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 …
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 …
For the first time scientists have been able to capture and document how the behaviour of wild animals changes prior to an earthquake - a development which may help with short-term seismic forecasting. The study, led by Dr Rachel Grant of Anglia Ruskin University, used data gathered from a series …
Protected area governance has witnessed a shift from a strict-nature conservation model towards a seemingly more participatory approach in Nepal. Despite some progress, top-down and non-deliberative processes characterise policy making in protected area. However, many civil society actors have increasingly challenged the government to provide space for local people in …
We extended our research on the architecture, growth and age of trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, by starting to investigate large individuals of the most widespread Malagasy species. Our research also intends to identify the oldest baobabs of Madagascar. Here we present results of the radiocarbon investigation of the …
Mining giants Rio Tinto and Alcoa have agreed to scrap plans for a new mine in Western Australia to allow the land to be incorporated into a national park. British-Australian company Rio Tinto and US-based Alcoa said on Tuesday they would relinquish a 44-year-old agreement with the WA government. The …
Latest survey shows the number at 250 in two of the State’s national parks West Bengal is now home to the second highest population of the one-horned rhinoceros in the country after Assam, with the number growing to 250 in the State. A State Forest Department survey in January has …
With poachers and depleting green cover already posing threats, the critically endangered tigers now have excavators for company in a Karnataka forest. It sounds funny but it is true that the heavy construction equipment are "roaring" inside a tiger reserve of the state. This is in violation of rules, which …
The Plenary of the House of Representatives has mandated two of its relevant committees to review and advice the August Body on a proposed law to establish the Gola Forest as a National Park. The House action was reached Tuesday, 30 March during its 15th regular day sitting of the …
Unarmed Black Mambas recruited from local communities are guarding nature reserve inside the Greater Kruger national park The battle against the poaching that kills a rhino every seven hours in South Africa has acquired a new weapon: women. The Black Mambas are all young women from local communities, and they …
From the Grand Canyon to Grand Teton, the world is full of so-called “protected areas”: National parks, lands, wildlife preserves, and other wild places that people can visit and enjoy, but that are managed so that they remain untrammeled and intact. They comprise, overall, 12.7 percent of the Earth’s land …
The Ministry of the Environment has announced its basic concept of the installation of large-scale solar power generation facilities in national and semi-national parks. The ministry will revise the enforcement regulations for the National Park Act and draw up guidelines based on the basic concept in the aim of clarifying …
The Gujarat government has sought approval from the Centre for its Rs 150-crore Lion Conservation Plan. Not only that, it has demanded that the central government bear the lion's share — Rs 135 crore — of the total project cost. The state government has also demanded wildlife and environment clearance …
There is global interest in restoring populations of apex predators, both to conserve them and to harness their ecological services. In Australia, reintroduction of dingoes (Canis dingo) has been proposed to help restore degraded rangelands. This proposal is based on theories and the results of studies suggesting that dingoes can …
Guardian analysis reveals new rules agreed by government will make huge swath of protected areas off limits for shale gas exploration Fracking is set to be banned on two-fifths of the land in England being offered for shale gas exploration by the government, according to a Guardian analysis. Such a …
THE Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources will in 2015/2016 fiscal year allocate funds for research aimed at finding the reasons leading to the increase of tuskless elephants in Tanzanian national parks. The Ministry's Deputy Minister, Mr Mahmoud Mgimwa, said that a number of elephants without tusks is emerging at …
The western Amazon is one of the world's last high-biodiversity wilderness areas, characterized by extraordinary species richness and large tracts of roadless humid tropical forest. It is also home to an active hydrocarbon (oil and gas) sector, characterized by operations in extremely remote areas that require new access routes. Here, …
Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) is classified as Vulnerable under the IUCN Red List Categories and legally protected in Bhutan. Bhutan is an important and the largest winter non-breeding habitat outside of the Chinese boundary. Blacknecked Cranes winter in Bhutan for about five months, and they come to central (Phobjilka, Khotokha …
