The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows an average 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical sub regions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part …
In the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Pakistan there is no constitutional cover to protect the wildlife species. Talking to Daily Times Muhammad Moazzam Khan Technical adviser (Marine Fisheries) of World Wildlife Fund (WWF-Pakistan) pointed out protection of EEZ and protection of marine life was federal subject. EEZ starts from …
The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan) has condemned the hunting of around 2,100 houbara bustards in Chagai District of Balochistan Province. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the WWF-Pakistan verified that Chlamydotis undulata, commonly known as houbara bustard, was listed as “vulnerable” in the International Union for Conservation of …
KOLKATA, From reclaiming parks and open spaces to promoting carpools and empowering rag-pickers to manage waste, denizens of this eastern metropolis are pitching in to make the city green. As the uninviting reality of climate change becomes clear coupled with growing urbanization, smart solutions aimed towards boosting sustainable communities is …
Highlighting serious risks to coastal communities due to climate change, a position paper launched on Thursday at a local hotel calls upon the government to immediately start mapping of coastal land, determine zones of risk, exposure and vulnerability and link mapping with profiling of the people and assets in the …
The climate adaptation wing of WWF-India is currently working on a pilot project to transform van rickshaws, a highly polluting and illegal commuter and goods carrier popularly used in semi-urban and rural Bengal, into an environment-friendly and legitimate mode of transport. "We are working towards a viable alternative to the …
The Assam government has sought opinion from the people on trimming rhino horns to save them from poachers. This year, poachers have killed 11 rhinos in the state and chopped off their horns. Two rhinos have been killed at Kaziranga National Park since Wednesday. "We are seeking the opinion of …
Cages Could Help Resolve Man-Animal Conflicts The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has come out with a tiger trap-cumtransfer cage (TTTC) that can be used in capturing tigers that stray out of the forests and tiger reserves in the state. The TTTC has a unique SMS facility that would send out …
The camera-trap exercise in the South 24-Parganas forest division, a continuation of the project which was started in the Sunderbans in 2012, has found the presence of new tigers that didn't appear before the cameras when the exercise was conducted two years back. While talking to TOI, divisional forest officer …
Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the 2011 tiger census. Analysis of camera trappings suggests increase in the number of tigers in 204 sq km of the sanctuary that forms Dudhwa's core zone. Sensor-enabled cameras were installed at 65 locations of the sanctuary to click tigers. “Analysis so …
Earth Hour — the global campaign by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness about climate change — will be observed from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m on March 29. This year’s campaign will mark the sixth year of the movement in the country and will ask individuals and organisations …
After nets and firecrackers, here's another novel attempt at preventing tigers from straying into Sunderbans villages — solar lights. WWF-India has launched the project — 'Lights for Stripe' — to install solar lights along the edge of villages on the fringe areas of the tiger reserve. It has been working …
WWF Pakistan has signed an MOU with Philips Electrical Industries of Pakistan under the Green Office Programme to provides certified sustainable solutions for the professional sector. According to the MOU, lighting audits will be conducted at offices of the partner’s corporate clients who are certified or will be certified as …
An estimated 100 elephants will be killed across Africa today. Poached, in all likelihood, in front of their families. Their tusks ripped off to meet the global greed for ivory. The species are in crisis. Elephant populations in some parts of Africa could be wiped out in as little as …
A new mystery has come to light that Nepali territory has been used as a transit point for illegal trade of wildlife besides drugs and fake currency. It has been revealed after the Cobra Two Operation launched by Nepal Police in key customs checkpoints, routes and border areas. The Central …
A new mystery has come to light that Nepali territory has been used as a transit point for illegal trade of wildlife besides drugs and fake currency. It has been revealed after the Cobra Two Operation launched by Nepal Police in key customs checkpoints, routes and border areas. The Central …
Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the last census conducted in 2011. Analysis of camera trappings suggest an increase in the number of tigers in 204 sq km of the sanctuary that forms dudhwa's core zone. Sensor-enabled cameras were installed at 65 locations of the sanctuary to click …
Green tariffs are driving development in the Southern Carpathian mountains, but with ecological and legal consequences Deep into the wilderness of Romania's Southern Carpathian mountains, Bogdan Binescu, an avid angler and environmental campaigner, stops by the white waters of a mountain stream. "This river used to be the only route …
With new tigers, some of them man-eaters, being sighted everyday in west UP, the debate around tiger corridors has gained more immediacy than ever. Human encroachment in and around 13 corridors of Terai region - referred to as the Terai Arc Landscape -- is taking a heavy toll on the …
Border fence has divided the land mass between India and Pakistan but not the environment. Not only the toxic fumes and pollutants dots the skies of both Amritsar and Lahore but the fast depleting underground water has posed a grave danger of coming water crisis in both the cities. "Both …
An MoU to promote environmental education and activities was signed between World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan’s (WWF-Pakistan) Green School Programme and The Bridges School (TBS), which is now a registered Green School to create environmental awareness among students. The MoU was signed by Sania Rauf Khan, Manager Corporate Relations, WWF-Pakistan …
