Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Following the decision of the Pre-Tiger Summit Partners Dialogue meeting (Bali, Indonesia, July 12-14, 2010), an initial draft of the program underpinning efforts to help wild tigers recover and double in population over the next twelve years was released on July 31 by the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) Secretariat for …
The animal adoption and awareness drive at the Bannerghatta Biological Park is set to get bigger this year. Green Matrix, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) involved with wildlife, and Samhita Academy have been roped in to spread awareness about the animals and wildlife to a larger spectrum of people. The adoption …
Great ape ranges coincide with some of the poorest countries of the world – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Great apes attract a great deal of conservation interest and funding, due to their close genetic relationship with humans and their status as global flagship species for conservation. Highly endangered great apes …
Hyderabad, July 26: The state government has relaxed the ban on elephants during processions for Bonalu and Moharram. The minister for forest and environment, Dr P. Ramachandra Reddy, said that the government issued orders to chief wildlife warden, Mr Hitesh Malhotra, to provide elephants from the Nehru Zoological Park for …
Sensitisation programme for HR & CE officials, private owners held Taking care:A special platform erected with sand spread for the elephant at the Arunachaleshwar temple in Tiruvannamalai. Chennai: The Wildlife Wing of the State Forest Department organised a two-day sensitisation programme for both the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR …
The notification of Mudumalai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu as a tiger reserve in 2007 has resulted in a contested politics between activists, non-governmental organisations and conservationists with regard to the future of protected area management. This paper presents an account of how these actors positioned themselves around not only the …
Fifty years after setting foot in Gombe, Jane Goodall calls for urgent action to save our closest living relatives from extinction in the wild. Conservationists and local people must collaborate, she and Lilian Pintea conclude. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7303/pdf/466180a.pdf
Subhash Chandra N S, June 28, Bangalore: The Forest Department and police have arrested an individual who illegally organised a motor rally through the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, leading to the death of a spotted deer. Jayadas Menon, a 41-year-old resident of Bangalore who organised the rally was arrested and produced …
Ranchi, June 27: The state forest department has plans for protecting jumbos in the tribal heartland. With incidents of human-animal conflict increasing, the Union ministry of environment and forests has decided to improve elephant habitats and corridors to prevent such conflicts under Project Elephant. Launched in 1992, Project Elephant is …
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A recent Supreme Court order allowing bamboo harvesting in sanctuaries could pose a threat to the endangered tigers, feels the government which has decided to seek reconsideration of the direction. A decision in this regard was taken at a recent meeting of the National Board of Wild Life (NBWL) chaired …
The Forest Department on Monday submitted before the High Court that the proposed night safari at Bannerghatta will not be allowed beyond midnight. According to the master plan approved by the Central Zoo Authority, the visiting hours for the proposed Night Safari is between 6 pm and 11 pm on …
GUWAHATI, June 20: The Assam government today ordered restricting speed limit of vehicles passing through the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) to 40 kmph to ensure safety of the animals that are migrating to safe shelter in the higher reaches during the floods. The government has imposed Section 144 CrPC, prohibiting …
Sawarkundla (Amreli): A pride of lions was captured in the lens of wildlife photographer Dilip Jiruka as they swaggered along a road passing through Bhuva village in Amreli on Saturday afternoon. The stretch falls in the Gir sanctuary area. It was a sight to behold
The State government has submitted an action plan for the Bannerghatta night safari, before the High Court. The report contains details about how the Government intends to introduce the night safari without affecting the wildlife in the park. The petitioner B R Deepak, who contends that the night safari will …
Janjheli (Mandi): The very existence of Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary is under threat as the wildlife wing has proposed to take out 110 villages from the sanctuary
In several regions in India farmers are switching crops—some are even abandoning farming. Their choices are not dictated by the agriculture market. They are doing so because they are too close to forests. And wild animals attack their crops and cattle so often that they cannot go on like before. …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Who killed the Bandhavgarh tigress? While wildlife officials blamed tourist vehicles, tourists and locals are now pointing the finger at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve's officials themselves. Locals and tourists say it was an official vehicle of the Reserve that originally hit the eight-year-old lactating tigress as …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Three forest offi cers have been suspended for allegedly attempting to cover up the killing of a 30month-old tigress which died in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh on May 19. The tigress was crossing a road in the reserve along with her three cubs …
