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 …
Matri Sadan seers, long campaigning for a curb on mining in the Ganga, won a major battle on Wednesday, when a state-level committee comprising officials of the Union ministry of environment and forests, validated most of the complaints they had made against the proposed mining of minor minerals by the …
In a bid to protest against the attack on Statehood freedom-fighter Prabhat Dhyani and social activist Munish Kumar, allegedly by the mining mafia in Ramnagar on Tuesday, citizens including members of different social organisations took to the streets and kept the markets in Ramanagar closed on Wednesday. Statehood freedom fighter …
Conservation experts meeting in Botswana on Wednesday issued dire warnings over the booming illegal wildlife trade that threatens the survival of elephants, rhinos, tigers and other endangered species. Stressing that poaching was "growing problem", delegates from 30 countries underlined their commitment to pledges made at a conference in London last …
In the last decade the African continent has been facing a number of incidences on rhino poaching and we may be heading to rhino extinction. A number of strategies have been tried and tested to protect the rhinos in Africa. However, rhinos killed by poaching are ever increasing. Based on …
Ministry hasn't yet appointed its member on panel formed to look into illegal mining The environment ministry has come in for criticism from the National Green Tribunal for its slow response in tackling the problem of illegal mining on the Yamuna riverbed between Noida and Faridabad. More than a month …
Tribunal concerned over potential of asbestos mining to give rise to asbestos-related cancer and asbestosis The National Green Tribunal has directed the Environment Ministry (MoEF) and Indian Bureau of Mines to submit a complete list of asbestos mines in the entire country with their sttaus. A bench headed by Justice …
Dozens of elephants are being slaughtered at a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo as armed militants aggressively move into the poaching business, using money from illegal ivory to buy food, weapons and ammunition. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said this week that 68 elephants have …
JAIPUR: Illegal mining has emerged as one of the biggest fountainheads of loss of revenue in the state with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report being tabled in the assembly on Wednesday. The report stated 5,708 mining activities in nine offices out of 39 across the state are being …
Britain will provide new funding to a global crackdown on the trade in rhino horn, elephant ivory and other illegal wildlife products. Britain will provide new funding to a global crackdown on the trade in rhino horn, elephant ivory and other illegal wildlife products, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced …
A Committee of Inquiry established by South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs will begin hearing expert testimony on the subject of legalising the rhino horn trade as the Southern African country, home to more than 80 per cent of the world’s rhinos, grapples with a rhino poaching crisis. Based on …
As Africa's rhino population continues to grow more vulnerable due to poaching and increasing demand for their horns in Asian countries, one organization is taking a different approach to curb the hunting by poisoning the animals' horns. Lorinda Hern, co-founder of the Rhino Rescue Project, explained to HuffPost Live's Josh …
JOHANNESBURG – A high rate of elephant poaching in parts of Africa was unchanged in 2014 compared to the previous year, meaning that a continued decline in elephant numbers is likely, according to a study released Monday at a conservation meeting in Botswana. A report by the Convention on International …
KARACHI: An interview-based survey whose findings were shared during the proceedings of a regional symposium on Tuesday showed a massive bycatch problem in Pakistan with the shrimp fishery and turtles getting incidentally caught and killed in huge numbers annually. Titled Sea Turtle Conservation in Asia, the two-day event was organised …
For decades, illegal loggers have been hacking away at the forests of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan while facing few penalties. But that is now changing as local people, armed with new powers to confront and fine illegal loggers, and to oust problematic local officials, fight back. In Diamer, one of …
An ongoing decline in overall elephant numbers remains likely as the poaching of African elephants continued to exceed population growth rates throughout 2014, a new United Nations-backed report warned today. "African elephant populations continue to face an immediate threat to their survival from high-levels of poaching for their ivory, especially …
CITES MIKE programme says that elephant populations continue to decline owing to steady poaching trends. Positive progress in East Africa, but situation deteriorating in Central and West Africa. First compliance measures adopted. According to the latest figures released by the CITES programme for Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants, commonly …
The northern white rhino is heading the way of the dinosaurs. With only five left on Earth - three in Kenya, one in America and one in the Czech Republic - extinction is now inevitable. It survived for millions of years, but could not survive mankind. This is just one …
Expert Appraisal Committee report points that mining lease holders are involved in several violations; Seeks action against violators PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests appointed Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) has authenticated the findings of Justice M B Shah Commission, pointing to the fact that mining lease holders in …
The licences of these 72 mining leases have already been renewed by the state The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has issued an order revoking suspension of environmental clearances (ECs) to 72 iron ore mines in Goa, giving boost to the state’s economy. The state was getting almost a …
The country’s Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone openly selling illegal wildlife according to report by the Environmental Investigation Agency A resort complex in northwest Laos targeting Chinese visitors has become a “lawless playground” for the trade in illegal wildlife ranging from tiger meat to bear paws, an advocacy group said …
