Wildlife

Habitat split and the global decline of amphibians

The worldwide decline in amphibians has been attributed to several causes, especially habitat loss and disease.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2007
Carlos Guilherme Becker, Carlos Roberto Fonseca, Clio Fernando Baptista Haddad & et al
Science
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Tags:
Land Use, Endangered Species, Habitat, Wildlife, Amphibians, Wildlife And People, Brazil
Wildlife

The overcrowded ark

The Endangered Species Act has become unwieldy. Time for a change

Publication Date: 
08/09/2007
Economist (London)
Tags:
Endangered Species, Habitat, Wildlife, Fauna, California
Wildlife

At the Catch of a Ringtone

Forest guards use mobile ringtones to capture rogue leopards wandering into human settlements

Publication Date: 
23/07/2007
Nandini Vaish
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Habitat, Leopard, Gujarat, Surat (D)
Forests

Cull of the Wild

When it comes to Karnataka's forest cover, even a brigand like Veerappan had his uses. His dreaded presence in the jungles in advertantly served to preserve the state's green cover, even though the bandit himself was an unrepentant poacher of elephants. "He kept encroachers at bay," admits ^ ornithologist and bird specialist H M.B.

Publication Date: 
21/05/2007
Stephen David
India Today (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Encroachments, Habitat, Elephant, National Parks, Bannerghatta NP, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Karnataka
India

 Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate

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Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Water Pollution, Wetlands, Pesticides, Pest Control, Heavy Metals, Climate Change, Global Warming, Floods, Endangered Species, Habitat, Birds, Migratory Species, Ramsar Convention, India, Global, Statistics
Industry

 Way out

So, is there any way the islands can be saved while maintaining the ecological balance of this unique mangrove system?

Publication Date: 
14/01/2007
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Islands, Mangroves, Habitat
Wildlife

Action tiger: tiger action plans of 12 tiger range countries

As an animal high on popularity charts, the tiger has fascinated and awed generations for centuries. However, with its range confined to 14 Asian countries today, its distribution has more than halved and so have its numbers.

Publication Date: 
Dec 2006
Wildlife Trust of India
Tags:
Habitat, Population, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Illegal Trade, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, Russia, India
Environment

 Green houses

The Italian government has decreed that starting July 2007, new and old buildings being put on sale will need energy-saving certificates. The initiative is part of the government's efforts to cut

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Habitat, Architecture, Legislation, Italy
Habitat And Urbanisation

Report of the task force on financing plan for airports

This report outlines the financing plan for upgrading and augmenting the airport infrastructure in India. It responds to the direction of the Committee on Infrastructure, chaired by the Prime Minister, to evolve a plan for creating world-class airport infrastructure.

Publication Date: 
27/07/2006
Planning Commission
Tags:
Habitat, Air Transport, Finance, India, Planning Commission, Infrastructure Development, New Delhi, Habitat And Urbanisation
Industry

 Snippets

• A report found that 12 months after a ban on smoking in bars in New Zealand, there were no downturn in bar sales, tourism or employment, contrary to predictions of serious economic consequences to the hospital industry following the ban.

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Habitat, Water Supply, People, Smoking, China, United States Of America (US), New Zealand, Arctic, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Debt

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