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Now, police stations to tackle wildlife crime |
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The Times of India , Friday, May 24, 2013 |
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has decided to set up a police station exclusively to deal with wildlife-related crime in the state.
State environment and forest minister Rockybul Hussian said chief ...More
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Tiger conservation body in state soon to be reality |
Alok K N Mishra |
The Times of India , Friday, May 24, 2013 |
RANCHI: The establishment of a Tiger Conservation Foundation, a legal prerequisite under the Wildlife Protection Act, is likely to become a reality soon in Jharkhand during President's rule.
The foun ...More
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Rare bearcat found in Assam |
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The Assam Tribune , Friday, May 24, 2013 |
Guwahati, May 23 (IANS): A bearcat, a rare species of climbing mammals, was captured in Nagaon district and shifted to a rehabilitation centre, officials said on Wednesday.
"The sub-adult male (aroun ...More
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700 tribesmen to guard forests |
Ignatius Pereira |
The Hindu , Friday, May 24, 2013 |
The State government has cleared a Forest Department proposal to create 700 posts of tribal watcher to recruit members of forest-dwelling tribes through a special drive.
Chief Wildlife Warden V. Gopi ...More
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Endangered corals seized |
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The New Indian Express , Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
The anti-poaching squad of the Forest department, on Tuesday, seized “hard corals” from Go Goa Aquarium at Pedda Amberpet in Hayatnagar mandal on the outskirts of the city. According to the sleuths, t ...More
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Dubai seizes 259 smuggled African ivory tusks |
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Business Standard , Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
A shipment of 259 elephant tusks smuggled out of Africa has been seized in the United Arab Emirates, the International Wildlife Fund for Animal Welfare said today.
The tusks were discovered at a D ...More
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Prince Charles calls for war on animal poachers |
Fiona Harvey, |
The Guardian , Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
Prince Charles has warned that criminal gangs are turning to animal poaching, an unprecedented slaughter of species that can only be stopped by waging war on the perpetrators, in the latest of a serie ...More
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Nothing special about STPF for Similipal Tiger Reserve |
Siba Mohanty |
The New Indian Express , Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
Having failed to recruit personnel for the much-hyped Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), for Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR) , the State Forest and Environment Department has decided to rope in for ...More
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Two poachers arrested for rhino killings in Assam |
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Business Standard , Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
Two poachers were arrested over the weekend by forest department officials in Assam's Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary for attempting to poach single-horned rhinoceros.
A country-made 303 rifle with a si ...More
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'CBI registered 3 cases against rhino poaching' |
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The Times of India , Monday, May 20, 2013 |
GUWAHATI: Union minister of state for environment and forest Jayanthi Natarajan said in Parliament that the CBI has registered three separate cases relating to rhino poaching in Karbi Anglong and Naga ...More
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Cleansing CHR of pesticide |
T. Nandakumar |
The Hindu , Monday, May 20, 2013 |
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) has joined hands with Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) for a project to restore the ecology of the Cardamom Hill Reserve (CHR) in Idukki, a region blight ...More
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25 Years of student volunteering |
Prema Naraynen |
The Times of India , Monday, May 20, 2013 |
A student volunteer group in the city has now thrived for a quarter of a century. We find out what makes it tick
"People call me a founder of the SSTCN, which is okay, but the truth is that the gr ...More
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'Camera is also a tool of preservation' |
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The Times of India , Monday, May 20, 2013 |
Dinesh Choudhury, a former rogue elephant hunter, talks to Gaurav Das about his decision to drop the gun and take up wildlife photography,
Q: Why did you choose to drop the gun and take up the came ...More
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Winged visitors to coastal region decline |
Sulogna Mehta |
The Times of India , Sunday, May 19, 2013 |
VISAKHAPATNAM: Coastal Andhra Pradesh and the surrounding areas are losing their lure for migratory birds, with the number of avian visitors falling by 20% over the last decade, according to ornitholo ...More
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Greens call for united fight to save Mhadei |
Rajendra P Kerkar |
The Times of India , Saturday, May 18, 2013 |
KERI: Increasing agriculture, poaching and encroachments are threatening the Mhadei region, spread over 700sq km across Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Activists stress on the need to forget barriers ...More
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Dredging, illegal fishing hurting dolphin numbers |
Faiz Rahman Siddiqui |
The Times of India , Friday, May 17, 2013 |
KANPUR: A major stretch of Yamuna river between Panchnada and Sangam (Allahabad), considered a suitable habitat for highly endangered Gangetic Dolphin (Platanista gangetica), today faces numerous prob ...More
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