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 …
Petition against the partially constituted NBWL was filed on August 1 The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, asking it to put on hold around 140 projects cleared by the Union environment ministry's recently reconstituted National Board for Wildlife (NBWL). The apex court said the nomination …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of M/s. Omkar Realtors & Developers Pvt Ltd. (R-10) in Appeal No. 14/2014 (WZ) Santosh Daundar Vs. Secretary, MoEF regarding distance between the proposed construction project and Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Boriwali. An affidavit filed by Assistant …
Drones are now off limits in two national parks in Utah. Officials in the Arches and Canyonlands national parks say the unmanned aircrafts disrupt wildlife and are an intrusion on visitors looking for tranquility. The National Park Service’s office in Moab, Utah, announced the new rule Monday in a news …
Sri Lanka currently had a healthy elephant population, but it was under threat due to land fragmentation and the lack of elephant corridors, Wildlife Conservation Department (WCD) Director General H. D Ratnayake said yesterday. In Sri Lanka annually around 200 – 300 elephants died and around 250-300 were born, he …
Zimbabwe’s wildlife reserves are rife with poachers using high-powered, silenced weapons and cyanide to slaughter animals, according to the country’s National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority. At least five elephants have been killed using cyanide in Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe this year, while over 100 were poisoned in …
A Chinese coal company has been operating illegal open-pit mines in alpine meadows on the far-western Qinghai plateau, potentially endangering one of the country’s largest rivers, a new investigation has found. Four open cast mines on the Muli coalfield, operated by the private corporation Kingho Group, could seriously endanger a …
In its newly re-constituted avatar, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) is as good as an “illegal body,” having flouted several guidelines mandated by the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA), say wildlife experts, who add that a weakened Board could be catastrophic for wildlife and protected habitats. The NBWL is mandated …
The Union environment ministry has notified the reconstitution of the standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL). It has only three non-government members, recently appointed on the Board. The rules require appointing eight non-government wildlife and ecology experts to the 12-member panel, which clears projects and takes policy …
Drilling will be allowed in national parks in 'exceptional circumstances' but ministers retain power to veto plans Ministers will give the go-ahead on Monday for a big expansion of fracking across Britain that will allow drilling in national parks and other protected areas in "exceptional circumstances". The government will invite …
South Africa's Kruger national park is considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the wildlife reserve in an attempt to protect them from poachers. The goal is to "spread the risk" by evacuating rhinos to other game reserves because Kruger park is heavily targeted by poachers, park spokesman …
LUCKNOW: In UP, the eco-sensitive zone around national parks wildlife sanctuaries does not go beyond 100 metres. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) says 10 km around notified protected areas should be marked as an eco-system zone but UP has not proposed marking more than 100 metres as the …
Ecuador’s government was moving to install a power plant to exploit oil fields under the iconic Yasuni national park at the same time as pursuing a high-profile international scheme not to exploit the oil, according to government documents seen by the Guardian. Plans to install the plant further undermine claims …
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has decided to have a relook at draft notifications for Goa's eco-sensitive zones. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had expressed concerns on iron-ore mining restrictions in these areas to the Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar. After the M B Shah Commission report blew the …
Despite a stay order by the Lahore High Court (LHC), the Punjab government could not get the work on a road in the Salt Range stopped, Dawn has learnt. Having a support of a member of the National Assembly, Pakistan Public Works Department (Pak PWD) recently started work on 11.83 …
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has allocated Rs 1.150 billion for 47 projects of environment sector in budget 2014-15. Initiating an ambitious programme of billion tree tsunami, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to set-up nurseries on 80 acres of land, tree plantation on 15,700 acres of land, seed sowing on 2400 …
British oil company Soco International has agreed not to explore in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park unless its government and UNESCO agree it would not threaten the area’s world heritage status. Soco has been at loggerheads with conservation campaigner WWF for months over its activities in Virunga, Africa’s …
A campaign has been launched to make the Chitwan National Park (CNP) a plastic bags free zone. The campaign was launched on the occasion of the World Environment Day, said Park Spokesperson, Tikaram Poudel. Stating that we ourselves should take initiative for the environment conservation, Poudel said that there was …
The Chitwan National Park (CNP) is preparing to implement a provision barring vehicles from stopping on the Gondrang-Tikauli biological corridor in a bid to create a conducive environment for wild animals to stroll freely, officials said. Ramesh Thapa, assistant conservation officer at the CNP, said they are also coming up …
Tree plunderers have long been cutting down valuable wood-oil trees, locally known as Garjan, from different reserve forests of the district. The concerned forest department has not been paying proper heed to prevent the misdeed. Consequently, the century-old trees, worth hundreds of crores, are facing extinction. Interestingly, Cox’s Bazar forest …
Bull most likely shot for its tusks in first case for a decade as illegal ivory trade encroaches from Zimbabwe and Mozambique South Africa's Kruger national park, which is battling a high number of rhino killings, has recorded its first case of elephant poaching in more than a decade, a …
