Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to take all possible measures to protect the one-horned rhinos. The chief minister held a high-level meeting with the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police of Jorhat, Golaghat and Nagaon districts that encircle the …
Last year, catastrophe hit saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan. About 200,000 of these critically endangered antelopes died in Betpak-Dala in May, deeply worrying conservationists. The deaths, scientists eventually found, were most likely caused by bacterial infection. But there may be hope for these severely threatened migratory mammals. A recent aerial survey …
Dehradun: Chief conservator of forest Dhananjay Mohan, who was assigned as an investigative officer for a case pertaining to recovery of five tiger skins near Rajaji Tiger Reserve in the month of March, has mentioned in his report that the crime was committed on the border of Corbett Tiger Reserve …
Guwahati: Amid intensifying crackdown against poachers, Kaziranga National Park lost second rhino within a week on Sunday. The poachers killed a female rhino and took away the horn in the Bagori forest range of Kaziranga. The first incident had happened while forest minister Promila Rani Brahma was on a visit …
Trying to send a strong message that it would not take rhino poaching lightly, the Assam government has suspended Kaziranga National Park director Mufakkar Ali on charge of "negligence in his duties pertaining to protection of rhinos." Forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma has already made it clear that the government …
Around 1.7m animal “trophies” have been exported across borders by hunters in the last decade, with at least 200,000 of them endangered species, according to a new report. US hunters are by far the largest killers of trophy animals, including half of all the 11,000 lions shot in the last …
A new report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Interpol has highlighted the sophistication and growth of environmental crimes across the world. These crimes range from the illegal trade of wildlife, illegal mining, illegal forestry and fishing. And despite our growing global attention towards conservation, these crimes have …
A huge legal sale of ivory intended to cut elephant poaching instead catastrophically backfired by dramatically increasing elephant deaths, according to new research. The revelation comes just months before a decision on whether to permit another legal sale and against a backdrop of more African elephants being killed for ivory …
South Africa's department of environmental affairs said on Wednesday an on-again-off-again moratorium on domestic trade in rhino horn had been reinstated after it appealed to the top court in the land to render judgment on the thorny issue. The outcome has no bearing on a ban on international trade in …
At the end of April, Kenya incinerated 105 tonnes of confiscated elephant ivory, aiming to send a clear signal to the poachers and public alike: killing elephants for their tusks and buying ivory-based products is simply not acceptable. But do such spectacles really help conserve elephants? Or could they, in …
Environmentalists are sceptical that plans to quadruple maximum jail terms from five to 20 years will be effective Indonesia plans to quadruple maximum jail terms for animal poachers and traffickers in a major overhaul of wildlife crime laws, but environmentalists expressed scepticism on Wednesday that the changes would be effective. …
The government has submitted a special request to a United Nations council responsible for controlling illegal wildlife trade, pushing for permanent and immediate ban of ivory business in the world. The Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Prof Jumanne Maghembe, has said here that it was hard for the country …
Shimla will soon have a wildlife crime control wing to check the poaching of snow leopards, pheasants, musk deer and bears. To make a quick buck, poachers target the rare species in the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP), Kullu, and Pin Valley National Park, Spiti. The GHNP authorities burnt as …
YANGON - Myanmar authorities plan to shut down a notorious border town where exotic animal parts are sold openly, an official said Tuesday, as Southeast Asia struggles to stem a billion-dollar wildlife trade fuelled by Chinese demand. It is part of the "golden triangle," a hotbed of illegal activity, including …
Luanda — ANGOLA has pledged to combat the illegal trade in wildlife, which is part of wider global environmental crime, costing up to $258 billion per year. The country which on Sunday officially hosted World Environment Day (WED), the world's biggest day for positive environmental action, which is attempting to …
It is limited to African elephant ivory. It does not regulate ivory and bone derived from other animals, such as walruses, whales and mammoths The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has passed a rule to enforce a a near-total ban on elephant ivory trade. The rule fulfills restrictions under …
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said that urban forestry will be the new thrust area of the government and steps will be taken to create "urban jungles (forests)" across 200 cities and towns across the country. "We will be taking up massive tree plantation drive in as many …
Illegal wildlife trade and habitat fragmentation that has increased human-wildlife conflict are threatening the wildlife across the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an international expert has said. He said there is need for trans-boundary interventions to combat the challenges in wildlife conservation. There is a vast array of wildlife products like …
Chitwan National Park today marked zero poaching year at a programme to celebrate the fact that the park has not witnessed a single case of wildlife poaching for two consecutive years. A joint conservation operation section was established to make wildlife conservation effective at a programme organised to coincide with …
Criminal syndicates are currently generating an estimated $258 billion from illegal plunder of the planet's natural capital, says a joint UNEP-Interpol report launched on Saturday ahead of the World Environment Day. The 'Rise of Environmental Crime' report reveals that illegal exploitation and trafficking of flora and fauna has spiked by …
