000 birds have descended on the Nalabana island …
Serena Josephine M, PUDUCHERRY: The Forest Department has formed mobile squads to check the poaching of migratory birds. To step up vigil in border areas, the Department, in coordination with Tamil Nadu, will conduct joint raids on markets and restaurants. The measure follows as many as five incidents of poaching …
In 2000, it took a military operation to halt the march of water hyacinth in Harike, one of the internationally protected wetlands in India, famous for a large number of birds, both local and migratory. The invasive hyacinth problem was squeezing the life out of its 41-square-metre area for some …
If the state animal resources development department (ARD) officials thought they could sit back and relax even after the containment of highly pathogenic H5N1 virus that spread to 16 districts in the state earlier this year, here is a word of caution from the Centre. The department of animal husbandry, …
BANPUR: Here is a piece of good news for wildlife enthusiasts and bird watchers. About 17,000 migratory avian species have arrived in Nalabana bird sanctuary in Chilika, the largest brackish water lake in Asia, according to DFO (wildlife), Chilika, Akhyaya Kumar Patra. The bird sanctuary spread over an area of …
Research that argues dams have no direct effect on the migration of juvenile salmon is roiling waters in the US Pacific Northwest. The study, published in PLoS Biology, uses a new way to tag fish to compare the heavily dammed Columbia River system with the free-flowing Fraser River to the …
Migrating waterfowl may be carrying avian influenza viruses from Asia to the Americas, US government researchers reported on Tuesday. They found genetic evidence that some non-dangerous influenza viruses infecting northern pintail ducks in Alaska are genetically more closely related to Asian strains of bird flu than to North American strains. …
A huge South Korean land reclamation project has destroyed wetlands, killed migratory birds and pushed endangered species toward extinction, a report obtained at the weekend said. The Saemangeum land reclamation, completed in 2006 on the west coast and covering about 400 square kms (155 sq miles) -- about seven times …
Predicting how species distributions might shift as global climate changes is fundamental to the successful adaptation of conservation policy. An increasing number of studies have responded to this challenge by using climate envelopes, modeling the association between climate variables and species distributions. However, it is difficult to quantify how well …
JORHAT, Sept 25: The illegal selling of Whistling Teals in the open market and arrest of the seller in this connection yesterday has raised concern once again on the safety and protection of wild birds, especially at a time when hordes of migratory birds are scheduled to descend in the …
Hyderabad, Sept. 21: Biological heritage sites in the state are facing serious threats because of the upcoming Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and thermal power plants. Wildlife experts are concerned about the deathblow to the bird preservation sites in the state due to the units. Sites such as the Naupada swamp, …
Anantapur Sept. 18: Land acquisition started by the government in Anantapur district to develop industrial estates is posing a danger to the livelihood of people and visiting Siberian birds. People of Veerapuram village in Chilamathur mandal oppose land acquisition for the establishment of special economic zones. They said that small …
