In the ICSE syllabus for Class 4 students on environment, there is a chapter on sparrows and saving them by creating nests based on Rakesh’s work. Hooked on to their i-Pads and mobile phones, children today are missing the joys of nature, wildlife and birds. In the fast changing urban …
SONEPUR: With ornithologists worried about the declining sparrow population, the Forest Department has launched a campaign to conserve and protect them. As a part of the campaign, the Forest Department has installed hundreds of clay nests in the district with foodgrains to attract the birds. Speaking at a recent meeting …
The administration has initiated a probe into an incident in which a large number of birds including 11 peacocks had died following consumption of poison-laced grains in Lasara Jhiri forest near here yesterday. Residents led by Baba Balwant Dass, organiser of Dera Baba Gazi Dass, coordinated with the administration in …
AHMEDABAD: An environment and forests' ministry study has blamed electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from communication towers for the declining numbers of sparrows and bees. The study titled 'A possible impact of communication tower on wildlife birds and bees' said the radiation decreases egg production in the bees. A 10-member expert panel …
India should bring out a law to protect its wildlife from the ill-effects of electromagnetic-field radiation from mobile phone towers, which may be endangering birds, bees and disturbing wildlife across the country, a government panel has recommended. A 10-member expert panel of the Ministry of Environment and Forests formed earlier …
Conservation efforts for Olive Ridley turtles have led to protection of house sparrows at Purunabandha village near Rushikulya rookery in Orissa. Villagers involved in guarding the endangered Olive Ridley turtles at this major nesting site have extended their efforts to house sparrows. During the past few years house sparrows had …
Population of house sparrows is fast declining due to dangers posed to their survival by a host of factors including mobile phone towers, prompting a UK-based forum to enlist the tiny birds in the 'Red List' of endangered avian species'. Britain
The UN has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. And the theme of World Environment Day being observed today is: "Many Species. One Planet. One Future." N Kalyani laments the dwindling number of sparrows on the occasion While hundreds of organisations in India are involved in the conservation …
Geetanjali Krishna / New Delhi May 15, 2010, 0:39 IST The other day, I got thinking about the importance of names. Call an animal a Royal Bengal Tiger and everyone leaps to its defence (fat lot of good it
House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) once a common sight, has witnessed a sharp decline in its population and have become a rare sight. File photo: Ritu Raj Konwar To focus on the rapidly declining population of the bird, ornithologists and bird lovers in Orissa have suggested artificial breeding to increase their …
Shyamsundar Vattam, Mysore, Feb 14, DH News Service: The century-old Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens of Mysore, which has the rare distinction of successfully breeding a number of birds and animals in captivity, is ready for the next challenge
Wake up in the morning and miss the chirp of the house sparrow? The Indian government wants to know where the little birds have gone and have roped in Time magazine's Hero of the Environment-2008 Mohammed Dilawar to find out. Sparrows Nearly a year after Nashik naturalist Dilawar became a …
KOLLAM: It has been found that the population of house sparrows (passer domesticus) belonging to the family of Passeridae is on the decline in the state due to unscientific proliferation of mobile towers. The study conducted by the Kerala Environmental Researchers Association (KERA ) which lasted for a year in …
Ornithologists are apprehensive that sparrows might be wiped out for the sake of seeking pleasure The latest to join the list of the depleting category of birds is the local Indian sparrow. The sparrows survive best if left alone in their habitat, say environmentalists. Recently, ornithologists raised an alarm when …
