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The forest of musings |
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The Hindu , Friday, October 26, 2012 |
Padma Mahanti, as Deputy Director of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, played an important role in developing its eco-tourism model. Her compilation of poems, Mist and Musings, tells of her experiences there ...More
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NTCA to create a national data base for tigers |
K. Venkateshwarlu |
The Hindu , Friday, October 19, 2012 |
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) will soon create a national data base for tigers, the flagship species of India, and each one of the big cats will have a unique identification number ...More
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Middle path |
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Deccan Herald , Friday, October 19, 2012 |
The Supreme Court has done well to reverse its interim decision banning safaris in core tiger areas. New government regulations that allow for tourism in these areas even as they further the cause of ...More
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One more rhino killed in KNP |
From our Correspondent |
The Sentinel , Friday, October 19, 2012 |
NAGAON, Oct 18: One more rhino has been reportedly found dead inside Kaziranga National Park with its horn intact. The forest officials however dehorned the dead rhino. If rhinos from Kaziranga are ...More
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India to have five more tiger reserves |
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Deccan Herald , Friday, October 19, 2012 |
In another effort to increase India`s tiger population, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has advised the states to create seven more tiger reserves and has accorded in principle-approv ...More
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7 more tiger reserves to come up in India |
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The Assam Tribune , Friday, October 19, 2012 |
HYDERABAD, Oct 18 (IANS): In another effort to increase India's tiger population, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has advised states to create seven more tiger reserves and has acc ...More
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Spurt in rhino poaching: Demand in China likely cause |
R Dutta choudhury |
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
GUWAHATI, Oct 17 – Availability of a large market of rhino horns in China may be one of the main reasons for the sudden spurt of poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park and involvement of ...More
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UK wildlife crime laws a 'mess', MPs say |
Adam Vaughan |
The Guardian , Thursday, October 18, 2012 |
Britain's laws to tackle wildlife crime – such as the poisoning of birds of prey and illegal trading of species online – are a "mess", an influential committee of MPs said on Thursday.
The report fro ...More
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Rhino poaching issue politicised: Rockybul |
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The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
KOHORA, Oct 15 – State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain has appealed to the people of Kaziranga not to get misled by the rumours spread by vested interests in regard to poaching of rhinos recently who ...More
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AGP seeks white paper on rhino poaching |
Staff Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, October 16, 2012 |
GUWAHATI, Oct 15 – Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today demanded immediate release of a white paper on rhino poaching and urgent steps to bring an end to all such nefarious deeds.
AGP working president Atu ...More
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Poaching biggest threat to tiger relocation at Sariska |
Anindo Dey, TNN |
Times of India , Monday, October 15, 2012 |
JAIPUR: The ambitious but controversial tiger relocation programme at Sariska Tiger Reserve is set to enter the next phase with the introduction of two female and a male tiger in the park before the e ...More
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Tiger gets lion's share of wildlife funds in 12th Plan |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Sunday, October 14, 2012 |
The tiger has garnered a substantial portion of the wildlife funding pie for the next five years.
The Planning Commission has allocated Rs. 5,889 crore for 1,706 tigers in the 12th Plan (2012-17), co ...More
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Poachers kill one more rhino in KNP |
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The Assam Tribune , Sunday, October 14, 2012 |
A rhino was today killed and its horn removed by poachers who were also engaged in a gun battle with forest guards in Kaziranga National Park, reports PTI.
Forty-two rhinos have so far been killed by ...More
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New software to help monitor big cat conservation |
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The Pioneer , Saturday, October 13, 2012 |
A software developed by the Wildlife Institute of India will now help monitor tiger conservation efforts across India. The Monitoring system for Tigers Intensive Patrolling and Ecological Status (MSTr ...More
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Cost of saving endangered species £50bn a year, say experts |
• Ian Sample, science correspondent |
The Guardian , Friday, October 12, 2012 |
Spending on conservation projects must rise by "an order of magnitude" if governments are to meet their pledges to manage protected areas and halt the spectacular rate of extinctions caused by human a ...More
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Unmanned aircraft to keep tabs on Assam rhinos |
Bijay Sankar Bora/TNS |
The Tribune , Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros, is all set get an un-manned remote-controlled aircraft and an electronic surveillance system for protecting the rhino and oth ...More
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Unravelling biodiversity |
SRAVASTI DATTA |
The Hindu , Thursday, October 11, 2012 |
Conservation expert Martin Kaonga says that formulating effective policies and including local communities in decision-making is essential for conservation
Consider this: forests are not far removed ...More
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Kaziranga security to be strengthened |
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The Assam Tribune , Wednesday, October 10, 2012 |
KOHORA, Oct 10 – Union Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today made an on-the-spot assessment of the impact of floods on the Kaziranga National Park cum Tiger Reserve and announced a ...More
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