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 …
Poachers killed more tigers in the first four months of 2016 than in entire 2015, according to a latest data by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), as reported by the Hindustan Times. Twenty eight tigers were killed till April 26 as compared to 25 poached for body parts …
The kingdom of Swaziland has made a surprise proposal to legalise the trade in rhino horn in order to pay for anti-poaching measures. In a leaked document addressed to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), Swaziland’s anti-poaching body said it wanted to sell the country’s 330kg stockpile …
Efforts to save Cambodia's royal turtle, one of the world's most critically endangered species, are being hampered by dredging and illegal forest clearances, a wildlife conservation group warned on Monday. The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Cambodian government have been desperately trying to protect the tiny remaining pocket of batagur …
A number of ecosystems in Israel, particularly those in the Coastal Plain, are almost or completely unprotected, according to a new survey which shows that parts of Israel fall short of the international standard. The Coastal Plain has nearly 90 species of endangered plants of which 28 are either unique …
The fungus prevents the frogs from maintaining important salt levels, leading to a cardiac arrest. Eggs bred at Taronga Zoo and Zoos Victoria were released into disease-free enclosures within the Kosciuszko National Park this month. It will take six months for them to metamorphose into frogs and then another four …
Although the Himalayan wolf is visibly distinct from its European cousin, its current distribution has mostly been a matter of assumption, rather than evident truth. The most ancient wolf lineage, known to science, has been listed as Critically Endangered in the National Red List. Now, an international research team, led …
In the last hundred years, tiger populations across the world have decreased; from a 60,000 population, only 3,200 were left in the wild by 2010. Poaching has been the main reason for this unnerving drop in numbers, as these amazing big cats are killed for their skins, poaching, medicine, or …
The Chitwan National Park has begun a week-long awareness campaign for the conservation of tigers and one horned rhinos, among other wild animals, from today. The CNP launched the campaign to celebrate zero poaching year. The national park had marked zero poaching last year as well. Chief Conservation Officer at …
Dimension Data, a South African tech firm and networking company Cisco, announced a partnership to save rhinos being poached in the country. The technology deployed by the companies will track vehicles and people entering the reserve that is located near the Kruger National Park. The primary goal of the pilot …
The diversity of life on Earth—which provides vital services to humanity —stems from the difference between rates of evolutionary diversification and extinction. Human activities have shifted the balance : Species extinction rates are an estimated 1000 times the “background” rate and could increase to 10,000 times the background rate should …
Visakhapatnam: In an initiative aimed at conservation of Olive Ridley turtles along the coast, the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has joined hands with the state forest department to protect the endangered species along the nine districts of Andhra Pradesh. NTPC-Simhadri group general manager PK Bondriya and AP principal chief …
A group of tiger biologists from India, USA, UK and Russia have debunked a report which claimed that the world’s wild tiger population is on the rise. “We do not find this report and its implications scientifically convincing,” said a statement issued by four tiger biologists — Dr K. Ullas …
England's last remaining golden eagle is feared to have died, having not been seen in the skies above the Lake District for several weeks. The male bird, which was not officially named but known locally as Eddy, became the last of its type in 2004 when its partner died. It …
There are estimated to be 2,400 one-horned rhinos, out of a global population of 3,300, at the park in Assam A rhino was killed by poachers in India's Kaziranga national park on the same day the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured the sanctuary. The adult male rhino was shot …
Almost total decimation of Betpak-Dala’s population of 200,000 saiga antelopes in 2015 caused by pathogen that led to hemorrhagic septicemia, say scientists The mysterious mass deaths of about 200,000 saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan last year was caused by a bacterial infection. As news emerged in May last year of the …
Kerala bagged two of the five awards for tiger reserves at the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation that got under way in New Delhi on Tuesday. The awards were won by the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) for best anti-poaching practices and the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve for community participation …
Making a strong pitch for tiger conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between governments at the highest level to check trafficking in body parts of the wildcat. Noting that conservation of tiger or nature is "not a drag" on development, the Prime Minister insisted …
DURHAM, N.C. -- Habitat mapping software and satellite imagery can help conservationists predict the movements of endangered species in remote or inaccessible regions and pinpoint areas where conservation efforts should be prioritized, a new Duke University-led case study shows. The Duke team used the software and images to assess recent …
Bhopal: To save the Indian Skimmer, an endangered bird found in the National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh has requested Rajasthan not to discharge water from its three dams on Chambal River till the first week of June. The reason for concern -- unhabited islands in the downstream, where these …
NAVI MUMBAI: Amid the picturesque environs of Raigad district, vultures are flapping their wings as their numbers are slowing spiralling since 2001. Natural efforts to conserve vultures near Mahad in Raigad district over the last 15 years have led to a rise in the bird's population, much to the delight …
