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 mix of salt and freshwater at Everglades in Florida, us, makes it the only place on earth where alligators and crocodiles co-exist. It has a massive network of lakes, creeks, swamps and rivers
Hambanthota: Sri Lankan government yesterday abandoned the proposed project to build the second international airport in the country highlighting certain concerns raised by environmentalists and paddy farmers in the Weeravila area. The government announced that considering an appeal made by the people of the Weeravila area to shift the proposed …
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned not to fell trees or alienate any land, particularly from sanctuaries, national parks, bio-spheres (reserved area) by issuing pattas or by any other means of alienation. A division bench of the High Court comprising Justice I.M. Quddushi and Justice …
Suddenly, across the spectrum of print and electronic media, the Indian tiger is making its presence felt. From dwindling numbers to reintroduction of the species in Sariska, the audience is being fed on information about what oft has been called the king of the jungle. It might be an instance …
Marcus Dam KOLKATA: Two Czech nationals, held for allegedly smuggling specimens of beetles and moths from the northern range of the Singalila National Park in Darjeeling district on June 22, were remanded to judicial custody by a local court at a special session on Wednesday after their pleas for bail …
Many national parks (NPs) and protected areas (PAs) worldwide are operating under difficult social and political conditions, including poor and often unjust relations with local communities. Multiple initiatives have emerged as a result, including co-management regimes and an increased emphasis on the involvement of indigenous people in management and conservation …
Karnataka's Tourism Department has unveiled a draft policy that is aimed at making the State a top tourist destination. PHOTOGRAPHS: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Jog Falls. The Sharavathi river plunges from a height of 243 metres here. FROM splendid temples dating back to over a millennium, to the breathtaking valleys …
The fate of the Asian elephant is in peril today. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Govt of India, elephant census report, only 21,300 elephants are now present in India, with just 12 in Andhra Pradesh. (Correspondence)
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The lava from an erupting Galapagos volcano did not affect the islands' famed giant tortoises as first feared, Galapagos National Park officials said today. The Cerro Azul volcano on Isabela Island erupted between Thursday and Sunday, unleashing a heavy flow of lava, park authorities said in a statement. Isabela, the …
The federal government is considering a proposal to allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed weapons in some national parks, wildlife refuges and monuments. The National Rifle Association favors the proposed rule, arguing that it would help keep crime down and protect visitors from potentially dangerous wildlife. "You read stories about …
US regulators are proposing to weaken air quality laws, which would allow new coal-fired power plants to pollute US parks from Shenandoah in Virginia to the Great Basin in Nevada, a new report said on Thursday. Amid rising power demand and flat US natural gas output, electricity generators are seeking …
Indigenous rights groups praised Peru's petroleum agency on Thursday for excluding areas where isolated tribes live from an auction of oil and gas concessions. Rights groups say the decision is a turnaround for Perupetro, which previously had indicated it might open up the protected areas for bidding. "This decision acknowledges …
Authorities in India's remote northeast said they were increasing security in the world's biggest reserve for the endangered great one-horned rhinoceros to save them from poachers. Poachers have killed at least 10 rhinos in two national parks in Assam state since January, eight of them at the Kaziranga National Park. …
Fresh pictures and pugmarks from the Jigme Dorji national park (JDNP) show that royal Bengal tigers in Bhutan are being found at altitudes never seen before. In fact, authorities say that the tigers are going so high that they are overlapping the habitat of the elusive snow leopard. "We've realized …
the supreme court on March 28 said it would examine the constitutional validity of the Forests Rights Act which provides right to land to scheduled tribes and traditional forest dwellers. The court issued notices to the union and the state governments on a petition challenging the validity of the act …
Five people were killed in July 2007 when the police cracked down on "Naxals' in Menasinahadya village in Koppa taluka near Sringeri. People gave varied accounts of the "encounter'. Some villagers told Down To Earth that the police had barged into a villager's house and fired indiscriminately. Some said it …
A decade of armed-conflict wreaked havoc on government conservation efforts, especially in protected areas. However, with the end of insurgency, concerned stakeholders are strengthening conservation efforts, said officials. Laxmi Prasad Manandhar, chief education officer at Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), said that the National Planning Commission, through …
Three one-horned rhinoceros have been found dead in Bardiya National Park in the past two weeks, raising serious concern over the safety of the endangered animal in the protected area. A male rhinoceros was found dead in a forested part of the park on Monday by park's security guards. The …
