Poor gift
The Nepalese government has 'gifted' two one-horned baby rhinos to the Zoological Society of London, UK, and has in the process, violated the Convention on International Trade in
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Air of uncertainty hits 107 mining leases
PANJIM: In yet another major blow to mining firms hoping to start the mining season by November end, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided not to renew Air and Water consent of 107 mining leases, at least temporarily. GSPCB at its 104th meeting, held on Tuesday, has made permissions under Forest Conservation Act (FCA) and Chief Wildlife Warden (CWW) mandatory for those mines, operational in the forest areas, including wildlife sanctuaries. Hence, it is now amply clear that mining operations would be delayed further, though industry was expecting to start it by November, after State government suspended mining operations.
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SC takes stock of Forest Rights Act
the supreme court on March 28 said it would examine the constitutional validity of the Forests Rights Act which provides right to land to scheduled tribes and traditional forest dwellers. The court
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A star attraction: The illegal trade in Indian Star Tortoises
<p>We report on illegal international trade in Indian Star Tortoises (Geochelone elegans), with a particular focus on India and Thailand.Within India, this species has received protection as a Schedule
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Forest land area diverted for development projects, 13/08/2015
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Forest land area diverted for development projects, 13/08/2015. During last five years and current year, the Central Government has accorded approvals over 1,84,393 ha
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Act responsible at the top
Much of human-carnivore conflict is supposed to be either accidental or caused by old/injured animals, but how do we explain deliberate attacks on people by healthy, mature carnivores?
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Winged visitors prefer to return to Koonthankulam
The Forest department, along with the Institute for Restoration of Natural Environment (IRNE), a Nagercoil-based organisation for conservation of birds and wetland, on Thursday ringed 13 birds
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Tourism ban in tiger reserves extended
The Supreme Court has extended the ban on tourism in the core areas of tiger reserves. It also pulled up the Centre for the depleting the population of the wild cats in the country. The Central Government made a fresh plea urging the Supreme Court to review its July 24 order banning tourism in the core areas of tiger reserves. But the Supreme Court remained firm, with justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar asking some searching questions:
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Orang has 2nd highest tiger density
MANGALDAI, Nov 22 – The Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Darrang district, considered to be the only natural habitat for the one-horned rhino on the North bank of the Brahmaputra, is soon going to
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Is the tiger doomed?
With tigers gone in Sariska, and unchecked poaching threatening tiger populations in many other reserves, is the Indian tiger finally destined for extinction? Hopefully, with a flurry of activity at the highest levels, the tiger might just get another chance at survival.
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Battalion of tiger protection force
BHUBANESWAR: As the security forces moved into Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to regain the ground lost to Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) after three successive attacks, the State Government on Saturday decided to approach National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for raising of the protection force meant exclusively for the large cats habitat.
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Wildlife legislation and the empowerment of the poor in Asia and Oceania
<p>This FAO study analyses national legislation on wildlife management in 12 countries in Asia and Oceania. It identifies strengths and weaknesses of legal frameworks in promoting sustainable wildlife management and proposes options to support empowerment of the poor.<br /> <br /> <strong>See Also</strong><br />
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Only puddles left in Keoladeo
Except 2008, the Keoladeo national park in Rajasthan has been receiving little or no water for the past six years. A seasonal breach of a dam upstream was the source of the water till 2003, the year the breach was repaired. Nobody at the time thought of the repercussions on the park. This year does not promise to be different.
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Death of Endangered Animals, 06/12/2016
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Death of Endangered Animals, 06/12/2016. The number of deaths of endangered animals in the country is not collated at the level of the Ministry. The management of National
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Rs3m given for protection of green turtles
Three million rupees has so far been released for the protection of green turtles during the current financial year, said Sindh Minister for Wildlife Daya Ram during the question hour in the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday. He added that the government launched the scheme `Protection and Conservation of Marine Turtle` in the year 2009-10 with an estimated cost of Rs93.651 million. However, the min
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Rhino abode kaziranga to celebrate 100 years
The centenary celebration will mark the completion of hundred successful years of rhino conservation in Kaziranga National Park which was declared a wildlife reserve way back in 1905,"Assam
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Tiger human conflicts: Investigating ecological and sociological issues of tiger conservation in the buffer zone of Chitwan NP
Historically, there was contiguous forest all across the terai region of Nepal and tigers were distributed in high densities. The situation changed during early 1960s because the tiger habitat in the terai was drastically reduced as a result of human resettlement program. The destruction of habitat and fragmentation lead to the sharp decline in tiger population.
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Climate change threatens global biodiversity
Two new reports by U.S. and international conservation groups detail the extensive threats to wildlife and biodiversity hotspots posed by global warming. Saying the studies provide further evidence
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WWF India partners Tata Housing to conserve snow leopards
Tata group's realty arm will donate Rs 15 lakh per year in the project WWF India today partnered real estate firm Tata Housing to launch a project for conservation of endangered specie 'snow leopards' in the country. Snow leopards population is estimated at 400-700 in India out of 7,000 worldwide. They are found across 1.3 lakh sq km in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
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History made at Sariska
Sunny Sebastian New arrival: In a bid to revive the tiger population at the Sariska reserve, Rajasthan, a three-year-old male cub was airlifted on Saturday from the State's Ranthambore national park. The move reintroduces the big cat in the reserve, which lost all its tigers to poaching in 2004-05. SARISKA (RAJASTHAN): The tiger has landed and it is a male!