Destruction of its habitat and poaching are the key problems

Once widely spotted across 11 States, the Great Indian Bustard is currently listed under the category of Critically Endangered birds, in the 2013 ‘Threatened Bird’ list by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has always been advocating human intervention based on scientific research combined with people's participation to ensure effective conservation of the rem

A recent survey by the Houbara Foundation International Pakistan and the Punjab Wildlife and Parks Department has found that only 200 Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps) are left in the world

जयपुर। राजस्थान के राज्य पक्षी गोडावण (ग्रेट इंडियन बस्टर्ड) की संख्या उसके अस्तित्व की तरह ही डगमगा रही है। गोडावण की गिरती तादाद की चिंता तो जस की तस है, नया विवाद अब असल संख्या को लेकर है। नए आ

Grassland Is An Ideal Habitat For Breeding

The forest department has counted 48 lesser floricans, the critically endangered smallest bustards of the world, in Velavadar Blackbuck National Park (BNP) in Bhavnagar district. The counting was done on Saturday and Sunday.

The Nashik forest department range has set up a Bustard Conservation Committee and has forwarded a proposal of the plan to the state government, based on the Centre's guidelines for preparation of

A team of forest officials on Thursday arrested three members of a poaching gang active in hunting the Great Indian Bustard(GIB) in Srianganagar area.

The Great Indian Bustard, one of the critically endangered flying bird species in the world, will soon be tracked by satellite by the Wildlife Institute of India to understand the movement of this rare bird and its preferred habitat.

The move is viewed as a major push towards saving the dwindling population of the species by hunting and loss of its habitat (dry grasslands), primarily in Gujarat and Rajasthan, besides few other Indian states like Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

As many as 19,000 farmers from Solapur district have submitted their objections regarding reservation of land for the Rehekuri Bird sanctuary, spread across the Ahmednagar and Solapur districts.

JAIPUR: The state action plan to prevent the dwindling population of the state bird, Great Indian Bustard (GIB), has finally got the stamp of approval and is ready to be implemented soon.