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Yogesh Naik
Pune Mirror , Wednesday, July 02, 2014

Forest dept to give small portion of Sewri mudflats for Nhava Sheva-Sewree trans-harbour link and declare remaining 1,500 hectares as protected area The State Forest department has decided to dec ...More


Push for forces in park
The Telegraph , Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Jorhat, June 30: The Bokakhat sub-divisional administration of Golaghat district has urged Dispur to extend counter-insurgency operations to areas on the periphery of Kaziranga National Park to curb r ...More


Rhino poaching: Javadekar to visit Kaziranga National Park
Press Trust of India
Business Standard , Tuesday, July 01, 2014

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 wit ...More


Punjab proposes to drastically cut eco-sensitive zones
Vibhor Mohan
The Times of India , Tuesday, July 01, 2014

CHANDIGARH: Bursting at the seams, Punjab's cities are set to eat into the eco-sensitive zones of 13 wildlife sanctuaries in the state. Wetlands or zoos, the state government wants the restricted area ...More


Sewri mudflats, home to migratory flamingos, to become a sanctuary
Yogesh Naik
Mumbai Mirror , Tuesday, July 01, 2014

The forest department has agreed to give a small portion of the area for the Nhava Sheva-Sewree transharbour link and will, in return, declare the remaining 1,500 hectares as protected area. The ...More


Illegal resort threatens Cauvery wildlife park in Bangalore
Aravind Gowda
India Today , Monday, June 30, 2014

An illegal tourist resort has started operation in an area of over three acres at Soligere village within the heart of the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. Surrounded by pristine forests on a ...More


From the Orient to the Middle East, a rhino horn's journey (Wildllife Feature)
IANS
Business Standard , Monday, June 30, 2014

As authorities continue to grapple with the deeply entrenched racket of poaching of the famous one-horned rhinoceros in Assam, the demand for its horn in markets abroad refuse to die down. The state ...More


Africa’s vultures in jeopardy after mass poisoning
David Smith
The Hindu , Friday, June 27, 2014

Wildlife poachers in Africa are targeting vultures by poisoning the carcasses of the dead animals they feed upon, causing an unprecedented decline in the birds’ population. Vultures are caught in th ...More


Iran tries to save Asiatic cheetah from extinction
AP
The Times of India , Friday, June 27, 2014

TEHRAN, Iran: Iran is rushing to try to save one of the world's critically endangered species, the Asiatic cheetah, and bring it back from the verge of extinction in its last remaining refuge. The ...More


Global environmental crime amounts to $213 billion: UN report
Ananda Banerjee
Live Mint , Thursday, June 26, 2014

New Delhi: Globally, environmental crime amounts to $213 billion, according to an assessment report on environment crime. The money helps finance criminal, militia and terrorist groups and threatens ...More


Wildlife crime bankrolling terror, militia groups: UN
AFP
Business Standard , Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Global environmental crime is worth up to USD 213 billion a year and helping to finance criminal and terrorist groups threatening security and sustainable development worldwide, according to a report ...More


Jumbo bones seized, ‘seller’ held
Chetan R
Bangalore Mirror , Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The forest mobile squad has seized 80 kilograms of elephant bones and arrested a person who was trying to sell them. According to the squad's sleuths, Madhu H B, a 30-year-old resident of Sakles ...More


Wildlife body calls for less talk, more action on poaching
AFP
Business Standard , Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A wildlife protection agency has demanded less talk and more action against the poaching of elephants and other animals, saying it was time for the same "frontline" tactics used against human traffi ...More


Tiger sentinels poorly armed to tackle poachers
Pavan M V
The Times of India , Tuesday, June 24, 2014

BANDIPUR: Bissegowda (name changed) was pulled out of his bed one night about two years ago. He was part of a six-member team of forest guards and officers told to head straight to Bheeman Bidu, 10k ...More


Slaughter of whale sharks on the rise
K. N. Murali Sankar
The Hindu , Tuesday, June 24, 2014

According to records, in the past 13 months as many as 15 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have been killed in the Godavari region. In a short span of 13 months, from February 2013, as many as 15 wh ...More


‘Many tourist attractions in Assam, besides rhino’
The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, June 24, 2014

MIRZA, June 23 – Assam Tourism Minister, Chandan Brahma has said that rhino is one of the most important tourist attractions in the State and has condemned its indiscriminate poaching in the Kaziran ...More


Slaughter of whale sharks on the rise
K. N. Murali Sankar
The Hindu , Monday, June 23, 2014

According to records, in the past 13 months as many as 15 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) have been killed in the Godavari region. In a short span of 13 months, from February 2013, as many as 15 whal ...More


Women to rhino rescue frontline
The Telegraph , Monday, June 23, 2014

Guwahati, June 22: Cheer up, hulks, these girls will protect you. The Assam government has appointed women as frontline rangers and assistant conservators for the first time, hoping they would replic ...More


Arrival of Avian Guests Cheers Farmers
The New Indian Express , Friday, June 20, 2014

DHENKANAL: The arrival of migratory birds at Sadangi forest has brought cheer among the farmers in the district who believe that it forebodes a good harvest. As a part of their annual journey, Asian O ...More


Five-year plan ready to save state bird sarus
TNN
The Times of India , Friday, June 20, 2014

LUCKNOW: The first-ever 'total' count of state bird sarus held in 2010 showed it is making a slow comeback to its native state, notching the figure of 12,246 cranes in UP. But after that, conservat ...More


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