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. …
Wildlife enthusiasts in Bellary are worried at the sighting of an increasing number of Indian grey wolves found with their left fore leg limping, which they suspect could be due to some dreaded disease. Experts split on possible cause for limping wolves. photo by Dr S K ArunMining in Bellary …
AMITABH SINHA NEW DELHI, HAVING thrown the rulebook at POSCO and Vedanta within the last 10 days and bringing their projects in Orissa to a grinding halt -at least temporarily -the Environment Ministry is now all set to decide the fate of the new airport in Navi Mumbai. From tomorrow, …
400 sq m Of Marine Habitat Under Threat; Coast Guard Warns Of Oil SpillViju B | TNNMumbai: A cargo ship ran into a coral reef off the Kavaratti Island in Lakshadweep, damaging around 400 square metres of the pristine reef that
Vinaya DeshpandeMumbai: The effect of the oil leak from MSC Chitra may not be as dramatic as hordes of blackened dead fish being washed off the shore or some oil-slick-ridden duckling being spotted somewhere. But, according to Deepak Apte, Assistant Director, Bombay Natural History Society, the process of slow poisoning …
Vinaya DeshpandeMumbai: Four days after the oil spill from MSC Chitra, an exact assessment of the impact on marine life cannot be done for lack of systematic data on the biodiversity off the Mumbai coast. Monsoon adds to the existing woes.
Our Political Bureau NEW DELHI| MUMBAIALREADY under threat by the real estate lobby, the hapless mangroves face another danger from the oil spill. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday called for a report from the shipping ministry on the incident, underlining the gravity of the situation.
The death knell was sounded only five years ago when environmentalists found that the vulture was vanishing faster than the dodo before its extinction. Twenty years ago, Indian vultures numbered 40 million; today, they add up to a measly 60,000. The bad news is that if immediate steps are not …
The Pinjore vulture breeding centre may save the endangered bird Nesting Grounds * India has lost 99.9% of its vultures; less than 60,000 remain * Many died after consuming the cattle drug, diclofenac, depriving us of efficient waste managers * They are now bred in captivity, to protect them from …
Mumbai The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has urged the Forest Department to declare the critically-endangered forest owlet, a diurnal owl said to be found only along the state
Siliguri, July 11: The Bombay Natural History Society is inching towards releasing the first set of vultures from the three captive breeding centres of the country, one of which is in Jalpaiguri
The successful captive breeding of vultures belonging to three critically endangered species in the flagship conservation centre at Pinjore in Haryana could be a turning point in the struggle to save these birds from extinction in the subcontinent. For many years now, conservation organisations such as the Bombay Natural History …
Mumbai : The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has for the first time successfully bred in captivity 16 vultures through artificial incubation at its breeding centre at Pinjore, Haryana. The Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) has also rescued an injured white-backed bird of prey from Ahmedabad. A nestling was successfully …
mumbai In what could be hailed as the first step towards the restoration of the dwindling vulture population in India, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has successfully bred 16 vultures in captivity in its Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) in Pinjore, Haryana. The fledglings belong to the three Asian …
Four Bar Headed geese nesting in a remote area in China have no idea that they are being tracked by scientists at the Aligarh Muslim University. Their movements from the time they arrived in India have been on surveillance thanks to the satellite collars that have been fitted to them …
Mumbai The number of endangered, vulnerable or threatened bird species have risen from 149 in 2008 to 154 today, according to a study released by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and international conservation organisation BirdLife International, and some 25 species that have been seen in Maharashtra are in that …
NEW DELHI: Recent studies by BirdLife International and Bombay Natural History Society have revealed that the list of threatened bird species in the country has risen from 149 in 2008 to 154 now. Destruction of habitat is the prime reason for all these disappearing species. According to BirdLife studies in …
Simit Bhagat I TNN The number of threatened Indian bird species has gone up from 149 in 2009 to 154 this year, a global assessment has revealed. The study done by Birdlife International, a global alliance of conservation organisations, and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has attributed the rapid decline …
The use in animals of an anti-inflammatory drug meant for humans threatens with extinction three species of Gyps vultures in India. FOR the three endangered species of Gyps vultures in India, 2009 was a year of mild optimism. Hornbill, the magazine of The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), reported that …
Jairam RameshWeathering the political storm over his controversial remarks, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh was back in action today as he rejected a proposal from the Department of Atomic Energy for exploratory drilling for uranium in the South Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Chairing the 19th standing committee meeting of …
