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- Riding with the whale sharks in India
New Delhi, July 17: The giant whale shark - a gentle specie of the deep sea about which very little is known - will soon be a tourist attraction off the Gujarat coastline even as it is tagged f....
- Invasive weeds threatening India's biodiversity
Bhubaneswar, April 20: Toxic weeds, which came along with wheat that India imported over the last few years, now pose a serious threat to its crops, people and livestock, says a scientist assoc....
- Animals' bones found at national park sent for tests
Bhopal: Two sets of animal skeletal remains, unearthed at the Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh, have been sent to Hyderabad for DNA tests to ascertain the species to which they belong, off....
- Haryana to provide 2.75 crore saplings by March 31
Chandigarh: Nearly 2.75 crore saplings will be provided to people to plant by Haryana's forest department till March 31 under its drive to make the state green and pollution-free.
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- Alert over possible leopard attack in Dewas forest
Bhopal: An alert was sounded in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh after a leopard caught in a trap laid by poachers managed to escape, forest officials said today.
The leopard was caug....
- Marginal increase in India's forest cover: Report
New Delhi: Forests covered 21.02 percent of India's area, the latest state of the forest report showed here today. This is a marginal increase from the last report released in 2005.
- Highlight Sundarbans in Copenhagen talks: Bengal government
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has written a letter to the centre asking the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to highlight the Sundarbans issue in the Copenhagen climate su....
- Chandigarh brings 3.73 hectares under green cover
Chandigarh: Chandigarh, already one of the greenest cities of the country, has brought around 3.73 hectares of more area under green cover by planting nearly 9,105 saplings during September, of....
- Orissa zoo to celebrate tiger cubs' birthday
Bhubaneswar: There is a birthday party on Tuesday at Orissa's Nandankanan zoo and school children are invited. Officials at the zoo have ordered a special cake for the two tiger cubs who we....
- Himachal to hold wildlife film fest
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh will organise a weeklong film festival on wildlife here next month and screen the documentaries of three-time Green Oscar winner Mike H. Pandey, state Forest Minister J....
- Wildlife activists shocked at jail suspension of Sansar Chand
New Delhi: The Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) today said it was "dismayed" that the Supreme Court had suspended notorious wildlife criminal Sansar Chand's jail sentence....
- Vital wildlife corridor in Uttarakhand faces trouble
New Delhi: A narrow patch of forest, critical for movement of tigers and elephants in Nainital district of Uttarakhand, has been blocked due to an infrastructure project resulting in a serious ....
- 767 villages in Himachal excluded from the wildlife sanctuary areas
Shimla: J.P. Nadda, Forest Minister said that due to the sincere efforts of the State Government, National Wildlife Board in its meeting held under the chairmanship of Shri Jairam Ramesh, Union....
- Poachers trying to poison rhinos in Assam's national park
Kaziranga (Assam): Forest authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam have intensified patrol at a famed national park as there are fears that poacher gangs might try and kill animal....
- Unable to plant 30 mn trees, Punjab looks to private land
Chandigarh: Unable to find enough government land in Punjab to achieve its target of planting 30 million trees every year, the state government is looking towards private land, including those ....
- Wildlife activists cry foul over Goa report on tiger poaching
Panaji: Wildlife activists in Goa are incensed over a government report into a tiger poaching incident in the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in February that states that the killed animal was not a ....
- Wildlife crime control bureau keen to probe Goa tiger poaching
Panaji: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), which was set up to check organised poaching, has not been approached to probe a sensational tiger poaching case in Goa, though the state's....
- Winged beauties and the city: Butterfly park for Chandigarh
Chandigarh: It promises to be an incredible sight - winged beauties of 100 species, collected from across the world, fluttering around on the outskirts of Chandigarh! For, this city is set to h....
- Fires, humans threaten world's last few pristine forests
Sydney: The world's last remaining "pristine" forests, a huge swathe across Russia, Canada and other northern countries, are under increasing threat from fire and human interference....
- Flood forces Kaziranga wildlife out of sanctuary
Kaziranga (Assam): Authorities in Assam have enforced speed regulations on a highway along the famed Kaziranga National Park to prevent vehicles from hitting animals fleeing the sanctuary to es....
- J&K to buy land to protect forests
Jammu: To reduce human interference in forests, the Jammu and Kashmir government is thinking of buying private plots located between protected forests.
A proposal has been moved by th....
- Rare Indian lion cubs born in London zoo
London: London Zoo is celebrating the birth of its first Asiatic lion cubs in a decade, and the feisty little animals are proving to be a major draw.
The cubs - a male and a female - ....
- Goa draft mineral policy allows mining near sanctuaries
Panaji: The Goa environment ministry ordered the closure of 12 mines last week for their proximity to wildlife sanctuaries, but the government's new draft mineral policy allows mining in cl....
- Hundreds of new species discovered in the Himalayas
Washington: Over 350 new species, including the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year-old gecko, have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas, according to ....
- New Nepal wildlife discovery boosts yeti fantasies
Kathmandu: Almost 50 years after an expedition by Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary to track down the elusive yeti of the Himalayas failed, there is fresh hope for the existence of the mythi....
- First captivity-hatched vulture breed ready to fledge
Chandigarh: A slender-billed vulture nestling, an endangered species, has for the first time hatched in captivity at the Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) at Pinjore in Haryana is rea....
- Two forestry schemes get govt nod
New Delhi: A scheme to improve forest management and another to enhance the capabilities of foresters have been approved by the government, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam ....
- Rejoice over ban on night traffic in Bandipur sanctuary
Bangalore: Karnataka's environmentalists and forest officials working hard to protect the forests and their wild inhabitants have hailed the Karnataka High Court's recent judgement bann....
- Wildlife group says radio-collars did not kill tigers
Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), a premier wildlife body, on Wednesday slammed a 'wildlife intelligence report' that claimed radio-collaring was the reason for the deaths ....
- India not likely to meet millennium goals by 2015: Ramesh
New Delhi: India is unlikely to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015, the deadline it had promised, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Wedne....
- Noise pollution affects birds' nesting habits
Washington: A new study has come up with the strongest evidence yet that noise pollution negatively influences the nesting habits of birds.
The study also indicates that at least a fe....
- Government to set up green tribunal
New Delhi: The government is finalising a bill to set up a National Green Tribunal (NGT), Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh informed parliament today.
"The NGT in....
- India to engage world to fight climate change
Gurgaon: India today said it wants to engage the world community pro-actively to combat climate change and will have "concrete partnerships" with the US in the energy sector.
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- Special diet, prayers for elephants in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala): Elephants are surely being pampered in Kerala. While nearly 65 of them will go for a month long rejuvenation programme at the Guruvayoor temple, Thrissur town today had a spe....
- In the plant world, bigger isn't always better
Toronto: In the plant world, bigger isn't always better, says a new study.
"Until now most of the thinking has suggested that to be a good competitor in the forest, you have t....
- There is no tiger in Panna: govt
New Delhi: "Tigers have become locally extinct in Panna largely due to poaching," the government admitted today, adding that the protected forest in Madhya Pradesh now has only two tigr....
- Punishment for poaching laughable: Minister
New Delhi: Admitting that the penalties for poaching were "laughable", the government today said it was hoping for "comprehensive" amendments in the law to make it more stringen....
- Apex Court provides funds to develop India's forestry
New Delhi: Seven years after it ordered creation of a fund to improve the country's forest cover, the Supreme Court today ensured that Rs.10 billion is released from the corpus every year t....
- Government plans to strengthen wildlife protection law
New Delhi: The government plans to strengthen the wildlife protection act so that poachers are convicted more quickly, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here toda....
- States get Rs.5 bn for forestry
New Delhi: A Rs.500 crore (Rs.5 billion) programme to restore and regenerate India's forest cover has been included in the budget unveiled by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of ....
- Situation in 16 tiger reserves truly alarming: Minister
New Delhi: The situation in 16 of the country's 37 tiger reserves is "truly alarming" and calls for "appropriate interventions" if they are not to lose all their big cats, t....
- Gujarat to denotify forest land for industrial projects
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government will denotify 345 hectares of forest land in wildlife sanctuaries in the state and make it available for various industrial projects, utilities and fibre opt....
- Haryana to create eco-sensitive zones near sanctuaries
Chandigarh: Giving a boost to its forestry and wildlife, Haryana is all set to declare the distance of up to 5,000 metres surrounding its major national parks and wildlife sanctuaries as eco-se....
- Forest Minister reviews Himachal's forest department
Keylong: J.P. Nadda, Forest Minister of who is currently on tour to the tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh held a meeting to review the progress of the on-going activities of the Forest Departmen....
- Forest fires ravage Himachal flora, fauna
Shimla: Forest fires raging across the parched hills of Himachal Pradesh have scorched huge tracts of wooded areas and grasslands this summer. The state is struggling hard to contain the orange....
- Environmental protection assistance to Kashmir: Ramesh
Srinagar: The central government will lend all required assistance to Jammu and Kashmir to protect the state's green pastures, heritage mountains, forests, natural springs and streams, Envi....
- Second home for Gir's big cats remains mired
New Delhi: India's Asiatic lions are the most vulnerable of all the big cats as they live in a single area in Gujarat, making them prone to diseases as well as other threats, and yet calls ....
- New global programme to save tigers to link India
Washington: In a bid to save wild tigers from extinction, the Smithsonian Institution and the World Bank Group plan to link relevant institutions in India, China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand an....
- Forest administration to be modernised: Minister
Bangalore: The central government is working on a new scheme to modernise forest administration with a view to preventing encroachment and increasing the green cover across the country, Ministe....
- 10 more city forests to be developed: Dikshit
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday announced that 10 more city forests would be developed in various parts of the national capital and a herbal garden for Ayurvedic medici....
- 'Paying people to protect forests not enough'
New Delhi: Paying people to protect forests can be an effective way to tackle deforestation and climate change but only if there is good governance of natural resources, says a new study.
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- Authorities unhappy with Goa forest officials
Panaji: Central wildlife authorities are unhappy at the callousness with which the Goa forest officials have handled the tiger poaching incident in the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, where a tiger ....
- Goa has its first tigress, with cub
Panaji: Even as the Royal Bengal tiger appears to have virtually disappeared from renowned reserve forests like Sariska and Ranthambore in Rajasthan, pug marks of a tigress and a cub have been ....
- HP raises special police force to tackle timber mafia
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh has raised a 'green' task force to combat organised forest crimes.
The task force, called forest police, will keep tabs on timber mafias operating in....
- Directors transferred over decline of tigers
Bhopal: Taking serious note of the decline in number of tigers in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has transferred field directors of the Kanha, Panna and Bandhav....
- Karnataka teaches backpackers to respect wildlife
Bangalore: Mohit Kumar, 32, a bank employee in Bangalore, has always dreamt of sighting the majestic tiger from close quarters.
So, this summer break when Kumar came to know about a ....
- Film stars, Dalai Lama join 'save rainforests' appeal
London: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, the Dalai Lama and football legend Pele are among the prestigious lineup in a YouTube film launched on Tuesday to promote a campaign to save the rainforest ....
- Kashmir's endangered stag population on the rise
Jammu: There is good news from Jammu and Kashmir - an increase in the population of the endangered stag called hangul. According to a census conducted by the state wildlife department, the esti....
- Mangroves help protect lives in storms, says study
New Delhi: Mangrove forests protected lives in the eastern coast of India from a super cyclone when it hit the area in 1999, a study by Delhi university researchers has confirmed.
The 1999....
- Tiger conservation efforts get a boost
New Delhi: India's efforts to save wild tigers received a major boost with an international body recently setting in motion the process to phase out commercial breeding of the Asian big cats in....
- "India needs more effective forest management"
New Delhi: Despite the introduction of joint forest management in India, the government has not really shared much decision making power or benefits of conservation with local communities, says....
- 'Monsoon Wooding' for healthier and fresh Capital
New Delhi: Trees have been considered as the lung of the earth without which the very existence of life is not possible. But reeling under the pressure of hapazard growth, fast expanding cities....
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