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 …
Financial help is yet to arrive in support of the efforts of the monks at Attahas near Dakshindihi in Burdwan who are attempting to conserve a forest that shelters thousands of migratory birds. A flooding local river has destroyed trees of the forest over the years. And, with no dyke …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The Forest Department has recommended a ban on tourism activities including setting up of food joints near Hebbal, Nagavara and Agaram lakes. The Department, which had been directed to submit the recent report by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests after his visit to these places …
V Krithiga | ENS Tirunelveli THIRUPPADAIMARUDUR has an ongoing love affair, one that keeps touching new heights. This tiny hamlet, about 30 km off Tirunelveli, receives thousands of migratory birds from Asian and East European countries and villagers go out of their way to make them feel welcome. There are …
A proposal for water supply to Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur was forwarded by the Government of Rajasthan seeking assistance from Planning Commission as advised and approved by the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide their letter dated 10.04.2008. As per the Ministry of Environment and Forests the proposal , is …
Mumbai, July 22 Maharashtra Nature Park Dy Director says newly developing habitat should be made safe, secure for the birds For nearly a month, a vast stretch of the much-abused Mithi river
Washington, July 8: In a first, a new study has corroborated statistically what many ornithologists have long suspected, that most birds fly in flocks even at night. Researchers have spent decades trying to track how birds migrate at night, a problem compounded by their tiny size flying and the great …
Migratory birds are mainly responsible for the outbreak of avian influenza (AI) or bird flu in the country, according to a study report. The report said that migratory birds might be responsible for initial introduction of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), Bangladesh Agriculture …
Twenty-five-year population trends of 42 bird species rare as breeders in the UK were examined in relation to changes in climatic suitability simulated using climatic envelope models. The effects of a series of potential
The primary contributors to the sharp rise in global temperatures are humans in a sea-ice region of the Arctic Ocean, scientists have observed polar bears stalking, killing and eating other polar bears. Many species of plants across the middle and higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere are now flowering earlier …
Recipe for energy saving unravelled in migratory birds Pointed wings together with carrying less weight per wing area and avoidance of high winds and atmospheric turbulence save a bird loads of energy during migration. This has been shown for the first time in free-flying wild birds by researchers at Princeton …
Nearly 300 residents of over 10 societies near Charkop lake, a 50-year-old water body, fear that construction on the lake is going to adversely affect them in the coming monsoon. In February, the residents had raised a red flag over partial filling of the six-acre lake for a housing project. …
While its cultural and spiritual heritage makes it an ideal candidate for acquiring the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, its rich biodiversity only adds to that claim. Not many may be aware, but Majuli, one among the largest river islands inhabited the world, possesses a range of animal …
New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds. But the six-year study also refutes one of the most widely accepted explanations of why urban areas are so hostile to some kinds of birds. Most ecologists have assumed that …
Some of the most striking examples of rapid changes in lifehistory traits due to climate change are found in migratory birds, especially in the timing of migration and breeding. The combined effect of the public's fascination for birds, a general interest in the phenomenon of migration, and the long history …
Early Birds, a city based organization for conservation of nature had recently organized a series of meetings at schools near Deepor beel, the lone Ramsar site in the State. The first meeting was held at the Parijat Academy a high school for the downtrodden students of the society at Pamohi …
With an early summer in the offing, migratory birds are preparing to leave the region earlier than in previous years. This was disclosed by Assistant Conservator of Forests Gunin Saikia here yesterday. Saikia said that the winged visitors, which come from such distant places as Siberia and China, are getting …
Pelicans and painted storks have been found dead in Hemmanahalli lake near here under mysterious circumstances. Over 25 painted storks which had come here in search of food from Kokkarebellur bird sanctuary, died under mysterious circumstances. The reason behind the death of these birds is not ascertained. "Every year hundreds …
New studies confirm that fish ladders at dams in the tropics fail to meet their objective of guaranteeing the survival of migratory fish, and in fact, could hasten the extinction of some species. Brazilian scientists found that ladders act as an "ecological trap" attracting schools of fish to poorer environments, …
