Nagpur: Record a GIB sighting and get Rs 500! The state's principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra has started a novel scheme to save the critically endangered birds in Maharashtra.
Jaipur: The first windmills of Jaisalmer came up in 2001. Since then, the desert has become among the largest windfarms in the world. The spread of this "sustainable" energy source, however, has not come
JAIPUR: In a Facebook post, scientist Sutirtha Dutta of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, expressed regret that a juvenile Great Indian Bustard had died in Gujarat after hitting a transmission
Ahmedabad: The state government's recent decision to allow 16 more overhead power lines through the area encompassing habitat of the Great Indian bustard, a critical endangered species, has sent alarm
JAISALMER: The Census on Schedule I species, including Godawan (Great Indian Bustard), began on Sunday at the Desert National Park (DNP) and other areas of Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. The survey
Ahmedabad: The recent population count of the Great Indian Bustard taken up after six years has raised serious questions on conservation efforts. Alarmingly, the count taken late last week has revealed
JAIPUR: With an aim to the protect the state bird, the Great Indian Bustard (or Indian bustard), locally known as "godawan", the Rajasthan government has now decided not to set up any windmills for wind
Jaisalmer: Unregulated windmills coming up in the Desert National Park (DNP) at Jaisalmer are posing a serious threat to the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) which has been categorised as "critically endangered".
As many as 36 animal and plant species in Gujarat have been categorized as endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Prakash
Nashik: The majestic Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) are vanishing from sight, at least in the Nashik region. According to forest officials, not a single GIB has been spotted in the region since 2007.
