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. …
GUWAHATI, July 31 – With the World Heritage site status restored, the Manas National Park is on an upgrade drive vis-à-vis its area, wildlife, infrastructure, management, tourism, and community participation in conservation. Foremost among the plans is to extend the park’s 520 sq km area by another 360 sq km. …
GUWAHATI, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is no longer in the list of World Heritage Sites in Danger. During the 35th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) held recently, it was decided to remove Manas Wildlife Sanctuary from the list citing significant improvement in preservation. “The removal of the ‘in danger’ …
JAIPUR: Shahgarh or Ramgarh? African or Iranian? Several questions dog the ambitious project on re-establishing the cheetah in Rajasthan. The problems seem to only grow with time putting a question mark on the already jinxed project. Now it is not only amatter of making the right choice but with time, …
The Union ministry of environment and forests has expressed concern over environmental degradation along the hills of Karbi Anglong in proximity to Kaziranga National Park. Former Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh had written to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi last month, saying the ministry had been receiving a …
India will make all-out efforts to shrug off the danger tag from the famous Manas National Park at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Paris by highlighting the success story of the sanctuary, which was plagued by rampant poaching and activities of rebel groups, reports PTI. The 35th session of …
Three elephant corridors are in jeopardy due to the acquisition of forest land and increased area of human settlements. Elephants in the BRT tiger reserve in Chamarajnagar. The state has nine elephant corridors out of which three are present in the Biligiriranganatha Tiger reserve forest. Yedeyarahalli, doddasampige, Mudalli and Punajuru …
JAIPUR: The Desert National Park (DNP), one of the largest sanctuaries of the country spread over the twin districts of Jaisalmer and Barmer may get newer territories. A high-powered committee constituted by the ministry of Environment and Forest for the rationalisation' of the park is seriously contemplating on it. According …
Assam which is amongst the states with highest elephant mortality due to train hits has succeeded to a certain extent in preventing train-elephant collisions since 2008 by implementing the Train Hits Mitigation Project. This project is being jointly implemented by the Assam Forest Department, Northeast Frontier Railways and Wildlife Trust …
With an overall objective of developing a conservation action plan for sloth bear conservation projects in India, the Wildlife Trust of India is organising a series of workshops across the country. The welfare project would be implemented in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Odisha. The first workshop …
The Delhi Government is likely to ban the movement of elephants in the national Capital. The conservator of forests and wildlife warden, D M Shukla, has moved a note to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit seeking a ban on movement of elephants on Capital
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: The State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has joined hands with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to come to the rescue of the endangered sub-species of the eastern swamp deer. The conservation programme was launched at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. All of …
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will help conserve the endangered eastern swamp deer, found only in Kaziranga National Park, and considered more vulnerable than the rhino. With a population of only about 600
Two weeks after seven wild elephants were killed by a speeding train in Bengal's Jalpaiguri district, three well-known environment protection groups have successfully carried out demonstration of an imported speed-detection gun on trains in an elephant corridor near Guwahati. The demonstration showed how the gun would help enforce speed restrictions. …
Guwahati: Environment activists on Thursday successfully tested a speed-detection gun on a train passing by a bird sanctuary in Guwahati. The demonstration for forest officials toward enforcing train speed restrictions is aimed at preventing elephants being run over. People for Ethical Treatment to Animals (PETA) had in response to the …
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government, in association with Tata Chemicals and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), has worked out a novel project to transplant corals in area off the coastline of Mithapur, situated on the north-western tip of Saurashtra. Transplantable corals will be brought from unique Lakshadweep islands, which are believed …
COIMBATORE: The Kerala Government intends to work with the Tamil Nadu Government and the Railway Department for tackling the issue of elephants getting killed on railway tracks, Forests Minister Benoy Viswom said here on Thursday. After taking part in the interacting session with the Officer Trainees of the Central Academy …
