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Illegal trade wiping out lesser-known species |
Bindu Shajan Perappadan |
The Hindu , Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
Speaking up for lesser-known species, which are being relentlessly hunted and traded, conservationists, wildlife experts, policy makers, scientists, research scholars, and senior officials from the ...More
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Illegal trade wiping out lesser-known species |
Bindu Shajan Perappadan |
The Hindu , Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
Speaking up for lesser-known species, which are being relentlessly hunted and traded, conservationists, wildlife experts, policy makers, scientists, research scholars, and senior officials from the St ...More
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Poachers now targeting lesser-known wild species: Experts |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
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 ...More
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Orang park guards save another rhino from poachers |
TNN |
The Times of India , Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
GUWAHATI: Alert forest guards were successful to foil the fourth rhino poaching attempt, till date this year, at the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, 150 km from Guwahati.
A gang of four poacher ...More
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Award for reporting on rhino poaching |
Jutan Das |
Assam Times , Monday, June 09, 2014 |
It is good news again from for Journalism in Northeast India. Woman Journalist Urmi Bhattacharjee, based at Guwahati has won this year’s Prestigious Red Ink Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2014 on ...More
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No proposal for rhino horn legal trade in South Africa |
IANS |
The Economic Times , Sunday, June 08, 2014 |
PRETORIA: The South African government said that it has not compiled a proposal regarding the legal trade of rhino horns.
"Recent media reports on the issue of possible trade in rhino horns by S ...More
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Kanha-Pench wildlife corridor to go green |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Saturday, June 07, 2014 |
NAGPUR: In a novel private initiative to benefit the wildlife corridor between Kanha-Pench tiger reserves, 3 lakh trees will be planted in over three years. The planting activities will be spread over ...More
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Department of Forests hunting for CSR funds |
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The Hindu , Saturday, June 07, 2014 |
Options include adopting poaching camps, funding relocation of tribals and acquiring elephant corridors
The Department of Forests on Friday unveiled its plans to tap into private sector resources to ...More
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Wildlife now providing for human livelihood |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Thursday, June 05, 2014 |
NAGPUR: As the World Environment Day is celebrated across the globe, most think of nothing more than planting trees on this day. However, Vidarbha has not only made a difference in conservation of for ...More
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Sonowal keen on park safety |
WASIM RAHMAN |
The Telegraph , Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
Jorhat, June 3: Union minister of state for sports, skill development and youth affairs Sarbananda Sonowal has reportedly assured Kaziranga National Park (KNP) authorities that he will take up their r ...More
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Desi, global donors pledge $80 million to save wildcats |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
NAGPUR: Tiger conservation projects in India are set to get a boost after Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), United Arab Emirates crown prince of the oil-rich Mideast emirate of Abu Dhabi ...More
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Task force to combat rhino poaching |
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The Assam Tribune , Wednesday, June 04, 2014 |
GUWAHATI, June 3 – Facing severe criticism from all quarters for its failure to prevent unabated poaching of rhinos, the State Government constituted an Anti Rhino Poaching Task Force comprising senio ...More
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Eco-tourism body bags national biodiversity award |
Minati Singha |
The Times of India , Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
BHUBANESWAR: Mangalajodi Ecotourism (ME), a community-driven initiative to protect the biodiversity has bagged the India Biodiversity Award 2014 for community stewardship.
The award, instituted b ...More
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Save the jumbos |
Narayan Kesav |
The Hindu , Tuesday, June 03, 2014 |
Whenever I see elephants being used in temple festivals, I feel sorry for them. They also have feelings like us, but can’t express their emotions in words. We are really cruel toward elephants by ma ...More
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