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 …
Elephants are revered in Thailand and, as an important part of the country’s identity, they are an integral part of Thai beliefs and culture. However, despite this, Thailand has one of the world’s largest unregulated ivory markets and is consistently highlighted as one of the most problematic countries in the …
In the wake of several incidents of rhino poaching in Assam, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has decided to visit Kaziranga National Park in the state soon. The Environment Minister met with Minister of State for Youth and Sports, Sarbananda Sonowal from Assam, today and assured him of support for development …
Lansdowne division corridor, which connects Rajaji National Park with Corbett Tiger Division and facilitates movement of big cats and elephants in between these two protected areas, has become a haven for poachers due to lax patrolling. There is no provision for patrolling by forest guards in the corridor as it …
Despite substantial conservation investments by governments and international agencies, the existence of tigers in the wild is still threatened. The main threats to the survival of wild tigers are poaching, prey depletion, and habitat degradation and fragmentation. All international trade in tiger parts has been prohibited since 1975, with China …
The Rajaji national park authorities have started installing camera traps as part of an annual exercise undertaken for keeping an eye on the wildlife and wildlife criminals in the rainy season. It is worth mentioning here that about 13 tigers are estimated to be living in the national park which …
Surging environmental crime, from illegal logging to elephant poaching, is worth up to $213 billion a year and is helping to fund armed conflicts while cutting economic growth, a U.N. and Interpol report said on Tuesday. The study, released during a U.N. meeting of environment ministers in Nairobi, called for …
With the monsoon setting in, Assam Forest Department is planning to send about 150 additional men of the Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) to the Kaziranga National Park to secure the wildlife, particularly the one-horned rhinos in the park, from the poachers. Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said this today …
The WWF on Thursday raised the alarm over plummeting elephant populations in Mozambique after an aerial survey showed ivory poaching is decimating herds in the country. Between 480 and 900 elephants died in the northern Quirimbas reserve between 2011 and 2013 according to a recent aerial study commissioned by the …
The U.S. is seeking to use talks toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership with 11 nations in the Asia-Pacific region to damp demand in the multi-billion dollar black market for wildlife products. The federal government is pushing to have the potential accord’s environmental chapter “go beyond anything we’ve done before in a …
Over 20,000 African elephants were poached across the continent in 2013 according to a report released today by the CITES Secretariat. Although the sharp upward trend in illegal elephant killing observed since the mid-2000s, which had peaked in 2011, is levelling off, poaching levels remain alarmingly high and continue to …
Lesser-known wild species like pangolins, monitor lizards, mongoose, spiny-tailed lizards, and mariner turtles are falling prey to poaching and quietly vanishing from the country, wildlife experts say. "While the threat posed by illegal wildlife trade to tiger and Indian rhinoceros are well publicised, many of India's lesser known species are …
Forest Dept. should build a strong case against poachers, they say The recent conviction of seven persons accused of poaching animals in the Nagarahole National Park has been described as a welcome development that augurs well for wildlife conservation. Though innumerable cases are routinely registered by the Forest Department, a …
UWICE : A test flight of the country’s first ever drone, acquired for high-resolution photography and filming, for nature conservation purposes, was carried out recently. This test flight of the drone, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), was carried out at the closing of the first day of the 14th international …
Assam Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain on Sunday formally released the “White Paper on Wildlife Conservation in Assam” at the Assam Secretariat here. Addressing a press conference after releasing the white paper, Hussain said, “The increasing population trends recorded in the recent censuses of major animal species namely tiger, …
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs now, conservation activists have stepped up the demand for stopping the menace of rhino poaching in Assam as was promised by him during his election campaigns in the state. Modi, during many of his election campaigns in the state, had …
In March 2014 we celebrated the fantastic news that no rhinos, elephants or tigers had been poached in Nepal for a whole year. It’s the second year of zero poaching in Nepal – the first was in 2011. This was a particularly remarkable achievement for Nepal at a time when …
The Assam Government has launched a novel DNA indexing system for the one-horned rhinos in Assam to give a boost to the conservation efforts of the pachyderm, which are falling in numbers in the State due to rampant poaching. Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said that the Government has decided …
Poachers killed yet another tigress - fourth in the last two years - with an electric trap at the buffer zone of Bandgavgarh National Park (BNP) in Umeria district of Madhya Pradesh late on Sunday night. Carcass of adult tigress - BT2- was found near Khitoli range by the patrolling …
A recent statistics show that the Kathmandu Valley is still a major hub for trading and smuggling of body parts of endangered wild animals. According to the data of Kathmandu District Forest Office, 75 persons involved in wildlife crimes were rounded up till mid-April of the current fiscal year (2013/14) …
Hearing on a Public Interest Litigation on Thursday, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State Government to strengthen the State Forest Department’s anti-poaching cell while leaving on the Chief Minister, the decision regarding complaints against the principal chief conservator of forests and chief wildlife warden SS Sharma remaining apathetic …
