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| Now, Goa may contribute to the national tiger count? |
| Shalini Singh |
| The Hindustan Times , Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Even as the ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) itself is questioning the claim of 1,411 tigers in India as projected by a popular awareness campaign, it seems that a state that emerges as a m ...More
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| Gir poaching case,milestone for forensics |
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| The Times of India , Tuesday, February 23, 2010 |
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Ahmedabad: According to DFS officials,the Gir lion poaching case was a milestone for wildlife forensics.MS Dahiya,deputy director of DFS,told TOI that it was a challenge for forensic officials,as it w ...More
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| Parambikulam Tiger Reserve opened |
| Staff Reporter |
| The Hindu , Saturday, February 20, 2010 |
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Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the tiger population in 18 of the 38 tiger reserves in the country “may die out any time.”
Inaugurating the Parambikul ...More
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| Parambikulam Tiger Reserve opened. |
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| The Hindu , Saturday, February 20, 2010 |
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Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Friday said the tiger population in 18 of the 38 tiger reserves in the country “may die out any time.”
Inaugurating the Parambik ...More
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| 10 yrs Jail, Rs 75 lakh fine for poaching |
| Chetan Chauhan |
| The Hindustan Times , Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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Killing of India`s wildlife pride such as tigers, lions, elephants and dolphins could result in a fine of maximum of Rs one crore and jail of up to 10 years, maximum for any wildlife offence and simil ...More
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| Scientist discovers Himalayan wildcat haven |
| Divya Gandhi |
| The Hindu , Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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A little-known rainforest in north-east India could be home to the world’s largest number of wildcat species, with no less than seven species photo-documented by a wildlife biologist at the end of her ...More
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| Scientist discovers Himalayan wildcat haven. |
| Divya Gandhi | Bangalore |
| The Hindu , Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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A little-known rainforest in north-east India could be home to the world’s largest number of wildcat species, with no less than seven species photo-documented by a wildlife biologist at the end of her ...More
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| Wildlife Act amendment in Budget session |
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| Deccan Herald , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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The ‘Wildlife Protection Act’ of 1972 will be amended in the coming Budget session of Parliament that will deal with animal poaching and related crimes far more stringently, the Union Environment and ...More
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| 'Make conservation planning part of road development' |
| Sanjay Gubbi |
| Deccan Herald , Thursday, February 18, 2010 |
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Recently most newspapers carried the story of the Central government’s announcement to provide a funding of Rs 18,000 crore to Karnataka to improve its roads.
From a socioeconomic perspective upgrada ...More
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| Stripey wins hearts |
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| The Hindu , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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The campaign could have been driven by hard facts (there are merely 1,411 Royal Bengal Tigers surviving in India as against 40,000 at the turn of the last century), but it may not have evoked such a r ...More
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| Offence registered in 'wild' meat case. |
| TNN | Margao |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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The south Goa division of the forest department has registered an offence under the Wildlife Protection Act in the meat seizure case, but is yet to arrest the accused Joaquim Faleiro from Nagvado, Bet ...More
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| Mining lobby stalling Tadoba buffer? |
| Vijay Pinjarkar | Nagpur |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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After being thrown out from projects around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the mining lobby, in collusion with some forest officials, seems to be making last ditch efforts to see that reserve’s ...More
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| Wildlife protection Act needs more fangs |
| Himanshu Kaushik |
| The Times of India , Wednesday, February 17, 2010 |
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Ahmedabad: The release of the kingpin of the gang of lion poachers, Sarkashlal, who was arrested in 2007 for the killing of eight lions in Bhavnagar and Junagadh, has come as a huge setback for the ...More
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| High-tech gadgets to follow Gir lions |
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| Deccan Herald , Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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The Gujarat government is procuring high-tech gadgets like GPS, automated sensor grid and night vision devices to track lions and keep poachers at bay at the Gir National Park.
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| 7 peacocks found dead in Amreli village. |
| Sandesh | Amreli |
| The Times of India , Tuesday, February 16, 2010 |
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Seven peacocks were found lying dead on the banks of a river on the outskirts of Samadhiyala village in Khambha taluka on Saturday.
Preliminary investigation of the forest department pointed tow ...More
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| Corridors lost to tourism, Corbett tigers have nowhere to go. |
| Paritosh Kimothi | Dehradun |
| The Pioneer , Thursday, February 11, 2010 |
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As the Union Minister of Forest and Environment, Jairam Ramesh, gets ready to preside over the inauguration of the two-day All India Tiger conference to be attended on Friday by top forest officials a ...More
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