In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
Precipitous declines in Africa’s native fauna and flora are recognized, but few comprehensive records of these changes have been compiled. Here, we present population trends for African elephants in the 6,213,000 km2 Sudano-Sahelian range of West and Central Africa assessed through the analysis of aerial and ground surveys conducted over …
Southeast Asia, with its linkages into the larger Asian market that includes China, Indonesia, and India, is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots as well as one of the world’s hotspots for the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife parts. Although demand markets for wildlife, including illegally-traded wildlife are present …
Burma has extensive biodiversity and abundant natural resources, which have in recent years been threatened by militarization, large-scale resource extraction, and infrastructure development. Burma has some laws and policies related to protecting people and the environment, but the country lacks the necessary administrative and legal structures, standards, safeguards and political …
Poaching and illegal trade of bears, driven largely by the demand for bile, used in traditional medicine and folk remedies continues unabated across Asia on a large scale, a report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has found.
Wild tigers are at a tipping point and action, or inaction, in the coming decade will decide their fate. Action will lead to the tiger’s recovery; inaction or mere maintenance of the status quo will lead to its extinction. The GTRP represents the last best hope for the survival of …
The World Bank would provide Tk 250 crore to Bangladesh as a grant for financing the strengthening of regional cooperation for wildlife conservation project. Supported by the World Bank, the project, which is the awaiting nod of the Planning Commission, will be implemented by four countries including Bangladesh. The three …
Without concerted conservation action, many of the planet’s turtles and tortoises, iconic survivors from the Age of Dinosaurs, will become extinct within the next few decades. That’s according to a new report from the Turtle Conservation Coalition, a global alliance of conservation groups, including the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Tortoise …
Thai authorities have seized a large shipment of ivory (69 elephant tusks and four other pieces of ivory) being smuggled from Mozambique, Africa, at Thailand's main Suvarnabhumi Airport on January 5. According to the director-general of the Thai Customs Department, airport officials seized the containers labelled as
This handbook combines all the existing and the newly added manual at one place as a handy tool for identification and familiarization of species. It comprises of mammals included in Schedule I, II,III, IV, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Butterfly, Fishes, Coral Fishes, Molluscs, Microscopic hair signature pattern. The flora section includes …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, December 23, DHNS: The State Forest Department and the CID Forest Cell are at loggerheads with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department (TNFD) over illegal trade of quails. The State agencies have questioned the licence issued by Tamil Nadu to breed quails in farms. Three persons …
Srikakulam, Dec. 12: Observing that government was keen to take up issues concerning the poaching of wildlife and smuggling of forest re-sources, the forest minister, Mr S. Vijayarama Raju said that government would cla-mp down on poachers and smugglers. Speaking to mediapersons here on Sunday, he said that a special …
... But Are Dying Due To Neglect Parth Shastri | TNN Ahmedabad: They look cute, can even make your plastic tub its home and can walk on your hand. However, the green tortoise, also known as Singapore tortoise or Chinese tortoise because of its size, are reporting a high death …
CONCERN: The survival of the tiger is at stake.- A local conservation group in Vietnam voiced its opposition on November 3 to the planned sale of tiger paste by Vietnamese authorities, amid warnings by the international community that the animal's survival is in serious jeopardy. Officials in Vietnam's northern Thanh …
Officials Swoop Down On Lakshadweep Pavilion, Two Arrested New Delhi: For the second year running, the Delhi government and the People For Animals (PFA) carried out a raid at the India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan and recovered rare corals from the Lakshadweep pavilion. Two persons were arrested. …
The rhinoceros is under threat yet againCONTRARY to widespread belief in China and South-East Asia, the rhinoceros horn has no proven medicinal or aphrodisiac qualities. Its effect, some scientists say, is the same as chewing your fingernails. It is made of the same stuff, agglutinated hair. Yet rhino horn is …
A sweeper was arrested by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday on charges of illegal possession and alleged trading a pair of elephant tusks. The accused, Ashok Maru, has been booked under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. An independent valuation done by the experts pegged the value of the tusks at …
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo The State Board for Wildlife, the high-power body chaired by the chief minister Naveen Patnaik, has not met even once in the last two years MASSIVE URBANISATION and industrialisation in Orissa is now taking its toll on the wildlife resources. This apart, the alleged apathy of the …
A poor understanding of the relationship between animals and our ecology has led to a lackadaisical attitude towards wildlife conservation. INDIA'S national animal is a favourite with poachers. There is a large market for every body part of the Bengal tiger in South-East Asia. Its meat, tongue and bones are …
