Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Nagpur: The 9th meeting of the state wildlife board, highest decision-making body on projects falling within 10km from the wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, on Monday declared Blue Mormon species of butterfly as the state butterfly. Earlier, the state government has declared Giant Squirrel as state animal, Green Pigeon as …
Poaching of elephants is now occurring at rates that threaten African populations with extinction. Identifying the number and location of Africa’s major poaching hotspots may assist efforts to end poaching and facilitate recovery of elephant populations. We genetically assign origin to 28 large ivory seizures (≥0.5 tons) made between 1996-2014, …
Gonarezhou — Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), a Germany-based conservation organisation has released over $6 million towards the resuscitation of Gonarezhou National Park (GNP) to transform it into a commercially viable business. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and FZS, signed a memorandum of understanding in 2007 that established Gonarezhou Conservation …
Rhinos are to be reintroduced into Zimbabwe’s second-biggest national park even as poaching of elephants in the Gonarhezhou reserve surges. Within two years 40 black rhinos will be introduced to the 5,053 square-kilometer park (1,951-square mile), which lies on Zimbabwe’s southeastern border with Mozambique, Hugo van der Westhuizen, project leader …
An official has said that Mount Palung National Park (TNGP) conservation officials and local communities have become far more aware of the need to push forward with cooperation to protect conservation areas in North Kayong and Ketapan regencies, West Kalimantan. TNGP Conservation Agency head Dadang Wardhana said on Monday that …
Anthropologists and ecologists investigating the dialectical relationship between human environments and the cultural practices that shape and are shaped by them have been talking past each other for too long: the one looking purely at metaphor and the other purely at function. Our mixed-method data analysis set out to explore …
'After states submit proposals, a decision will be taken' Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar assured that a decision on implementation of Kasturirangan report recommendations would be taken by year-end. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, the Union minister said, “Barring Kerala, six other States are …
In an effort to curb an upsurge in wildlife crimes, Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says no private guns would be allowed into national parks following a series of illegal poaching of rhinos and elephants. Not all carcasses of rhinos and elephants that have been found since the …
Vultures are listed as specially protected animals in Zimbabwe under the sixth schedule of the Parks and Wildlife Act. INCREASED incidents of poisoning in the country's expansive national parks could wipe out the vulture population in Zimbabwe. Vultures are listed as specially protected animals in Zimbabwe under the sixth schedule …
NAGPUR: The ministry of environment, forests and climate change (MoEFCC) has withdrawn the office memorandum that had made getting environment clearance (EC) for development projects within 10km from national parks and wildlife sanctuaries easier by not going to the state wildlife boards (SWBs). Now even the projects falling within 10km …
Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit when it comes to rhino poaching - losing 290 animals of the 393 killed in South Africa by April, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said at a briefing on Sunday. While figures for the rest of South Africa show either a decrease or …
A report prepared on an investigation into the alleged deforestation of Sri Lanka's famous Wilpattu National Park has been handed in to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday. Secretary to the Ministry of Irrigation, Mahaweli and Environment Nihal Rupasinghe said that the report relating to the special investigation on …
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered to immediately stop deforestation and land reserving around Wilpattu National Park in Northern Province. Effective immediately, it has been prohibited to clear the surrounding area and land reserving of Wilpattu National Park and Vavuniya, Mannar under a special decree by the President, President's …
The federal government through the National Council on Privatization (NCP) has approved the new draft policy for the reform of the National Parks in the country. Consequently, the Council has directed the Minister of Environment to immediately present all the necessary legal and regulatory documents for the enactment of a …
‘Recommendations need to be modified for it to be accepted’ The State government has formally told the Centre that the key recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee report on conservation of Western Ghats need to be modified to be accepted by the State. In a letter written on April 24 to …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has closed its single window project clearance system and reverted back to the 2009 procedure that meant obtaining environmental, forest and wildlife clearances separately. It implies there will be no ease of doing business if a project falls within 10km of protected …
The Environment Ministry has approached the Supreme Court to free the process of wildlife clearance for infrastructure projects from the apex court’s monitoring, citing delays due to the “extremely convoluted and time consuming” procedure. The ministry’s Interlocutory Application (IA), signed on April 9, comes nine months after it was first …
Draft notification declaring eco-sensitive zone around Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, New Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, Koka Wild life Sanctuary, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary and Navegaon National Park
The state is mulling to declare ESZs in all the buffer areas of the remaining national parks and wildlife sanctuaries The Uttarakhand government has proposed to declare three eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) - Binog (Mussoorie) Wildlife Sanctuary, Valley of Flowers National Park and Nandhore Wildlife Sanctuary - in the state. "We …
The forest area of Gujarat has increased to 21,674 sq km which is 11% of the state's geographical area. Forest and environment minister Mangubhai Patel said this in New Delhi during a conference of environment and forest ministers. However, the 2013 report of the Forest Survey of India says that …
