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Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to protect the flora and fauna at the Veer Jijamata Udyan (Byculla zoo) using a new technique. This is a part of several measures being taken in the Rs434-crore zoo modernisation plan.

Udhagamandalam: Having been formed by a band of conservation minded persons way back in 1877 as the Nilgiri Game Association and now known as the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWLEA), the oldest conservation association in the country is set to give an impetus to the role it has been playing over the years in safeguarding the fragile eco-system of the Blue Mountains.

Tourist inflow fell by about 40 per cent in August, say protestors

Protest: Members of the Joint Action Committee of political parties and service organisations observing a fast in Udhagamandalam on Wednesday.

The tribal view
Can there be another Niyamgiri?
What do we do for our livelihood? We can

Out of the 353 new flora and fauna species discovered in Eastern Himalayas between 1998-2008, 19 were found in Sikkim, stated a latest WWF report.

Bhuj: Semi-arid landscape around Bhuj and adjoining towns is well on its way to metamorphosing into a land with high-rises vying for space in the sky, five years down the line. Real estate developers aim to design the land on the lines of Sharjah, market sources said.

In Sri Lanka the export and import of fauna and flora is approved based on the decisions taken by the Sri Lanka Forest Department.