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 …
The Nouabale-Ndoki National Park is a lush rainforest park within the equatorial nation of the Republic of Congo (ROC), not to be confused with the much larger Democratic Republic of Congo to the south and east. The ROC has followed through on its commitments to expand the park by 8 …
Wildlife officials don't usually base hunting policies on how the public feels about an animal. But the black bear seems to be different. The revered king of the forest has bounced back from near-extinction to being a nuisance in some areas. Some states are trying to figure out if residents …
Last year, gray wolves in Idaho and Montana were removed from the Endangered Species List and placed under state management plans. In Wyoming, they remain federally protected, but only until the last details of a deal between the state and the Department of the Interior can be worked out. The …
Poachers have killed more than 200 elephants in Cameroon in just six weeks, in a "massacre" fuelled by Asian demand for ivory. A local government official said heavily armed poachers from Chad and Sudan had decimated the elephant population of Bouba Ndjida National Park in Cameroon's far north in a …
Petitioner alleges that it has been sub-leased without Centre's nod A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to the Centre as well as State Government to take back 1,200.97 acres of Mullakadu Reserve Forest land handed over to Tuticorin …
Wildlife activists said on Thursday that poachers had slaughtered at least 200 elephants in the past five weeks in Bouba Ndjida National Park. The International Fund for Animal Welfare called the scale of the killings unprecedented, and urged the government to take action. The group said that many orphaned elephant …
The study, worth Nu 2M, World Wildlife Fund officials said would focus on the snow leopard population and their places of existence to help prioritise the best areas for conservation. WWF conservation director Vijay Moktan said there were no studies done at the park nor were there any local expert …
As Prem Sharma steps gingerly into the sand-filled chamber, lines of baby crocodiles basking in the warm sunshine splash into a pond, eyes glinting behind their long, thin snouts. Sharma quietly puts his hand into the green water, takes a young reptile from the pool, opens its mouth with a …
Invasive species represent a significant threat to global biodiversity and a substantial economic burden. Burmese pythons, giant constricting snakes native to Asia, now are found throughout much of southern Florida, including all of Everglades National Park (ENP). Pythons have increased dramatically in both abundance and geographic range since 2000 and …
They say national parks are national treasures. However, that seems to be forgotten in Islamabad, where tree cutting has become unprecedented, uncontrolled and free for all in the Margalla Hills National Park. “First, it was the residents in the villages but now all of Islamabad is helping themselves to woods,” …
The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday issued a stay order against the government's plan to construct the roads inside the Chitwan National Park (CNP). The order was issued in response to a writ petition filed by Advocators of Consumers´ Rights Protection Forum. A single bench of SC Justice Prakash Wasti …
Several development projects have been initiated in the Wilpattu National Park, to attract more tourists, coinciding with 2012 Deyata Kirula development programme. The construction of a 100 kilometre new internal road network to enable visitors to reach historic monuments and to see wildlife, demarcation of tourist camp sites along the …
KOHIMA: After creating awareness on wildlife preservation in Nagaland, the state government has decided to implement the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 (as amended in 2002). According to official sources here on Monday, the Wildlife (Protection) Act has adopted a two-pronged conservation strategy where specified endangered species and all others are …
AGARTALA: With the increasing incidences of man–monkey conflicts over the year in different parts of the state, the Tripura government has mooted the intension to set up a Primate National Park in southern part of the state with an exclusive enclosure for monkeys. According to report, the state forest department …
Noise levels in Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam are touching alarming levels with the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board ignoring the problem. While reports prepared by the Board itself say that residents of Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam are being exposed to high levels of sound, little has been done to tackle this. Authorities, …
Various organisations have protested the government’s decision to construct a 30-km road stretching from Thori in Parasi to Triveni in Nawalparasi via the Chitwan National Park (CNP). The Department of Roads, under the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, is planning to construct the postal road through the CNP. Nepal …
UPSC Pattern From 2013 For Recruitments Jaipur: The proposed Rajiv Gandhi Biosphere Reserve-an ambitious project connecting the major sanctuaries and national parks in the state through forest corridors-was approved by the state cabinet on Wednesday. The cabinet also took a decision on adopting the Union Public Service Commission pattern in …
The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has recommended to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest to provisionally notify the limits of Ecologically Sensitive Zones. It suggested that the final delimitation be carried out with extensive inputs from local communities and local bodies. The panel, headed by Madhav Gadgil, …
Firefighters are making progress against a major blaze in one of Chile`s most spectacular national parks, the government said on Sunday, and the Israeli tourist accused of setting the fire denied guilt. Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter announced that light rain and diminished winds had helped emergency workers control three of …
