A people's movement to protect the tiger will be initiated soon in the famous wildlife sanctuary in Sariska in the wake of serial deaths which claimed the lives of more than a dozen big cats in the

With the famous "chipko" tradition associated with the Garhwal himalayan forests, it seems to be only poetic justice for the new hill state of Uttaranchal to have the lion's share of the forest

The wildlife in the 2,837 sq km Manas National Park is again seriously threatened by terrorism and exteremist voilence as brands of ULFA and NDFB desperados, who are making desperate attempts to set

In an attempt to prevent the continuous fragmentation of natural habitats of elephants the Assam Government has sought financial assistance from the US-based Asian Elephant Conservation Fund and the

Home to endangered species of tortoises and turtles, Barak Valley in South Assam is proving to be a virtual death trap for the shelled reptiles, which are being hunted grossly for their meat, warn

A writ petition was moved in the Guwahati High Court on December 1 by Mr Santo Hojai, a resident of Umrangso, against the mass pollution caused by the cement factories in and around Umrangso and N.C.

Forest Dept : The State Forest Department does not have any solution to the increasing menance of wild elephants causing depredations in human settlements in large parts of Assam except that the

The State Government has launched a special programme for development of watershed where there are vast areas of uncultivable wasteland.

The Centre has taken a serious view over the continuous unabated felling timber and its consequent smuggling through trains and other modes of transportation from different parts of the

The internationally renowned Kaziranga National Park in Assam may prove to be the last Eden for the nearly extinct one-horned rhonoceros as an acute fund crunch is impeding anti-poaching operations.