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. …
India, which has lost 99 per cent of the four-crore population of vultures in the last three decades and continues to witness the decline of the existing ones at the rate of 40 per cent annually, will make a
Mumbai: A scientist from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) spotted the rare and endangered bird species -- the Jerdon's Courser early this month. According to Dr Asad Rahmani, director of BNHS, "The bird was considered to be extinctas it was first spotted in 1900 and after that in 1986 …
Mumbai: The efforts of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has borne fruit, with vultures being successfully bred in captivity, for the first time in the world. The Vulture Conservation Breeding Programme of the BNHS was started in 2004 at three places in the country at Pinjor in Haryana, Rajabhatkhawa near …
Mumbai: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) stands firmly behind the method of radio-collaring as an efficient tool in preservation of big cats. This is in light of the recent "wildlife intelligence report" submitted to the government, that blamed radio-collaring as the cause of death of tigers in Panna National …
Rapid urbanization, destruction of habitat and rampant use of pesticides are some of the factors affecting the population of scavenging birds--------- Vultures in the sky are disappearing very fast. According to statistics of the Bombay Natural History Society, the vulture population has declined by more than 99% and is declining …
As the Parsi community in India is facing serious concern for ensuring traditional disposal of bodies of their dead due to alarming decline in vulture population, members of this highly endangered species from Assam are coming to their rescue. The Parsis feed the mortal remains of the dead to the …
MUMBAI: Anita Prabhu, a 27-year-old computer professional working in Belapur, and her friends had an embarrassing moment at MTDC's Ganpatipule beach resort when they were about to leave the place last weekend. They were fined for leaving plastic bags and beverage cans around the `Konkani huts' they had hired for …
MUMBAI: Environmentalists are breathing easy after the announcement of a further delay in the commencement of the Mumbai transharbour link connecting the island city to the mainland. The Rs 6,000 crore Sewri-Nhava Sheva sea link project had invited the wrath of the environmentalists as they felt it would hamper the …
Mumbai As the 39th anniversary of Earth Day dawns upon us, thousands of students, and government and private company employees in Mumbai will distribute nearly a lakh paper bags to their neighbourhood grocers and shopkeepers today. Over 1,25,000 such bags, made by thousands of citizens across India, Oman, Singapore and …
Mumbai: While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) waits an approval from the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) for the proposed redevelopment of the Veer Jijamata Udyan in Byculla, three different plans with schematic drawings were furnished by the BMC, under Right to Information (RTI) Act under the Save Rani Bagh …
Mumbai: In what may be an outcome of the diminishing forest cover in the city, a group of animal lovers last week rescued an injured four-horned antelope at a busy street of Ulhasnagar and brought it to the Bombay Society of Prevention against Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA) for treatment. The …
LUCKNOW: The scanning of water birds for possible strains of bird flu virus is going on at a fast pace. The blood samples from at least 175 birds have been collected so far. The effort began in January with an aim to trapping the winter birds. The samples have been …
Even as the dreaded Avian Influenza (H5N1 strain) has come back to haunt India, particularly through the recent outbreak in Assam, the Chilika lagoon has been included in a multi-centre study aiming to identify sources of the killer virus. The first of its kind initiative carried forward through an international …
An ambitious breeding-in-captivity project aims to save the endangered vulture by preventing it from feeding on carcasses rich in the killer diclofenac drug. It may be a classical case of too little too late. Deep inside Bir Shikargah, in a wildlife sanctuary spread over two sq km near Pinjore off …
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) – a membership-driven organization - has been promoting the cause of a natural India for the past 127 years since 1883. It was started by 8 Mumbai citizens, of which two were Indians. The Society's guiding principle has always been that conservation must be based …
