Wildlife director resigns amidst controversy
Detractors of Kenya Wildlife Services director Richard Leakey scored a major victory when he resigned for the second time in late March
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Who wants what, and how?
The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN FCCC met recently in Bonn, Germany. These were the first formal FCCC meetings since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol at the Third Conference of Parties COP 3 in De
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Solar fencing to protect crops in Uttarakhand
With a view to protect standing crops from wild animals, particularly elephants, the forest department of Uttarakhand is going to guard fields with solar fencing.
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Eavesdropping on animals via satellite
Technological advances allow biologists to sit in their labs and monitor animal movements.
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NEW HEAVEN
A recent study has revealed that Nepal has emerged as a major transit point for trade in wildlife parts for traffickers from the Tibetan region of China, as well as India. The report claims that
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Briefs
• Elephant deaths are being frequently reported from many parts of the country. Recently, an elephant carcass was discovered in Jharkhand's Palamau Tiger Reserve and two elephants, including a
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A bird-watcher's tips for conservation goals
Not very optimistic about return of Siberian cranes to Keoladeo park JAIPUR: Ornithologist Peter Kaestner has suggested reaching out to the "aam aadmi' (common man) through "charismatic mega fauna' such as the tiger and the elephant for long-term conservation goals in India. Conservation should be presented to the public in such a manner that they would understand it and relate it to their lives and ethos, he said.
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Death of a king
A street play in Delhi urges people to stop poaching.
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Sri Lanka devises new way to conserve wildlife
what Sri Lanka can do, most unfortunately, India cannot. The island nation is plagued by widespread conflict between elephants and humans caused, as is usual in these parts, by the expansion of human
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The making of a criminal
How poor decision making encourages crime
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An unconventional solution
Regulating multilateral trade in flora and fauna
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INDIA
• Experts in Bangalore recently opined that most of the city's 60 million rats are likely to be carriers of the organism which causes killer diseases. Shakunthala Sridhara, expert on rodent
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INDIA
• The Kerala forest department will soon be setting up a biodiversity research centre and a eco-habitat cerntre, said the state forests minister P R Kurup. According to Kurup, the Rs
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Double speak
International cooperation in the protection of endangered species can be built on a totally different set of principles rather than trade bans
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On the horns of Ahe rhino
CITES is a weapon which can be used only by the armchair rich against the oiling poor
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India State of the Environment Report : The Monthly Overview, September 2013
The Kerala government has decided to appeal against two national green tribunal orders that said that the government should take note and adhere to the recommendations of the Western Ghats Expert Ecology Panel (WGEEP) report while approving private and commercial development in eco-sensitive zones. Read more in this September 2013 edition of the Monthly India State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.
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Making a killing
Only poachers profit from rules and regulations that alienate local people from natural resources
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Protect the tuskers damn the carvers
In its enthusiasm to protect tuskers from being killed, the government has extended the worldwide ban on ivory trade to India as well. Left in the lurch, with no means of livelihood, are the ivory craftspeople
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Over the threshold
The survival and evolution of a species is dependant on both the competing claimsfor survival being asserted within the species and between different species. Timothy Flannery in his book The Future Eaters, explores the strategies backing evolu
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In aid of Africa
How do you fight a company making you an offer you can t accept ?