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Anti-poaching measures for Orang National Park |
Correspondent |
The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
DALGAON, Sept 7 – The Government has formulated some anti-poaching measures for Orang National park in Darrang by forming a coordination committee with the deputy commissioners and superintendent of p ...More
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India, China to collaborate on environment |
Ananth Krishnan |
The Hindu , Thursday, August 27, 2009 |
BEIJING: India and China have agreed to set up a joint expert working group on the environment, which will explore how the two countries can combat global warming through reforestation.
China adds an ...More
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Man-reptile conflict on rise |
Rajesh Behera | Kendrapara |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
Once again in the latest outbreak of man-crocodile conflict, a preying estuarine crocodile allegedly attacked a 30-year-old man on Monday when the victim entered river Baitarani for a wash. The injure ...More
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Elephant, two calves found dead |
PNS | Idukki |
The Pioneer , Monday, August 24, 2009 |
Bodies of a young female elephant and two calves were found in a brook near the Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary off the Nerymangalam Forest Division in Idukki district. Wildlife Department officials said th ...More
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Park has highest density of tigers |
Guwahati /MANOJ ANAND |
The Asian Age , Friday, August 21, 2009 |
Aug. 20: The initial report of the tiger census through camera trapping in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park has recorded the highest density of tigers in country.
Setting aside newspaper reports of ...More
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Tripartite pact on Project Tiger |
STAFF Reporter |
The Assam Tribune , Friday, August 21, 2009 |
GUWAHATI, Aug 20 – State Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain today informed that the State has entered into a tripartite agreement involving the National Park Authority and the Central ...More
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66 tigers dead in 8 months |
Avijit Ghosh |
Times of India , Friday, August 21, 2009 |
NEW DELHI: Tiger deaths continue at an alarming rate. Statistics collated from different parts of India by a prominent wildlife NGO show that between January 1 and August 19 this year, at least 66 tig ...More
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Sea turtles under threat in Kerala |
PTI |
The Deccan Herald , Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
J Ramakrishnan, Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 (PTI)
Climate change coupled with construction of sea walls is threatening the habitat of the endangered sea turtles along the Kerala coast, say conserva ...More
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Forest dept to create new water bodies in sanctuaries |
Anupam Rana | Ranchi |
The Pioneer , Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
In a bid to ensure availability of sufficient water in the sanctuaries and the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), the Forest and Environment department has planned to create new water holes and deepen the ...More
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38 big cats die in first half of ’09 |
New Delhi,August 17, DH News Service: |
The Deccan Herald , Monday, August 17, 2009 |
Disappearance of tigers from Sariska and Panna reserves made headlines. But, little seems to have changed on the ground as 38 big cats died in the first six months of 2009, out of which 10 were clear ...More
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Rapid urbanisation takes toll on wildlife in State |
Rajendra S Markuna | Haldwani |
The Pioneer , Monday, August 17, 2009 |
The task to minimise the intensity of man versus wildlife conflict seems to be a more arduous task than thinking of peaceful co-existence of wild species. Man not only complicated the noble concept of ...More
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Man-leopard conflict in Jorhat district on the rise |
Suryya Kumar Chetia |
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, August 13, 2009 |
JORHAT, Aug 12 – Man-leopard conflict is increasing in Jorhat district leading to a decrease in the number of the species in the region. Now the conservation of the animal is the greatest challenge ...More
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Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF |
AFP |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
KATHMANDU: A flying frog, the world's smallest deer and the first new monkey to be found in over a century are among 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade, the WWF sai ...More
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Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF |
AFP |
Times of India , Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
KATHMANDU: A flying frog, the world's smallest deer and the first new monkey to be found in over a century are among 350 new species discovered in the eastern Himalayas in the past decade, the WWF sai ...More
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Rare Kashmir deer makes comeback |
REUTERS |
Times of India , Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
DACHIGAM: An endangered species of red deer found only in Kashmir has made a rapid comeback in the past year due to a decline in violence and conservation efforts, wildlife officials said on Tuesday. ...More
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