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. …
INDORE: The Nature Volunteers organised its second annual environment lecture on the topic, 'Conservation beyond tiger: Need to take action' in the city on Saturday. Chaired by collector, P Narhari, the lecture saw Asad R. Rahmani, former director, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), delivering his address. Rahmani focused on the …
AHMEDABAD: Wildlife conservationists have recorded an extremely rare sighting -that of five species of the critically endangered vultures scavenging together at one single location -near Mahuva in Bhavnagar district. The group witnessed 38 vultures that were feeding on carcass dumping site on the outskirts of Chhapariyali village near Jesar village, …
MUMBAI: The Salim Ali Bird Count, which was revived after almost 20 years, recorded over 15,000 observations by people across 22 states. A critically endangered and four endangered species were among the 514 species spotted on November 15. The nationwide bird count was relaunched by the Bombay Natural History Society-India …
BHOPAL: Amid reports of depleting number of vultures from Indian skies and proposed submergence of its habitat in Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh is carrying out its first ever vulture population estimation across the state. An 8-month-long exercise, which began in October, would last till May next year. Ken-Betwa (KB) …
KOLHAPUR: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has revived nationwide bird count exercise after nearly 25 years. Bird lovers and watchers can join the annual day-long census on November 15. The prominent organisation in conservation and biodiversity research has announced that the exercise would now be held every year on …
Two new important bird areas (IBAs) — Sirpur Lake in Indore and Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve — have been added to the existing list of IBAs in Madhya Pradesh. Currently, there are 17 IBAs in the state that will go up to 19 when the new list is out. The new …
Conservationists were alarmed this week to find one of NCR's once most-commonly sighted wetland bird, common pochard, to have been labelled `near-threatened' in the latest red list of birds released by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for 2015 because of its depleting number. The duck was in the …
MUMBAI: The Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Bar-tailed Godwit, commonly seen on the Sewri mudflats, have been added to the list of endangered birds. In all eights birds from India have been added to the 2015 list released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Only one species the …
Nagpur: Over 60 bird species were sighted by the watchers during the five-hour long Ambazari bird race jointly organized by the forest department and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) on Sunday. The event was part of wildlife week celebrations. Assistant director of BNHS Sanjay Karkare informed that seven teams with …
BHOPAL: Besides tiger habitat, 60% habitat of vultures, especially endangered Egyptian vulture, will be submerged in proposed Ken Betwa (KB) river link project in Panna tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh. The reserve is "very important and rare" home to these vultures, meeting of state wildlife board was told, by forest …
Amidst spiking pollution levels and reeling under dengue cases, the city has something to cheer about. The Egyptian vulture – which had disappeared from the city – seemed to have made a come back. Also, this time around, ecologists have noted that “two pairs seem to have made permanent residence …
Nagpur: The common bird monitoring programme, which was jointly organized by Wild-CER and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), revealed that poaching of different species of birds is rampant in rural areas of the region. The startling fact came directly from the field when volunteers of the programme interacted with villagers …
PUNE: The Union government has banned multi-dose vials of human diclofenac, which is expected to give a boost to vulture conservation in the country at the same time prevent its misuse on cattle. Three Gyps species of vultures in India had declined drastically, by nearly 99%, over the past two …
The graceful black-necked crane, which spends every winter in the Zemithang area of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district bordering China, finds itself caught between the country's development narrative and the religious beliefs of the Buddhist Monpa tribe. For the past few years, the Monpas of Tawang district have been expressing fear …
For the convenience of tourists and bird watchers thronging the Asan Conservation Reserve (ACR) to catch a glimpse of migratory birds, the state forest department will release the first wetland map of Asan Conservation Reserve (ACR) in October. Migratory birds from as far as Central Asia and Siberia stay at …
The Maharashtra government plans ‘vulture restaurants’, providing carcasses of cattle for the birds to feed on at specific places, especially during the breeding season. Distressing evidence recorded for the first time by still cameras installed in nests of white-rumped vultures, on big trees in the Western Ghats, shows chicks of …
Scavengers, an inevitable part of our food chain, are on their way to extinction and have to be saved and preserved from disappearing from our skies as at present these natural scavengers are considered to be the most endangered bird species from falling prey to certain harmful substances in carcasses …
Nagpur: In response to a recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy by ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) regarding distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices, the ministry has been urged to drop the new clause by leading NGOs. Bombay Natural History Society …
PUNE: A recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change regarding distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices has faced strong opposition from non-governmental organisations (NGOs). A memorandum sent by the Bombay Natural History Society, Aaranyak, Wildlife Protection …
MoEF urged to reject suggestion in draft policy In response to a recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy on distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), along with other NGOs, has sent a letter to the Ministry of Environment, …
