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. …
JAIPUR: The man who spotted a pair of Great Indian Bustards, a dwindling species and the State bird of Rajasthan, in Jodhpur after a gap of seven years, was felicitated this weekend. Conservationist NGOs and nature loving Bishnoi organisations hailed the work of forester Om Prakash Vyas, as
LALIT SHASTRI BHOPAL When the tiger population is dwindling at an alarming rate and it has become a huge challenge to protect them even in the protected areas, the death of a 3-year-old tigress in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning raises several questions, the most …
DHARMAPURI: Swaran Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board, gave instructions to officials to give maximum provision to protect the water treatment plants of the Hogenakkal Drinking Water and Fluorosis Mitigation Project from wild elephants from the nearby reserve forests. Mr. Singh inspected the …
Ahmedabad: The move to shift 100 Maldharis families outside the Gir sanctuary has again raised a debate on if the move was in the interest of the lion population. Local experts feel that shifting the Maldharis would indirectly affect the feeding pattern the lion, forcing them to move out of …
PALAKKAD: The straying of wild elephants into human habitats has become a menace for locals residing at Malampuzha, Kava, Padalikaad, Kottekad, Venoli and Attapadi areas. Acres of cultivated land were also damaged. Recently two tribals were killed by elephants in Attapadi and at Adupu colony in Malampuzha. The Forest Department …
Mumbai A week after Shobha the lioness killed a guard at the lion safari gates at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, an internal report has highlighted the need for strengthening security, specifically the nature of the gates. The park authorities, meanwhile, suggested that the guard might have been overconfident. An …
Turtle conservation activists feel that Goa's model of conserving turtle habitats and turning the sites into tourist spots can be replicated elsewhere to make it a viable ecological and economical activity. "Goa is an interesting case. The turtle movement started here with the involvement of locals. These sites have now …
R. Krishna Kumar Tour operators from Kerala enter core area of Bandipur furtively Entry is allowed only through the tourism zone on the highway connecting Mysore and Ooty However, many tour operators bring people into the Gundre and Begur forests in the core area unsafe:Many tourists invite danger by alighting …
JORHAT, April 22: Three leopard cubs have been caught by the local people at Sensua tea garden under Pulibor Police Station of Jorhat district this morning. Forest Department sources said that the cubs were caught by the people when they appeared before the garden workers. The forest personnel also tried …
New Delhi: After chairing the National Board of Wildlife meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand
Forest department has called upon the wildlife enthusiasts to join them in the thrilling experience of wildlife census. The department has especially urged the higher secondary and college students to participate in the exercises. Even the wildlife enthusiasts with background in Zoology/ Botany can be part of one of the …
MYSORE: A spotted deer, which strayed into the city, died of shock after it was hit by a bus near Sriramapura on Sunday. Ramesh of Sriramapura saw the deer sprint across the road only to be hit by the bus. The injured deer tried to jump across the compound wall …
Mumbai Laxmi, the elephant that killed a trespasser in the Byculla zoo, and her companion Anarkali are now free of their chains, calm as ever, playful with their mahout, and seemingly unmindful of the visitors whose numbers have multiplied since her uncharacteristic behaviour 10 days ago Laxmi, 53, and Anarkali, …
Cooch Behar: A bison that had strayed out of Patlakhaoa forest ran amok at Putimari, goring two persons, one of them seriously, before being driven back into its habitat. Local people said they had spotted two bison outside the forest around 4.30am today. One of them was a female, which …
In a gruesome incident of violence against wild animals, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district killed a leopard with spears and iron weapons. Of the six villagers booked for killing the animal, two have been arrested, officials said. The incident took place in Chak village in Chandauli, where a group …
Almost after a century of experimenting, Kaziranga National Park is now a well-known example of the success of wildlife conservation. Conservationists have no hesitation in ascribing the success of this story to the careful application of the science of wildlife conservation. A large section of the Assamese middle class would …
The politics and the underlying reasons behind the recovery of the Scandinavian wolf population are increasingly contested. According to official policy, wolves should be guaranteed a place in the Swedish natural world. However, the conflict over whether Sweden should host a wolf population sets views on biodiversity and sustainable development …
Several villages lying adjacent to forest areas in Kerala are in a state of panic with summer heat and drought pushing leopards, elephants and king cobras out of the jungles. At least two human lives have already been lost due to leopard attacks in the recent past and accidental deaths …
