Birds

India’s national action plan for conservation of migratory birds and their habitats along Central Asian Flyway (2018-2023)

The Central Asian Flyway (CAF), one among the nine flyways in the world, encompasses overlapping migration routes over 30 countries for different waterbirds linking their northern most breeding grounds in Russia (Siberia) to the southernmost non-breeding (wintering) grounds in West and South Asia, the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territ

Publication Date:

30/08/2018

Source: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Tags:

Migratory Species, Birds, India, Asia, Wetland Conservation

Environment

A year on, NGT ban on Chinese manjha in Delhi up in air

NEW DELHI: A year after the National Green Tribunal banned the use of any synthetic thread coated with glass or other abrasives for flying kites, the so-called Chinese manjha continues to be surrep

Publication Date:

07/08/2018

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Delhi, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Birds, Animal Care, Environmental Health, China, Environment

Wildlife

Logging 'destroying' swift parrot habitat as government delays action

Habitat for the critically endangered swift parrot is being “knowingly destroyed” by logging because of government failures to manage the species’ survival, according to research.

Publication Date:

26/07/2018

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Wildlife, Endangered Species, Forests, Deforestation, Australia, Birds

Climate Change

Quantifying the effects of climate and anthropogenic change on regional species loss in China

Human-induced environmental and climate change are widely blamed for causing rapid global biodiversity loss, but direct estimation of the proportion of biodiversity lost at local or regional scales are still infrequent. This prevents us from quantifying the main and interactive effects of anthropogenic environmental and climate change on species loss.

Publication Date:

25/07/2018

Author(s): Jinxing He, Chuan Yan, Marcel Holyoak & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

pp:

1-12

Tags:

Climate Change, Biodiversity, Climate Impacts, China, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals, Endangered Species, Birds, Rainfall Pattern, Global Warming

Wildlife

Protection for dolphins and seabirds ‘weaker under Brexit plans’

Protection for dolphins and seabirds will be weaker under government plans for Brexit than if Britain stayed in the EU, according to a new analysis by environmental groups.

Publication Date:

23/07/2018

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Wildlife, Fisheries, Dolphin, Birds, European Union, Marine Life, Environment, Marine Ecosystems

Wildlife

Flying into trouble: Harrier birds decline as grasslands disappear

India has some of the largest roosting sites of this migratory species.

Publication Date:

16/07/2018

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Birds, Migratory Species, ATREE, Grasslands, Kurnool (D), Andhra Pradesh, Wildlife, Pesticides

Biodiversity

Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey

The mode and tempo of extinctions and extirpations after the first contact phase of human settlements is a widely debated topic. As the last major landmass to be settled by humans, New Zealand offers a unique lens through which to study interactions of people and biota. By analyzing ancient DNA from more than 5,000 nondiagnostic and fragmented bones from 38 subfossil assemblages, we describe species and patterns that have been missed by morphological approaches.

Publication Date:

09/07/2018

Author(s): Frederik V. Seersholm, Theresa L. Cole, Alicia Grealy & et al

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

pp:

1-6

Tags:

Biodiversity, New Zealand, Extinct Species, Fossils, Fisheries, Hunting, Birds, Mammals

Environment

Centre plans to notify eco-sensitive zone for Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary

Coming as a boost to conservation efforts, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is planning to notify 500 metres around Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary.

Publication Date:

22/06/2018

Source: New Indian Express (Chennai)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Birds, Environment Act 1986, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Environmental Security, Environment

Water Resources

With water source cut off, Surajpur bears a parched look

GREATER NODAI: In a situation never seen before, Surajpur Wetland, a perennial wetland on the outskirts of Greater Noida, which is fed by rainfall, Hawaliya drain or Tilapta Canal, has gone entirel

Publication Date:

21/06/2018

Source: Times Of India (Noida)

Tags:

Uttar Pradesh, Wetlands, Water Supply, Birds, Water Resources

Environment