The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical sub regions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part …
Fish population has been found to be very low during a survey currently in progress in 13 major creeks of Sindh. So far, 147 species of marine fauna have been identified. The survey is being carried out in Issaro, Wadi Kuddi, Dabbo, Mal, Pittaini, Hajamro, Chaan, Richhal, Jang River, Chann, …
Tata group's realty arm will donate Rs 15 lakh per year in the project WWF India today partnered real estate firm Tata Housing to launch a project for conservation of endangered specie 'snow leopards' in the country. Snow leopards population is estimated at 400-700 in India out of 7,000 worldwide. …
A study report released by WWF India in association with Pune-based World Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE) here has claimed that Kerala has the renewable energy potential to attain self-sustainability in energy sector by 2050. The report prepared by WISE is a sequeltothe global study ‘Theenergy report-100 per cent renewable …
Having completed the field work of tiger census for a week in the Sathyamangalam forests, the Forest Department is now in the process of compiling data for submitting it to the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. There were a number of positive indications implying the presence of elephants, spotted deer, …
Four rare melanistic (black) golden cats (Captopuma Temminckii) and rare Chinese pangolins were sighted at Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, forest officials said here on Tuesday. The images of the cats were captured during recent camera trapping survey in 57 locations of the rainforest area …
WCD: The wildlife conservation division will conduct the first nationwide tiger survey next month, making Bhutan the fourth country to conduct such a survey using camera traps. Studies done in the past were limited to specific locations, which did not give the whole picture of the big cat’s presence in …
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a wing of WWF-India, released a compendium on renewable energy here on Thursday. Titled ‘Renewable Energy beyond Electricity’, the study focuses on innovative renewable energy applications beyond power-generation. Creating awareness It aims to create awareness on the potential of renewable energy, particularly …
Experts representing six regional countries agreed to forge an alliance on climate change issues at a three-day conference, which concluded in a hotel here on Thursday. The conference was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan under the European Commission-funded Climate Change Adaptation Project. Sharing challenges posed by changing …
At least 28 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Assam this year, with 14 of them being killed in the Kaziranga National Park alone. In a Lok Sabha reply to a question by Ramen Deka, the Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, denied deployment of unmanned …
State-level recovery plans have been proposed to save the Great Indian Bustard species and protect them from extinction. Following suggestions by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, all bustard range States are expected to prepare State-level Recovery Plans for conservation of the species. Madhya Pradesh has …
The scale of the elephant poaching epidemic could lead to local populations becoming extinct, an IUCN report says Africa will lose one-fifth of its elephants in the next decade if the continent's poaching crisis is not stopped, data published on Monday shows. There were about 10 million African elephants (Loxodonta …
The authority of Daying Ering Wildlife Sanctuary in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh has prohibited illegal trespassing of human beings inside the sanctuary to enhance vigilance and surveillance.The move came following recent findings of salt lick ambush laid by hunters, killing of a bird and disappearance of two camera …
Thiruvananthapuram: Representatives of Coastal Watch (NGO), Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali Federation, Centre For Fisheries Studies (CFS), a society Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Trivandrum, members of South Kerala Hoteliers Forum and Kerala Hotels and Restaurants Association handed submissions to Lalit Kapoor, member secretary of the central expert appraisal committee on CRZ, …
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has awarded a grant to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for a bold initiative to help Nepal double the population of wild tiger by 2022, the next Chinese Year of the Tiger. The award was presented on the third anniversary of the historic Global Tiger Summit. The …
A leading climate thinktank has joined the business community in urging the Coalition to reconsider its ban on using international carbon permits to help meet Australia’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Climate Institute is urging the environment minister, Greg Hunt, to set aside an “insurance” buffer in his “Direct Action” …
The Sikkim government has launched a massive initiative to revive and restore dying natural springs to address the water problem, especially in the rural areas. It has led to a 15 per cent enhancement in spring discharges. Through the initiative called Dhara Vikas, the government has sucessfully revived 50 springs …
Kozhikode: The state forest department has launched a major participatory initiative to make the state’s 590-km coastline turtle-friendly. The social forestry wing of the department will conduct a comprehensive GPS-enabled field survey along the state’s coastline to identify the nesting sites of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles which visit the …
Kozhikode: Conservation warriors of the state who have been silently protecting and creating safe havens for endangered turtles and migratory birds will now get a helping hand from the state government for their lone green crusades. Social forestry wing of the state forest and wildlife department has taken the lead …
Failure will mean greater costs and risks and pathway to limiting temperature rise to under 2C will close fast The chances of keeping the global temperature increase below 2C will “swiftly diminish” unless the world takes immediate action to escalate cuts in carbon emissions, the United Nations has warned. The …
Dudhwa reserve is gearing up for the tiger census amid hope that it will throw up an increased count of the royal animal. The census, to begin in November first week, will count the number of tigers as well as herbivores to work out the predator-prey ratio inside the Dudhwa …
