Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
In "An Island Away' (Down To Earth, April 30, 2006), I talked about the theory of island biogeography which played a major role in community ecology and conservation biology in the 1970s and the 1980s. In the 1990s, another theory came to the fore: metapopulation biology or dynamics. The term …
science may have found it a year ago but discovered its value only recently. The shy, white-whiskered, greyish-brown monkey found in Tanzania in 2005 had earlier been classified as a new primate species. But it now turns out that the monkey represents a new genus (class)
Aun body recently extended a ban on the export of caviar for all Caspian Sea countries except Iran. The un Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) said it extended the ban as it did not receive information from the five Caspian states
The New Zealand government recently okayed a move to relocate a population of 250 rare native snails, which were holding up the development of a coalmine. State-owned mining company Solid Energy was given permission to shift the Powelliphanta augustus snails from their home on Mount Augustus in South Island
The idea of individual species becoming extinct is quite familiar. It is, however, a poor reflection of our stewardship of the planet. Next to causing its extinction, the greatest crime that we could commit is to declare a species extinct, or pretend it is extinct, while it is on the …
STRAIT FORWARD A 150-year-old dream acquires shape The channel across the Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka is expected to be operational by 2008: it will allow ships sailing between the east and west coasts of India a straight passage through India's territorial waters, instead of circumnavigating Sri Lanka. …
a public interest litigation seeking a halt to construction on a part of the Telugu Ganga Canal in Andhra Pradesh was recently filed to save the only known habitat of a rare bird species. Submitted in the Supreme Court by environmentalist Bittu Sahgal, it is scheduled to come up for …
Rajaji-Corbett Tiger Conservation Unit (RCTCU) in north-west India, is one of the eleven Level I Tiger Conservation Units (TCU) identified in the Indian subcontinent for the long term conservation of the tiger. Between November 1999 and March 2000, we evaluated the status of tiger and leopard by counting the number …
Golden mahseer is one of the splendid ecotourism species of the Government of Uttaranchal should strive to conserve in order to enhance the prospects of nature tourism opportunities in the state. In Uttaranchal the golden mahseer is largely confined to lotic habitats. The abundance of the fish over the decades …
Biodiversity conservation has revolved around creation of lists that prioritise species for protection. Conservation laws of many nations create lists of species to be protected, while international instruments, such as the cites, have appendices listing species that are prioritised for protection. The best-known of these is the World Conservation Union-International …
A large scale timber-smuggling racket operating from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu has come to light with the seizure of 180 tonnes of red sander wood by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (dri) recently. Export of Rakt chandan or red sandalwood is prohibited by the Indian Exim Policy 2002-2007. It …
Although we have reports of tool usage in captive gorillas, this is the first time wild western gorillas were photographed using sticks as tools to get through swampy areas. This provides valuable insight into the evolution of our own species and the abilities of other species
A camera trap set in Iran's Dar-e Anjir Wildlife Refuge recently captured images of rare Asiatic Cheetahs. In two separate photographs, four adult cheetahs and a female cheetah and her four six-month-old cubs are found resting in a shade. Though protected in Iran, cheetahs face a huge extinction threat. The …
forthe first time, two unrelated clones of a wild species have bred naturally. Eight wildcat kittens were recently produced in two litters at Audubon Centre for Research of Endangered Species (acres), Audubon Nature Institute, New Orleans, the us, by crossbreeding cloned adults: two mothers Madge and Caty (cloned from female …
climate change is affecting the population and distribution of birds in the uk, according to the State of uk 's Birds 2004 released in August. While the numbers of some of the most endangered birds, such as the bittern, capercaillie, nightjar and corncrake, show an encouraging trend, some of the …
