In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) appointed commission of advocates has found illegal sand mining taking place in the submergence area of Sardar Sarovar Project in four districts of Madhya Pradesh. The commission submitted its report before the tribunal on Wednesday. NGT appointed commission of two advocates, Ajay Gupta and Dharmveer …
Cashing in on scarcity and the high price of river sand in the open market, illegal sand-mining gangs have turned their attention to the interior coastal areas of Kozhikode to dig up salty sand and supply it to the construction industry. Though civil engineers attest that sea sand is highly …
Trees are allegedly being felled in the forests in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh district and processed at sawmills located nearby. Over 50 sawmills are located in the forest areas of the upazila, including 12 adjacent to the National Park at Kadirgrah, locals said. Having an alleged nexus with a section …
The draft third National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) 2017-2031 unveiled by the environment ministry accords special emphasis to rehabilitation of threatened species of wildlife while conserving their habitats which include inland aquatic, coastal and marine eco-systems. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been implementing the National Wildlife …
According to data from the union environment ministry and Solapur district administration, there was a massive revenue increase of Rs.50 crores in the 2013-14 financial year due to e-auctioning, spike in fines and fool proof monitoring. Three years after the apex court ordered Centre to formulate fresh guidelines on mining …
Songbirds are a culinary delicacy in Cyprus — but catching and eating them is illegal. Even so, the practice is on the rise and could be threatening rare species. Original Source
BOGOR (Indonesia): Barely a few days old, perched on a nest of twigs inside an incubator, a newborn Indonesian songbird — cherished for its melodious chirp — tweets weakly as a tiny metallic ring is attached to its leg. The tag shows potential buyers the chick was bred in captivity. …
Yahoo Japan said Wednesday it is strengthening policing of illegal ivory on its online commerce site as criticism grows it is supporting a trade that fuels the slaughter of wild elephants. A spokeswoman for the company said it prohibits sales of raw ivory and ivory products that breach a 1989 …
Post-September 2014 floods, illegal sand and gravel mining from the Tawi is going on while the Flood Control, Geology and Mining Departments are not doing anything to stop the practice. Every day hundreds of tractor-trailers and tippers are seen extracting sand and gravel from the riverbed. Sources in the Flood …
The increasing consumption of shark products, along with the shark’s fishing vulnerabilities, has led to the decrease in certain shark populations. In this study we used a DNA barcoding method to identify the species of shark landings at fishing ports, shark fin products in retail stores, and shark fins detained …
Finnish hunters have been authorised to kill nearly 20% of the country’s wolf population in a controversial trial cull that begins this weekend, aimed at managing stocks. Authorities hope the sanctioned hunt of nearly 50 of the country’s estimated 250 grey wolves will curb illegal poaching, which some rural landowners …
The announcement that South African rhino poaching deaths fell slightly in 2015 adds a misleading gloss to another devastating year in which criminal gangs expanded their operations into new, even more delicate rhinoceros populations. South Africa’s environment minister Edna Molewa said on Thursday that 1,175 dead rhinos were discovered during …
Forest, Mining Department officials also involved, allege residents Illegal mining continues unabated in Mussoorie, especially during night hours. The worst affected areas include MacKinnon Cart Road, Jharipani, Suva Kholi, Bhatta and Kyarkuli. The mining mafia is drilling into mountains to get limestone, a valuable mineral resource. Residents alleged that the …
Authorities on Sunday demolished more than 120 stone crushers operating illegally in Bihar’s Rohtas district, the police said. “It was part of action against the stone-mining mafia who have been operating in violation of the rule of law,” a district police official said. Agitated over the action, a group of …
CITES called on Tanzania and Mozambique – both of which have lost more than half their elephants since 2009 – to take critical steps against ivory trafficking before its next meeting in September. Meanwhile, the committee recommended that Angola, Laos and Nigeria should face sanctions on trade in CITES-listed species …
A PIL petition has been moved before the Madras High Court alleging irregularities in sand quarrying in the districts of Karur, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Ariyalur, Cuddalore and Nagapattinam. The PIL sought the court to direct the authorities concerned to initiate action to control illegal quarrying in the districts. When the plea …
The number of rhinos killed by poachers in Zimbabwe more than doubled last year to at least 50, a rhino conservation group has said. Zimbabwe experienced high levels of rhino poaching in 2008 and 2009, but the country brought it under control in subsequent years, resulting in the lowest level …
Muscat: Oman Air, the National Carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is fully aware of the importance to conserve the national resources and supports of the efforts exerted by the international community in this regard, which aims to develop and implement international conventions to protect wildlife. There is an urgent …
Two critically endangered sea species, including the world’s smallest porpoise, are in imminent danger of extinction due to an illegal trade in fish swim bladders so valuable that they are known as “aquatic cocaine”. British conservationists warn that the vaquita porpoise could be extinct by 2018 because of the continued …
The Zoological Society London (ZSL), whose mission is to promote and achieve the world-wide conservation of animals and their habitats, says it may have taken a step closer to fulfilling that with the development of a new camera, which it calls Instant Detect. Developed in partnership with other companies like …
