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 Gujarat high court has directed the state government to stop all mining activities within one km area from the boundary of all 34 sanctuaries, national parks and conservation reserves in the state. This court order is applicable even if the mining is being undertaken by companies which have a …
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh tied himself in knots on Monday to defend the guidelines his ministry had issued on turning national parks and sanctuaries into inviolate critical wildlife habitats, bypassing provisions of the Forest Rights Act (FRA). Even as his statement contradicted the guidelines issued by the ministry …
Long distance migrations by ungulate species often surpass the boundaries of preservation areas where conflicts with various publics lead to management actions that can threaten populations. We chose the partially migratory bison (Bison bison) population in Yellowstone National Park as an example of integrating science into management policies to better …
These are the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on February 9, 2011 for States and Union territory governments to facilitate declaration of eco-sensitive zones around national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. In pursuance to the decision taken by the National Board for Wildlife, all the States/Union Territory, …
This paper examines the legal framework of Protected Areas (PAs) in Nepal - that includes several types and categories of PAs such as national parks, wildlife reserves, conservation areas and buffer zones. Laws concerning PAs are examined against the contexts of international agreements, conventions, and accepted standards as well as …
VANYAJEEVIGALA JAADU HIDIDU: Sanjay Gubbi; Navakarnataka Publications Pvt. Ltd., 11, Embassy Centre, Crescent Road, Kumara Pack East, Bangalore-560001. Rs. 120. SANJAY GUBBI, a wildlife enthusiast with a formal education in environment science, has had a significant role to play in the conservation effort in Karnataka, notably in Devarayana Durga in …
Wolves and grizzly bears are mostly to blame for a steep population decline in a signature elk herd in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park, government scientists said on Wednesday. The elk population in the northern section of the park is prized by sportsmen who hunt outside Yellowstone boundaries …
The best way to manage national parks in the face of the effects of climate change is not to manage at the park level, but to work with landscapes. A new US initiative shows the way. (Editorial)
The world's primary conservation body, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), on January 7 called on British listed companies, SOCO and Dominion, to abandon their oil exploration plans in the Virunga National Park located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WWF warned that these actions will undermine decades of work …
Environment groups have condemned President Yoweri Museveni's order to allow an investor to build a golf course in Uganda's biggest national park, saying it would disturb wildlife and hit tourism. Museveni earlier this month told the state-run Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to allow the Madhvani Group to build the golf …
Thiruvananthapuram: The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) and the Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) are embarking on an agitation against the Centre's draft notification on the Coastal Regulation Zone 2010. In a memorandum submitted to the President, Prime Minister, UPA chairperson and the Minister for Environment and Forests, the organisations pointed …
The state cabinet at its meeting chaired by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here today endorsed the New State Tourism Policy-2010. The policy has important provisions with regard to private capital investment, PPP projects, preservation of cultural heritages, participation of different departments and institutions, eco tourism etc. The new …
At the concluding day function of Wildlife Protection Week today at the Van Vihar National Park here Governor Shri Rameshwar Thakur said that the wildlife protection should take the shape of a campaign and all sections of the society should be associated with it. Forest Minister Shri Sartaj Singh presided …
Guwahati, Oct. 5: Several schools in Assam, especially those located near national parks, will soon get an opportunity to study of the plight of Royal Bengal tigers through fun-filled educational activities. The International Fund for Animal Welfare has taken up a global initiative in co-ordination with the Wildlife Trust of …
The state government has now modified the entry fee structure for tiger reserves and protected areas. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh gave this information here today. The Forest Minister said that the fee for Indian tourists for touring all tiger reserves by light vehicles (up to a sitting capacity of 8 …
Darjeeling, Sept. 27: Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has decided to conduct the breeding of red pandas in the natural habitats to make the endangered species more adaptable in the wild before their release in forest. A.K. Jha, director of the zoo, said:
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has been reconstituted with Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh besides Lok Sabha MPs Chandresh Kumari and Dushyant Singh being nominated as its members. The board, which is constituted for three years, has Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh …
Nepal needs at least US$ 42.7 million from the international community and conservation partners to carry out conservation programmes to meet the global tiger recovery goal and double the wild population of tigers, a meeting was told here on Friday. As part of celebrations for the International Tiger Year 2010, …
