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India, China join hands
INDIA AND China signed an ecology pact on September 7, during Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao's visit to Beijing. "The two countries have several common environmental problems, which can be solved
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Four tiger cubs spotted in Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve
NAGPUR: Four new-born tiger cubs have been spotted at the Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve (TATR), located 150 km from here, bringing cheer to wildlife conservationists. "The four cubs were sighted at the Kolsa range of TATR recently," SP Thakre, chief conservator and field director of the tiger reserve located in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, told PTI.
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Move to protect Chilika dolphins
A team of scientists from Japan is conducting a study on Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika lake, Asia's largest brackish water lagoon, for their conservation. The mammal is a highly threatened species listed under Wildlife Protection Act.
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If the way to hell is paved with good intentions, FRA is the highway to destruction of wildlife
For over 16 years the Supreme Court has been hearing two major petitions concerning forests and wildlife. Writ petition 337/1995 filed by the Centre for Environmental Law (part of WWF) concerns protected
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Who will save the wild tiger?
This paper argues that tiger conservation is, ultimately, an issue of incentives. Command-and-control prescriptions for saving the tiger have largely failed because the people who actually determine the destiny of wild tigers have few incentives to save them.
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Boom time in tiger land
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Amid all the gloom on the tiger conservation front elsewhere in the country there is reason for cheer at Rajasthan
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Poaching threat: High alert sounded at Rbore
Jaipur: A high alert has been sounded at the Ranthambore national park by the forest department after threats of possible poaching. Forest guards, police and ecodevelopment groups have all been alerted to maintain a strict vigil in and around the park. Interestingly, the threats from poachers come at a time when the park does not have an officiating DFO. The former DFO of the reserv
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Conserving India's natural heritage
This book is essential to all those concerned with nature conservation and contain knowledge valuable in those involved in this field in their own countries.
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Eco club in schools near sanctuary
Ahmedabad : The gen-next eco activists could be right in your home. Forest department officials are now roping in school students for conservation of sanctuaries like Nalsarovar, Thol and even Gir.
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Tiger surfaces again in UP, 1 more killed
lucknow: Even as the Forest Department has its hands full trying to track down two stray tigers in Ghazipur and Faizabad, another one surfaced near Tanda village of Lakhimpur Kheri district and killed a 16-year-old boy on Sunday. Pillu Singh was killed by the tiger, which Forest officials suspect, strayed from the nearby Kishanpur Sanctuary.
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One snow leopard a year lost to poaching
At least one snow leopard has been killed by poachers every year since the enactment in 1995 of the forest, nature and conservation Act, which prohibits the killing of endangered wild animals in the country.
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Birds under threat
Nepal is becoming an important centre for illegal traffic of wild birds
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Indian Army gets 'green award
An Indian Army formation will receive an award from the Bombay National History Society (BNHS) for tis work to conserve and increase forest cover in areas along the Lineof Control in Jammu and
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Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries
<p>The media and scientific literature are increasingly reporting an escalation of large carnivore attacks on humans in North America and Europe. Although rare compared to human fatalities by other wildlife,
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27 tigers in Tadoba-Nagzira corridor, says study
NAGPUR: Most of the conservation effort in tiger range countries is concentrated on a few, relatively large protected areas (PAs) but it is high time governments focused on forests outside the PA network,
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Staples And Home Depot Join Effort To Save U.S. Forests
Staples Inc and Home Depot Inc are collaborating with environmental groups in a pilot program aimed at conserving fast-disappearing Southern U.S. forests, organizers said on Thursday.
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Big cat crisis
Finally, the Rajasthan Government admitted to its problem. The setting up of a six-member task force on tiger conservation by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje confirmed what has long been suspected :
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Group calls for conservation of Oliver Ridley turtles
Several international conservation groups and biologists have joined hands with the fishing community to fight for the conservation of the Olive Ridley sea turtles and for better management of marine
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Forest officials to be sensitised on camera trap
BHUBANESWAR: Given the conflict between the State and Centre over the tiger enumeration using camera trap methodology, the latter has decided to capacitate the Forest Department with the knowhow so that they could use the improved technology in future.