Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
This case study is a review of socio-economic structure of the people, their loss and benefit out of sanctuaries, concept of WTP (willingness to pay) and finally attitude towards conservation. Details salient features of a recommended female oriented economic development programme and says that this is certain to have long …
Hyderabad, June 29: Two Asiatic lions from the Nehru Zoological Park will be relocated to a national park in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. The Conservator of Forests, Mr Shekar Reddy, said, "We are sending two Asiatic Lions, aged two years, to Bhopal. "They' would be relocated to the Vanvihar National …
The Gharials, once abundant in river systems of the Indian subcontinent with its range extending throughout the Gangetic Plains, Indus river in Pakistan, northern Nepal and Bhutan, East Burma and southern Orissa, are reportedly extinct in Burma and Pakistan. The Indian Gharial is now confined to India, Nepal and Bangladesh, …
Iranian and Western wildlife experts are working together to save rare cheetahs from extinction in this arid, mountainous region, despite a nuclear row between their governments. US and British-based conservation groups are backing a campaign spearheaded by Iran's department of environment and the United Nations Development Programme to prevent the …
Breakfast with an orangutan. Close encounter with a panda. No, you aren't on a jungle safari. It could all happen in apnu Amdavad, with plans afoot for a new zoo that would have animals not bound in cramped enclosures. The Ahmedabd Municipal Corporation (AMC) has already begun frantic search for …
The much-publicised zoological park of international standards at Aarey Milk colony may finally see the light of day. State Forest minister Babanrao Pachpute said that Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has given his approval to the project on June 5, following the state forest department seeking an approval from him. The …
The 185-km railway track from Siliguri to Alipurduar has taken the lives of 18 pachyderms in the past few years. An expert committee has now suggested that the situation should be improved by introducing a speed limit and educating train drivers to look out for "danger signs", which include elephants. …
Forest officials arrested three persons and detained one Tata Mobile vehicle for allegedly involved in catching frogs at Gaonkarwado-Usgao on June 7 at about 12.30 am. According to reports, arrested ones include Thomas Sebestiao and Patrick Pacheco (both from Raia, Salcette) and Anand Chandwadkar from Bethora-Ponda and recovered 70 frogs …
The elephant of the Samayapuram Mariamman temple will be handed over to the Forest Department. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department has issued an order to shift the pachyderm immediately. The 19-year old male elephant, Mariappan, has often been turning restive for the past couple of years causing anxiety …
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), set up at the behest of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is grappling with an acute shortage of staff with around 70 per cent of total posts yet to be filled. The Bureau, which set up last year by Environment Ministry, aimed to develop infrastructure …
The present investigation deals with the chemical characteristics/composition of the natural waters of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR), located within Kerala and Karnataka states respectively. Waters of both localities differ significantly in their chemical characteristics and composition. The waters of NBR - Kerala are bereft of dissolved minerals in their …
Landscape connectivity that allows for wildlife mobility requires governance across a tenurial mosaic of managerial units based on reconciliation of social, economic, and ecological objectives. The proposed Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), which includes Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, features a spectacular display of mega fauna and a …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest has released about Rs 3000 crore to the Northeastern States during the past four financial years under the "Project Elephant'. Official sources said here today altogether 17 States, including six NE States, received the fund under the project where elephants exist in the wild. …
Decks have been cleared for the rationalisation of sanctuaries with the National Wildlife Board clearing the state's proposal for redrawing the boundaries of the existing protected wildlife areas to exclude inhabited areas and cultivated fields. The issue had been hanging fire for the past four years and the people of …
The Tripura Government has initiated a comprehensive proposal for the protection of wildlife with the publication of a survey report, indicating the increase of elephant population, while the concerned department has been asked to mobilise forest dwelling communities for the natural resource conservation process. Talking to UNI here today, state …
The State Forest department has started annual wildlife census from May 14 to 20. Forest department officials said that while they would conduct pugmark count till Sunday, there would be a night watch on May 19 -20, which are the full moon nights. The census is on in the entire …
If you thought that finding Mr Right or Ms Right was complicated enough in the world of humans, just think about the plight of the hundreds of wild animals housed in zoos across India. In what seems like a move to facilitate the matchmaking process, the Central Zoo Authority of …
The fate of the world's most famous panda preserve remained unknown on Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area from the rest of the world. The Wolong National Nature Reserve and panda breeding centre is the only place in …