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. …
This article is an analysis of the India Eco-Development Project (IEP) implemented in Sasan Gir National Park and Sanctuary. Statistical data describing the consumption patterns and financial status of the Maldharis was collected from 13 nesses. This information demonstrates the impact of the Maldharis on Gir, a lack of willingness …
Ajai Shukla / Tezpur (assam) May 04, 2009, 0:27 IST The Defence R&D; Organisation (DRDO) offers intellectual challenges, but not an adventurous image. A DRDO director is perceived as a man in a white coat working in a laboratory or gazing at computer monitors. But the Defence Research Laboratory (DRL) …
Thousands of bears are being kept in appalling conditions to supply traditional Chinese medicine. Bear bile is used in traditional Chinese medicine and fetches a tidy price. In China, the wholesale price is around 4000 yuan (approximately $580) per kilogram; each bear produces up to 5 kilograms a year. Bears …
Jamshedpur: A small herd of eight elephants went berserk, devoured foodgrain meant for midday meal and caused extensive damage to at least five houses in the Ichagarh and Chandil blocks of adjoining Seraikela- Kharsawan district late on Saturday night. Forest department officials said the tuskers had crossed over from the …
Jose Kurian SULTHAN BATHERY: Are snakes less venomous than men? So believes Muhammed, a snake catcher here who is a lover of snakes. A true friend of snakes of all sorts, starting from harmless water snakes to fatal King Kobras, Muhammed is ready to save snakes from the fury of …
So much has been said and written about the human-elephant conflict resulting in the death of hundreds of people and wild elephants alike but nothing seems to have been done to bring the situation under control. Environmentalists are of the opinion that the opening of jungles for development projects and …
Ahmedabad : Little celebrities of Kankaria Zoo have raised a stunning sponsorship for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) this year. Around 57 animals and birds were adopted by donors, animal lovers and children. Birds have been most popular, say AMC sources. Till now, animals adopted under Friends of zoo' programme have …
KOLLAM: The 40-year-old tusker Gopalakrishnan of Asramam Sree Krishnaswamy Temple here, sustained serious injuries when a sand-laden lorry knocked it down in the wee hours of Tuesday. The tusker suffered fractures on both its hind legs. Another tusker Rajasekharan of Sakthikulangara Temple, and two mahouts also sustained minor injuries in …
Siliguri, March 23: Baikunthapur forest division will increase its fringe area by 50 hectare this year in an effort to prevent man-animal conflict in the villages located on the outskirts. The foresters have also sent a project report, Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitat, to the state forest department, comprising various …
Rameswaram, A LARGE number of birds, including crows and vultures, were found dead in the casuarina grove behind the Nambunayaki Amman temple in Rameswaram on Sunday. Devotees celebrate festivals in the temple with non-vegetarian food and the left overs are dumped among the trees, which attract stray dogs. There were …
MANGLORE (HARDWAR): For farmers in this agricultural heartland of Uttarakhand the election issues are simple. They want the Neelgais to be kept out of their farms, a reasonable minimum support price (MSP) for their produce and status of industry for agriculture. This region and the plains of Udhamsingh Nagar form …
Shimla: If the controversy around the printing of a wrong map in the official diaries was not enough, the forest department has been caught on the wrong foot. A state map with redefined boundaries of wildlife sanctuaries has been published without the approval of the authorised empowered committee appointed for …
Three injured after being attacked by the big cat; zoo staff to the rescue Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: A full grown leopard that strayed out of the nearby forest and entered Jyotikuchi, a residential area here, was rescued by Assam State Zoo staff after tranquillising it at the spot. Three persons …
Over a fortnight after a wild elephant created havoc on villagers and killed four persons, the State Forest Department has swung into action and deployed a special squad to hunt the animal. In last two weeks, the elephant has killed four persons, including a pregnant woman and an old woman …
R KRISHNA DAS Raipur, 6 March Willing to adopt a lion, tiger or a bear! Please contact Chhattisgarh government's forest department for further information. An increase in the expenses to maintain the wild animals has prompted the department to come up with a plan to enable people to act as …
