Wildlife

 Gorillas dying out

the population of gorillas has declined alarmingly in the war-ravaged eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Several years ago there were 258 gorillas in the highlands of the

Publication Date: 
14/04/2000
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Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife, Poaching, Africa
Industry

 KENYA

Environmenta

Publication Date: 
14/04/2000
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Lake Pollution, Endangered Species, Industry, Kenya
Wildlife

 SOUTH AFRICA

When Mozambique fought a war of independence in 1975, its elephant population was over 60,000. When the war ended in 1992, there were only 15,000 left. The story is the same in many African

Publication Date: 
30/03/2000
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Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife, War, South Africa
Agriculture

 Toxic threat

The Pacific killer whale, orcas, could be one of the most contaminated marine mammals

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Marine Life, Whales, Endangered Species, Mammals, Environmental Science, Research, Toxins
India

 CONSERVATION TO DEATH

Misguided conservation efforts are leading to depletion of biodiversity and exploitation of poor people

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Grazing Lands, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife, Valley Of Flowers NP, Biodiversity, Public Participation, Community Groups, India, Environment Management
Wildlife

 Saving an ecosystem

one of south Australia's endangered ecosystems, the western basalt plains grasslands, has found a saviour in John Wamsley, founder and managing director of the wildlife conservation com

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Tags:
Grasslands, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Australia
India

 Valley of weeds

After the ban on grazing, the Valley of Flowers has turned into a jungle of weeds

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Grazing Lands, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife, Valley Of Flowers NP, Biodiversity, Public Participation, Community Groups, India, Environment Management
India

 WORKING IN ISOLATION

A mutual lack of trust and understanding between forest officials and wildlife scientists may be responsible for the mismanagement of India s protected areas

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Grazing Lands, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife, Valley Of Flowers NP, Biodiversity, Public Participation, Community Groups, India, Environment Management
India

 There was no such thing as Van Gujjars

M K Ranjitsinh , former director of the Tiger Conservation Programme of the World Wide Fund for Nature India , was an important player in the formulation of the Wildlife Protection Act. He spoke to Down

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Grazing Lands, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife, Valley Of Flowers NP, Biodiversity, Public Participation, Community Groups, India, Environment Management
India

 TRAMPLED DESTINIES

What happens if conservation is based on half baked knowledge? Ask a person rendered homeless by wildlife managers

No conservation strategy will succeed in India unless the biomass requirements of the local communities are harmoniously integra

Publication Date: 
14/03/2000
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Grazing Lands, Endangered Species, Traditional Knowledge, Wildlife, Valley Of Flowers NP, Biodiversity, Public Participation, Community Groups, India, Environment Management

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