UP to set up special tiger protection force
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government will shortly enact a law to constitute a special tiger protection force with its office based at Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri district.
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Tiger reserves out of bounds to researchers
In a decision that is bound to antagonise conservation scientists, the State Forest Department has clamped down on field research in tiger reserves and will neither renew nor grant fresh permits to enter these forests. The State's five tiger reserves — Bandipur, Nagarahole, Anshi-Dandeli, Bhadra and B.R. Hills — will no longer be accessible for field research, according to Principal Chief Conservator of Forests B.K. Singh.
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Bear-baiting may exacerbate wolf-hunting dog conflict
<p>Depredation (i.e., the killing or injuring of domestic animals by wildlife) is a human-wildlife conflict often addressed in conservation policy, and stakeholder support for such policy is influenced
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India to help Iran arrest fall in Cheetah population
There are only about a handful of the Asiatic Cheetah remaining, living in fragmented habitats in Iran. Now, India wants to supplement conservations efforts in that country for revival of the
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Thrissur turning a graveyard for elephants
Thirty-three elephants died prematurely in captivity since 1996 in Thrissur district of Kerala. The average age of dead elephants in schedule one of the conservation list is just 30, much below the
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New conservation body for Gir Lion
the Gujarat Lion Conservation Society, an autonomous body for Asiatic Lion conservation, will be registered by March 15, 2007. The society will focus on improving habitat, mobilising resources,
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Make or break time for Mali's fertile wetland
As well is supporting a million local people the inner Niger delta is home to a wealth of wildlife – including many of Europe's migratory birds.
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Science vs law
Kartyk Venkatraman The arrest and conviction of Czech entomologists Dr Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera for collecting insect specimens without prior Government authorisation from the Darjeeling forest area has virtually pitted the scientific community in India against the lawmakers. Ever since 2002, when the stringent Biological Diversity Act, 2002, was enacted, scientists have been railing against its provisions which, they claim, are stymying research while aiming at conservation.
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RSPB and WWF urge backers to vote to stay in EU to protect UK wildlife
Two of the biggest conservation charities in Britain, the RSPB and WWF, have joined forces with David Cameron to urge their 1.7 million supporters to protect the UK’s environment by voting to stay in the
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Conservation of sanctuary
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: KTDC chairman Cherian Philip said that steps were taken to ensure long-term conservation of Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary. Modern facilities will be introduced without harming the habitat of rare birds, he said. Tourism Minister will open the Rs 1-cr-scheme to renovate the sanctuary, he said.
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Counting of tigers begins
RASHME SEHGAL The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and the National Tiger Conserva- tion Authority (NTCA) are jointly conducting an all- India 2010 census on the tiger population in the wake of allegations that states had fudged tiger populations in the past.
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Census shows increase in Ganga dolphin population
There is good news for dolphin lovers. From 600 in 2005, the number of Gangetic river dolphins in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 671, according to the latest dolphin census report. The first biggest single census of the Gangetic river dolphins was held by the state forest department, WWF-India and 18 other NGOs and supported by HSBC. UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav who released the report at a function, said that the efforts to create awareness about the need to conserve Gangetic river dolphins was ‘praiseworthy.’
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On wildlife conservation
VANYAJEEVIGALA JAADU HIDIDU: Sanjay Gubbi; Navakarnataka Publications Pvt. Ltd., 11, Embassy Centre, Crescent Road, Kumara Pack East, Bangalore-560001. Rs. 120. SANJAY GUBBI, a wildlife enthusiast with a formal education in environment science, has had a significant role to play in the conservation effort in Karnataka, notably in Devarayana Durga in Tumkur district.
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The tiger call
In this century alone, three sub-species of tiger were driven into extinction, the Bali, Javan and Caspian. Tragically, the other five sub-species are at risk of meeting the same fate. The tiger faces on onslaught of illegal killing throughout its range, and its forest habitat is disappearing at an alarming rate.
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Tiger, tiger, still burning bright?
- 45 scat samples sent to Hyderabad to freeze on number of big cats in Palamau The state forest department has finally adopted a foolproof method to count the number of tigers in Jharkhand. It has collected 45 samples of droppings and sent it over to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, for tests.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal construction in Haridwar Forest Division, Uttarakhand, 30/07/2019
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs Union of India & Others dated 30/07/2019 regarding illegal construction in Haridwar Forest Division in Shyampur Range. The
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Special project to prevent human-wildlife conflict
The National Trust for Nature Conservation and the Department of Forests have signed an agreement to launch a special two-year project to prevent human-wildlife conflict in and around the Kathmandu Valley.
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Expressways will harm KNP: UNESCO
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) and Unesco have jointly conducted a project on
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Situation of large reptiles in the Ayeyarwady delta after the cyclone hit
The devastating cyclone Nargis struck the southern part of Myanmar early in May 2008. The delta area of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River was devastated. Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, was also struck. There is an area in the Ayeyarwady delta where the aim is to conserve the mangrove ecosystem. This is the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary.
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WWF to attach radio collar to leopards in Galliyat
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an international non-governmental organization saving endangered species, is working to attach radio collar to common leopard for initiating advance research on big cats