Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
Bengaluru: That the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is home to a good number of big cats was always known. But did you know that the forest area has a density of 8.6 tigers per 100 sqkm? Providing such insights is a scientific journal brought out by the Karnataka forest department. This …
As many as 7,256 birds counted in a day-long census A day-long census of birds that arrived at Otteri Lake in Vandalur was carried out by the Forest Department on Friday. The census is an annual feature and focusses on the arrival of new birds and the increase in their …
Conservationists are jubilant after the discovery of a massive group of lions in a remote Ethiopian national park, ending years of sharp decline in their numbers. The University of Oxford said up to 200 lions could be living in Ethiopia's Alatash National Park and an adjacent park in Sudan. Although …
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, a research body under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR-CMFRI), will begin the month-long National Marine Fisheries Census 2016 from February 1 in all maritime states and two Union Territories of the country. The census will be taken up at a cost of …
BHUBANESWAR: As the Odisha government is all set to start its big cat count in the first week of February, the authorities are likely to skip the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary that has of late turned into a hot-bed for the Maoist. The tiger census in the sanctuary, in Nuapada district, …
The Goa Bird Conservation Network (GBCN) will conduct the second All Goa Waterbird Census (AGWC) across all major wetlands of Goa from January 17 to January 24. The 2015 survey, which recorded nine threatened species, made Goa one of the few States to provide comprehensive information on the wetland bird …
Big cat numbers in Karnataka may be on the rise but on the flipside, the state also tops the country in terms of the tiger mortality rate Of the 69 deaths documented by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in 2015, Karnataka accounted for the highest with 15. The mortality …
As India is home to nearly 70 per cent of world’s tiger population, the Union Environment Ministry is planning to relocate some of the big cats to Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar, where they have either become extinct or are on the verge of it. Experts from these countries recently took …
Koraput: The Koraput forest division has decided to install 20 camera traps for tiger census in six forest ranges under its jurisdiction. "The cameras will be installed at places frequented by the animals and near water holes. We are seeking the advice of experts in this regard," said divisional forest …
What did African wildlife look like 1,000 years ago? That's exactly what scientists are finding out in a bid to better understand how they have shaped the world we live in. "Animals matter and ecologists across the world are starting to realize that many ecosystems cannot be understood without including …
Nagpur: The state information commission (SIC), Nagpur Bench, rapped wildlife wing officials of the forest department for violating RTI Act by denying information to consumer rights activist Avinash Prabhune. Prabhune on May 3, 2014, had filed an application seeking details about 'estimation exercise to count tiger, co-predator prey in Maharashtra …
KOLHAPUR: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has revived nationwide bird count exercise after nearly 25 years. Bird lovers and watchers can join the annual day-long census on November 15. The prominent organisation in conservation and biodiversity research has announced that the exercise would now be held every year on …
The lion is among Africa’s most iconic wildlife — right up there with elephants, rhinos and giraffes — and also one of the continent’s top predators. But despite its status as one of the world’s most recognizable animals, the lion has lately been losing its grip on its historic domain. …
VARANASI: Environmentalists are doubtful over the findings of recently conducted Ganga Dolphin Census citing increasing pollution load in Ganga. Banaras Hindu University's environmental scientist and Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) expert member Prof BD Tripathi said, "Gangetic dolphin survives in clean water. So it is surprising that their population is …
Kampala — A census to ascertain the number of endangered mountain gorillas in three neighbouring countries of Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has started. The venture, which started last week in Virunga National Game Park in DRC, is aimed at ascertaining whether mountain gorilla numbers are increasing …
KANPUR: The state forest department along with WWF will commence the census of the Indo-Gangetic dolphins in Ganga from Monday. This important task will witness its beginning from Ganga barrage in Kanpur. Principal Secretary (Forest), Sanjeev Saran will inaugurate the dolphin census programme at barrage which will go upto October …
For the first time, the forest department, WWF-India and 23 other NGOs and community leaders will conduct a Gangetic dolphin census in the Ramganga river from October 5 to 8 this year. The forest department and other agencies had conducted the dolphin census in the Ganga and its tributaries (Yamuna, …
Punjab occupies the 16th position in total species count. Students of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research have counted 74 species of birds in Punjab which is considered as a rare feat for the institute. The students also took part in the annual event of Great Backward Birds Count …
Hyderabad: The first ever leopard census in India, carried out by the Wild Life Institute of India, has exposed the claims of AP and TS forest officials regarding an increase in the population of leopards. According to the census, undivided AP had 343 leopards. The total leopard population of the …
India finally has an estimate of its most populous and elusive large predator, the leopard. The first ever count of India's leopards, conducted alongside last year's tiger census, has put the spotted cat population at 7,910 in and around tiger habitats across the country, except the northeast. The leopards were …
