Wildlife

Vulture safe zone across south Indian states mooted

Kozhikode: Conservation of critically-endangered vultures has received a fillip with forest officials and experts from three south Indian states deciding to make coordinated efforts to create a vul

Publication Date: 
19/02/2019
Times Of India (Kozhikode)
Tags:
Kerala, Vulture, Endangered Species, Wayanad, Birds, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife
Fisheries

Identifying species threatened with local extinction in tropical reef fisheries using historical reconstruction of species occurrence

Identifying the species that are at risk of local extinction in highly diverse ecosystems is a big challenge for conservation science. Assessments of species status are costly and difficult to implement in developing countries with diverse ecosystems due to a lack of species-specific surveys, species-specific data, and other

Publication Date: 
13/02/2019
Sarah M. Buckley, Tim R. McClanahan, Eréndira M. Quintana Morales & et al
PLoS ONE
1-20
Tags:
Fisheries, Endangered Species, Kenya, Fisherfolk, Africa, Ecosystem Services
Wildlife

Forest teams to monitor straying Ranthambore tiger on foot

JAIPUR: Forest staff at the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) is witnessing a new thrill of tracking a tiger on foot in Darah range.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2019
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Tiger Reserves, NGO, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

It's official: Tiger has entered lions' kingdom

AHMEDABAD: It's officially confirmed now. A tiger has indeed entered the lions' den in Gujarat - which is home to the Asiatic lion's last abode.

Publication Date: 
13/02/2019
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Tiger, Endangered Species, Maharashtra, Wildlife
Wildlife

India can’t handle more tigers, say experts

As habitats shrink, country nears its capacity to manage the big cat, say experts

Publication Date: 
29/01/2019
Jacob Koshy
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tiger, Endangered Species, Tiger Conservation, Wildlife
Wildlife

Forest ministry asks officials to take steps for saving GIB

Jaisalmer: Union forest and climate change ministry expressing concern from the government of Rajasthan for not getting support for saving the state bird and schedule first wildlife the great India

Publication Date: 
29/01/2019
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Bustard, Birds, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

49 elephants killed in Railway accidents between 2016-18: MoEFCC

In addition, 11 tigers and 13 lions died in railway and road accidents in the past three years

Publication Date: 
14/01/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Lion, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

South Africa: NGO Warns of Looming Disaster of Globally Endangered Vultures

An increase in rehabilitation cases in December 2018 and January 2019 observed by NGO VulPro is a sign that an environmental disaster is looming, says the organisation that works to safeguard Afric

Publication Date: 
08/01/2019
All Africa
Tags:
South Africa, NGO, Vulture, Endangered Species
Wildlife

'260 leopards poached since 2015’

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh accounted for the largest number of cases, MoEFCC tells Lok Sabha

Publication Date: 
26/12/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Leopard, Endangered Species, Poaching, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Wildlife
Wildlife

Online drive launched to save Great Indian Bustard

RAJKOT: Wildlife conservation institutions has launched an online petition to save the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) whose population has dwindled to just 150 in India.

Publication Date: 
26/12/2018
Times Of India (Rajkot)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Bustard, Endangered Species, Birds, Wildlife

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