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. …
A report of Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE), a consortium of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and UK-based Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB), launched by the union environment ministry, has reiterated that the size of human diclofenac vials must be reduced through support from both the government …
Sets aside objections of wildlife expert panel; IIT Roorkee to conduct study. Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has set aside objections of a wildlife expert committee and given the go-ahead to the 1,750 MW Demwe Lower Hydroelectric project on the Lohit River in Arunachal Pradesh. The project is a joint enterprise …
A two-day marathon exercise to count the migratory birds descending on the wetlands of Pong Dam lake near here will commence on Monday. The annual census of migratory and local birds at Maharana Pratap Sagar (an artificial lake) takes place towards the end of January and beginning of February every …
Itanagar, 6 Jan: Black-necked crane (file photo), a rare bird species found in high altitude, has been spotted at Zemithang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for the first time. So long there were only reports of the bird's sighting in the …
The birds are found in India, China and Bhutan and breed in high-altitude wetlands of the Tibetan plateau The black-necked crane, a rare bird species found at high altitudes, has been spotted for the first time at Zemithang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh by the Indian chapter of the World Wildlife …
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) on Wednesday appealed to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to change the alignment of Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) project, to save the Sewri mudflats, the habitat of lakhs of waders and flamingos and one of the most eco-sensitive places in the …
MUMBAI: The MMRDA is unlikely to make any changes in the alignment of the over Rs 8000-crore , 22-km trans-harbour link from Sewri to Nhava but is willing to talk about protection measures for the flamingos. MMRDA commissioner Rahul Asthana said a change in alignment is unlikely as it will …
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has called for the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) from Sewri to Nhava to be realigned to ensure that the nesting ground for thousands of flamingos is not adversely affected. Directors of BNHS, Asad Rehmani and Deepak Apte, said the trans-harbour link should be realigned …
A draft national recovery plan for the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the endangered Lesser Florican has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) by a task force constituted for the purpose. The draft is expected to be finalised in a month’s time and will …
A unique grassland habitat for rare bird species is all set to come up in Shonkalia region of Ajmer district in Rajasthan, extending support to two endangered birds of the desert State and also providing structured grazing facility to the cattle within the same zone for roughly six months a …
Itanagar: A new species of moth has been sighted in Arunachal Pradesh, bringing joy to nature lovers who noted that many moth and butterfly varieties were on the verge of extinction in India. The moth was photographed by nature enthusiasts of Ngunu Ziro, led by Dr Tage Kano, during their …
Wildlife board worried over the impact of public-private project on wildlife habitats. The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has put the Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh on hold till an expert committee asseses its impact on the flora fauna downstream. The 1,750 MW project …
India is hosting the next meeting of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Hyderabad in October next year and efforts are on to encourage civil society participation in the process. Some of these initiatives are led by Bombay Natural History Society, Commission on …
Imphal, 27 Oct: Winged guests migrating to Manipur as well as countless fishes who swim across from bordering Burma for breeding now have to look elsewhere. A friendly host to them for years, Manipur's picturesque Loktak lake is no longer a welcome home for these international visitors whose presence add …
AHMEDABAD: An environment and forests' ministry study has blamed electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from communication towers for the declining numbers of sparrows and bees. The study titled 'A possible impact of communication tower on wildlife birds and bees' said the radiation decreases egg production in the bees. A 10-member expert panel …
India should bring out a law to protect its wildlife from the ill-effects of electromagnetic-field radiation from mobile phone towers, which may be endangering birds, bees and disturbing wildlife across the country, a government panel has recommended. A 10-member expert panel of the Ministry of Environment and Forests formed earlier …
12 Night Frog Varieties Found In The Western Ghats 3 Rediscovered After 75 Years There is hope on the green front. That is what the croaks resonating from the Western Ghats proclaim. A team of scientists from Delhi University, Bombay Natural History, Zoological Survey of India and Brussels’ Vrije University …
Diclofenac, the drug that drove the vulture population in India to near extinction a few years back, is still being illegally sold to dairy farmers and livestock owners across the country, a study has found. The drug was widely used as a pain reliever in cattle. It was banned by …
The Western Ghats region in the country, a global biodiversity hotspot, has opened up more of its secrets — this time a dozen species of night frogs hitherto unknown to science. S.D. Biju of the University of Delhi and researchers from Bombay Natural History Society, Zoological Survey of India and …
Over a third of the Indian pharmacies continue to sell to livestock farmers the banned killer drug, diclofenac, responsible for the dramatic fall in vulture population in the country. A study published in the Oryx , a leading international scientific journal of conservation, and reported by BirdLife International, has found …
