Elephant

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Endangered species, 14/03/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Endangered species, 14/03/2016. The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change conduct survey of threatened and important species of the country. As per the data available with BSI, out of 19156 species of vascular plants (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Pteridophytes) from various surveys carried out in the country, 1236 species belong to different threatened categories like Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnerable.

Publication Date:

Monday, March 14, 2016

Source: Rajya Sabha

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Tags:

Endangered Species, Project Tiger, Elephant, Wildlife, Statistics, India, Parliament

Wildlife

Tanzania: Govt to Form Special Force to Fight Poaching

Tanzania is working on a new security strategy that will help curb poaching of elephants and other crimes against wildlife within and outside protected areas.

Publication Date:

14/03/2016

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Wildlife, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Tanzania, Elephant, Africa

Wildlife

Mozambique: Over 300 Arrests for Poaching Last Year

The Minister of Land, Environment and Rural Development, Celso Correia, announced in Maputo on 3 March that during 2015 the Mozambican authorities detained over 300 people in connection with poachi

Publication Date:

11/03/2016

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Wildlife, Poaching, Mozambique, Environment Crime, Elephant, Africa

Wildlife

California auctioneer pleads guilty to $1 mln ivory, rhino horn smuggling

An executive with a Beverly Hills gallery and auction house has pleaded guilty of conspiring to smuggling at least $1 million in animal products that included rhino horn and elephant ivory, federal

Publication Date:

11/03/2016

Source: Reuters (Africa)

Tags:

Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Rhinoceros, Elephant, California, United States Of America (US), Africa

Wildlife

Zimbabwe: Jumpo Poaching Soars - Report

A GLOBAL report has painted a gloomy picture on the future of Zimbabwe's elephant herd, revealing shocking evidence that the number of Jumbos killed by poachers in Chewore alone increased by 12 per

Publication Date:

10/03/2016

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Wildlife, Poaching, Zimbabwe, Elephant, Africa

Wildlife

Number of vulture nests declines in Wayanad

It has dwindled despite restriction on the use of diclofenac

Publication Date:

10/03/2016

Author(s): E.M. Manoj

Source: Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)

Tags:

Kerala, Vulture, Endangered Species, Birds, Elephant, Drugs, Wildlife

Wildlife

Obama says that urgent action is needed to save elephants from going extinct

Barack Obama has said that urgent action is needed to save elephants from becoming extinct in the wild, adding that failure to do so would be an “unpardonable loss for humanity and the natural worl

Publication Date:

04/03/2016

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Wildlife, Elephant, Poaching, Illegal Trade, United States Of America (US)

Wildlife

Poaching for ivory stabilises but elephant decline continues

The number of elephants being killed for their ivory has stabilised but overall species numbers have continued to decline.

Publication Date:

04/03/2016

Source: BBC (UK)

Tags:

Wildlife, Poaching, Elephant, South Africa, Illegal Trade, Africa

Wildlife

An investigation of Hawaii's online ivory trade

As a major commercial hub for the Asia-Pacific region, Hawaii has long been considered one of the United States’ biggest markets for ivory sales – and therefore one of this country’s prime drivers of the elephant poaching crisis.

Publication Date:

03/03/2016

Source: International Fund for Animal Welfare

Tags:

Wildlife Trade, Elephant, Poaching, United States Of America (US), Illegal Trade

Wildlife