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 …
The minister of environment and forest (MoEF) plans to expand the activities of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to ensure that the present judicial system is made more sensitive to wildlife crimes.Speaking at a conference of field directors of tiger reserves on enforcement, Rina Mitra, additional director, WCCB, pointed out …
Tirupati, Aug 10: A poacher, who suspected his brother of informing the police about hunting of star turtles, shot him dead at Shikaripalem village near Punganur on Tuesday night.On Monday the police and forest personnel had seized 200 star turtles worth Rs 10 lakh from the village and had taken …
Following the decision of the Pre-Tiger Summit Partners Dialogue meeting (Bali, Indonesia, July 12-14, 2010), an initial draft of the program underpinning efforts to help wild tigers recover and double in population over the next twelve years was released on July 31 by the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) Secretariat for …
Great ape ranges coincide with some of the poorest countries of the world – particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Great apes attract a great deal of conservation interest and funding, due to their close genetic relationship with humans and their status as global flagship species for conservation. Highly endangered great apes …
JORHAT, July 30: In a sensational turn of events in the rhino horn recovery case, prime accused Tarun Ganak surrendered himself to the police at Numaligarh Police Station yesterday. After his surrender, Ganak, in his confessional statement, said
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that there were 25 extremist attacks in the Similipal Tiger Reserve between March 28 to April 15, 2009 causing largescale damage to its infrastructure such as buildings, roads, bridges, forest rest houses, watchtowers and VHF towers. To a question from Ramchandra Hansdah (NCP) …
Arunachal Pradesh, an abode of biodiversity and one among the 200 globally important ecoregions in the world, is fortunately situated in the north-eastern part of India. With the Eastern Himalaya extending into its western part, the state harbours an elegant range of endangered and endemic flora and fauna together with …
New Delhi: The east district police has arrested two persons, who allegedly planned to sell a leopard skin, at the Pandav Nagar area on Wednesday. They were caught after constable Yashpal received information that the two were to carry out the illegal activity near a Mother Dairy, Pandav Nagar. The …
Pioneer News Service | New Delhi The 13 nations of the world, considered abodes of the tigers, got together at Bali in Indonesia and pledged to double the count of the big cats by 2022 from the present 3,200, in the wild. A decision in this regard was taken at …
Blake Schmidt The rapidly deforesting mini-narco-state of El Mirador is a far cry from President Alvaro Colom's vision of a lush Mayan-themed vacationland. Great sweeps of Guatemalan rain forest, once the cradle of one of the world's great civilisations, are being razed to clear land for cattle-ranching drug barons. Other …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: The Indian gazelle population in an around Jodhpur district is facing threat of extermination and the danger, surprisingly, is not from poachers but stray dogs which have turned predators. According to an estimate there are a thousand cases annually of dogs attacking and killing gazelles, the State …
Tigers from Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh disappeared because they wandered out of the park and got poached. The forest department could not be held responsible for the loss because its jurisdiction ended within the park, says a state government committee report.
Tigers from Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh disappeared because they wandered out of the park and got poached. The forest department could not be held responsible for the loss because its jurisdiction ended within the park, says a state government committee report. The report prepared by state forest officials …
The focus should be on operational problems in the field A bad workman, it is said, finds fault with the tools. This seems to be true of the environment and forest ministry when it comes to wildlife conservation. Unable to check the rise in wildlife crime and the illicit trade …
