Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Indiscriminate and illegal felling of trees, often in connivance with local influential people, has largely denuded the Sal and Gajari forests in Madhupur and adjoining upazilas in Tangail. But recently a government-run welfare programme and self-employment training organised by the forest department have turned a part of the forests green …
The Bosawas Reserve is a critically important rainforest but native people say it is being destroyed by "colonists" A famed rainforest in Nicaragua is under growing threat from illegal loggers, say indigenous leaders. The Bosawas Biosphere Reserve is Central America's largest tropical forest with clouds constantly drifting over the hilly …
Trees in the Mandewal jungles of the district, which falls under the Kalesar National Park, is facing threat from the wood mafia as they are being axed right under the nose of forest officials. The Mandewal jungles form a part of the great Sal forest of Kalesar. They have age-old …
The Senate’s Standing Committee on Climate Change on Monday expressed serious reservations over smuggling of precious timber of Chilas, Chitral to rest of the country with the involvement of top bureaucracy and directed the forest department to either legalise it or stop it. This national asset of the country was …
Global Forest Watch 2.0 (GFW 2.0) is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system launching this spring that combines satellite technology, new algorithms, cloud computing, mobile phone technologies, maps and human networks around the world to fight illegal logging and deforestation. GFW 2.0 is a major breakthrough, as it will …
Hundreds of fully grown and commercially important trees have been axed by thieves in the Dandeli-Anshi and Bandipur tiger reserves in Karnataka. Sources indicated a nexus between the forest department officials and local politicians in the Kulgi range of the Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve. In Bandipur, eyewitnesses pointed to the involvement …
Measures to prevent illegally harvested timber from entering the European Union come into force on Sunday. The EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) requires importers or sellers of timber and wood products to keep records of the sources of their supplies. Interpol estimates that illegal logging contributes up to 30% of timber …
Security mechanisms in Sindhupalchok, Ramechhap and Dolakha districts have been mobilised along the Gaurishankar Conservation Area to control rising cases of wildlife and vegetation smuggling. Following news reports about rampant smuggling of wildlife, timber and medicinal herbs, a Friday meeting of the security officials of the three districts at Dolakha …
Heightened vigil has made the place safer, say residents Illegal tree cutting on the Jnanabharathi campus of the Bangalore University (BU), responsible for the loss of thousands of sandalwood trees, has largely been tackled, much to the delight of tree lovers. Residents credit the reduction in illegal tree cutting to …
Rampant felling of trees from the age-old dense forest of Barmessya-Ramnagar under Manbazar, Block-1 has been reported for the past few years. The jungle mafias carry on the work smoothly despite police presence. Local people say that the jungle was dense with trees at one point of time, that they …
MIRZA, Nov 29 – On the one hand, the Assam Government has been initiating several schemes to plant trees with the investment of crores of rupees but on the other, it has chosen to remain blind to the massive felling of trees in the reserve forests of Assam. Vibrant Reserve …
Cambodian, Lao and Thai officials are taking a 14-day training course to beef up cooperation in the fight against wildlife smuggling across international borders. The programme is organised by the Asean Wildlife Enforcement Network (Asean-WEN), the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) and the Freeland Foundation as part of a campaign …
Officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are colluding with foreign logging firms to support illegal logging, harming local communities and risking the destruction of the world's second largest forest, a report by a campaign group says. Derelict ports in Congo's riverside capital Kinshasa are piled high with logs ready to …
Officials in Democratic Republic of Congo are colluding with foreign logging firms to support illegal logging, harming local communities and risking the destruction of the world's second largest forest, a report by a campaign group says. Derelict ports in Congo's riverside capital Kinshasa are piled high with logs ready to …
THE state environment and primary industry departments are failing to act as proper watchdogs over potential environmental threats, a critical review by the Victorian Auditor-General has found. In an inquiry released yesterday, the Auditor-General says neither department has sufficient policies, systems, or monitoring in place to properly ensure people and …
The biggest teak tree in Asia has been discovered at Ottakallan area in Thundathil range of Malayattoor Forest Division. The gigantic tree reportedly beats the record of the teak tree at Kappayam, Edamalayar, which was the biggest tree in Asia till now. According to BN Nagaraj, Divisional Forest Officer, Malayatoor, …
Two of the world's last uncontacted tribes are under threat from oil exploration deep into the heart of the Amazon forest in Ecuador, according to conservationists, who say this may indirectly add to the pressure on wildlife. The Tagaeri and the Taromenane – who have fought off illegal loggers and …
New Delhi: India has lost hundreds of acres of forest cover, mostly in North East but this was largely due to various reasons like shifting cultivation, rotational harvesting and biotic pressures besides tree felling. The largest dip in forest cover was in the North East which lost 550 sq km. …
President Mahinda Rajapaksa ordered the relevant officials to take immediate measures to protect wildlife and halt timber rackets. The President was addressing the Badulla District Special Development Committee meeting yesterday at the Provincial Council auditorium. The President was told by a Provincial Council member that the flora and fauna of …
KOKRAJHAR: Along with the rest of the nation, the 63rd Vanamahatsav was observed in Kokrajhar at the behest of the Department of Forest on Sunday. The Deputy Chief of BTC, Kampa Borgoyary inaugurated the Permanent Nursery at Siljan under Chakrasilla Wildlife Sanctuary with a plantation drive. The permanent nursery has …
