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 …
NEW DELHI: Highlighting the importance of the Kosi river corridor in the Corbett tiger reserve in Uttarakhand, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said Sunday that the crucial pathway is facing a threat from upcoming resorts and hotels. Recent photos taken in the corridor, situated in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) …
Guwahati, March 11: Assam forest authorities are optimistic that they will be able to have a rhino population of 3,000 in the state by 2020. For Indian Rhino Vision 2020 to meet its goal of 3,000 rhinos, Assam’s rhino population will have to increase by about 80 animals over the …
About 80 per cent of the wetlands in Sindh have been seriously damaged by increasing pollution, largely caused by the right and left bank outfall drains, encroachments and conversion of land to agriculture use. Of them, two wetlands of international significance in Badin are being spoiled by the effluent discharged …
Cameroon's military has been called in to Bouba Ndjida National Park to take on foreign poachers that have slaughtered hundreds of elephants for their ivory, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Reports vary, but between 200-480 elephants have been killed in recent weeks in the park by …
Big Cat Visits Area From Fbd-Gurgaon Side. A little over a century ago, Delhi’s forests were home to a large number of carnivores including lions, leopards and wolves. As forest land disappeared so did most of its animals. However, there is finally some hope that they might return. Officials have …
The snow leopard, a species never seen earlier in any Kashmir region outside of Kishtwar, has now been spotted and photographed in Kargil, site of conflict with Pakistan 12 years ago. “For us it is great news,’’ said Ameen Ahmad, senior coordinator of WWF-India, a field team of which captured …
A variety of programmes in school and outside are turning the capital’s children into environment-sensitive citizens. Besides getting to know nature first-hand, they are also taking steps to make and keep their surroundings clean. Delhi has become a more environmentally sensitive city than it ever was. And it is the …
Denmark, followed by Israel, Sweden, Finland and the US provide the best conditions today for clean technology start-up creation, with companies in the Asia Pacific region following closely behind when it comes to commercial success, the first Global Cleantech Innovation Index shows. In Coming Clean: The Global Cleantech Innovation Index …
The main reason for the rapid drop in green cover in Andhra Pradesh seems to be hidden in the Forest Survey of India's (FSI) latest data on forest fires. As per FSI, the state has witnessed 506 forest fires in the last 51 days alone, which is almost five times …
The eastern Himalayan landscape extending from Nepal to Bhutan have been hit hard by the effects of climate change, says a report of WWF. "Of all the threats to the region’s nature and culture, perhaps the most pervasive and difficult to tackle is that of climate change," said the report …
The Manas National Park in Assam on Monday received four rhinos, in the first translocation from Kaziranga, which has the largest population of one-horned rhinos in the world. Three females and a male — translocated under the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 programme — were released in Manas around 7 a.m. …
The United States said on Thursday it will contribute $12 million to a six-country initiative to fight against climate change by low-cost programs, such as promoting clean cooking stoves. Announcing the initiative, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the plan does not address carbon dioxide emissions, the primary cause of …
The study, worth Nu 2M, World Wildlife Fund officials said would focus on the snow leopard population and their places of existence to help prioritise the best areas for conservation. WWF conservation director Vijay Moktan said there were no studies done at the park nor were there any local expert …
For the first time in Nepal, two primary stakeholders in the forestry sector, one on conservation and the other on harvesting and utilization, joined hands to ensure that conservation and social security are guided by a common goal that fosters sustainable forest management and puts a check on forest degradation …
Even as vultures in India are reeling under the threat of extinction, sighting of rare Central Asian vultures in the Jammu region have brought cheer to wildlife experts and environmentalists. Dr CM Seth, chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), has claimed to have …
Environment ministry stops Ansals housing project at Dadri in Greater Noida as the area is home to migratory birds. The BSP government in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh is once again caught in a controversial land sale. The state government sold 2,400 acres of wetlands in Greater Noida to a private builder …
Only 226 bird species spotted on Big Bird Day, stirring up a debate among nature lovers if Delhi is being abandoned by avians. It was a day that began with much anticipation but ended in disappointment for the city’s birdwatchers. The annual Big Bird Day on Sunday recorded just 226 …
The fourth phase of the intensive ‘Tiger Monitoring Programme,' envisaged by the Tiger Task Force of the Union Government, began at the Kalakkad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Tirunelveli on Friday. Giving details about the programme H. Malleshappa, Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, KMTR told The Hindu …
Reopening the waste treatment plant at Villappilsala at the earliest, entrusting its running to competent agencies, and rescheduling door-to-door waste collection to the evenings. These are some of the proposals in a 10-point agenda chalked out by the State unit of the WWF- India to resolve the issue of solid …
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India, in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, Centre for Environment Education and Paryavaran Mitra celebrated the Gharana Wetland Birding Fair, in connection with the World Wetlands Day at the Gharana Wetland today. Various non-governmental organisations, …
