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 …
A massive wildfire that has charred the northwest edge of Yosemite National Park in California has sent smoke into a scenic and previously unaffected area, obscuring views of popular landmarks on Saturday for tourists who visited the area. The smoke from the fire, which broke out two weeks ago, spread …
Another five share common boundary with it The Mines Department’s new list of 38 mining leases along the Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary that has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) shows that 12 leases are within the sanctuary and another five share a common boundary with it. …
Wildlife Department officials are finding it hard to conduct raids against illegal gem miners, in three national parks, as the culprits had claimed they were operating with the blessings of Wildlife Resources and Conservation Management Minister Vijith Wijithamuni de Zoysa. Officials, who fear the influence of the minister in charge …
Nearly 17 years after the Supreme Court designated a 'forest bench' to deal with cases relating to environment and forests, it will now be rechristened as 'green bench'. The forest bench began its journey by passing the first order on December 12, 1996 and since then has come a long …
The environment and forests ministry Monday introduced in the Rajya Sabha major amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 that seek heavier penalties to check wildlife-related crimes and aim to make Indian laws consistent with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The Wildlife …
The tiger is faring better in Nepal compared to four years ago, the tiger survey, whose findings were presented in Lalitpur earlier this week to mark the International Tiger Day, shows. The findings of the survey — conducted jointly with India to avoid double counting in the protected areas that …
WWF warns of environmental disaster and permanent conflict if British firm begins drilling for oil inside Virunga national park The Virunga national park, home to rare mountain gorillas but targeted for oil exploration by a British company, could earn strife-torn DR Congo $400m (£263m) a year from tourism, hydropower and …
The number of wild Royal Bengal tigers in Nepal has increased to 198, a 63.6 per cent rise in five years, a government survey of the big cats showed. The findings are crucial for the protection of endangered tigers facing the threat of extinction from poachers for the lucrative trade …
Nepal's number of Royal Bengal tigers in the wild has soared 64 percent to 198 in just four years, according to a government survey released Monday. Experts attributed the rise to a crackdown on poaching as the government vowed to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022. …
Nepal witnessed a record 63 percent growth in the tiger population in the last four years. A ‘scientific’ census conducted by the government in the last five moths shows the population of the endangered animals in Nepal shoot up from the 121 in 2009 to 198 this year. Experts attribute …
A recent tiger census at two organic roads has confirmed the extinction of striped-tigers in the far-west. The incident came to light after cameras installed in Kanchanpur’s Laljhadi and Kailali’s Basanta organic roads showed no footage of big cats this year. Meanwhile, cheetahs, bears and hyenas were captured in the …
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) will not clear the ECs of mining leases lying within 10km of protected areas until the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) decides on buffer zones or the mining leases have permission from the national wildlife board. EAC is examining environment clearances (EC) of …
Nepal Army (NA) and Sagarmatha National Park Office have formed a Joint Action Unit with an objective of controlling poaching in the Sagarmatha National Park area, state-owned news agency RSS reports. Earlier, NA and the Park Administration had separate cells to look after activities in the Park area and kept …
Of 54 mining leases surveyed, one mining lease was found to be within the confines of a wildlife sanctuary (WLS), 49 within 10km of WLS and national parks (NP) and four mining leases beyond 10 km of WLS and NP. This was revealed following a survey by directorate of mines …
The Goa government criticised the Centre, the K Kasturirangan Report and the Gadgil Report on Western Ghats for not taking into consideration the ground realities of the State, while reacting to reports that the PMO had written to the State asking it to provide details of distances, coordinates for points …
Incidence of wildlife poaching is on the rise in the southern States, said Ravi P. Singh, Secretary-General of World Wide Fund for Nature – India (WWF-I). Mr. Singh who was here recently told The Hindu that poaching of leopards in the southern States has increased. Since 2000, the Traffic, a …
Assam’s smallest national park, the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park spread over 78.81 square km, has recorded an impressive increase in its big cat population, with 24 Royal Bengal Tigers found to roar in the protected area. The latest census figure indicates an increase of 17 tigers in the park …
On paper, it is an open-and-shut case. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL), a public sector undertaking (PSU), mined the rainforests of Kudremukh in Karnataka till 2005 when a ban on mining operations imposed by the Supreme Court came into effect. The company was ordered to remove its infrastructure and …
The Chitwan National Park has handed down prison sentences ranging from 10-15 years to a dozen people found guilty of being involved in poaching rhinos and trading their body parts. National park chief Kamal Jung Kunwar handed down sentences to Amar Bahadur Gurau, Mukti Gurau, Hiralal Mardaniya, Bishnu Bahadur Gurau, …
Lonely Planet Group conferred "Best Indian Destination for Wildlife" award to Madhya Pradesh Tourism in Mumbai on Friday. The award was bestowed by film actor and chief guest of the function Tushar Kapoor to Corporation chairman Dr Mohan Yadav. The selection for the award is done by readers of Lonely …
