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
Wildlife

Is the tiger doomed?

With tigers gone in Sariska, and unchecked poaching threatening tiger populations in many other reserves, is the Indian tiger finally destined for extinction? Hopefully, with a flurry of activity at the highest levels, the tiger might just get another chance at survival.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2005
Hasan Jawaid Khan
Science Reporter
42
9
9
Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife, Tiger, Hunting, Sariska NP, Tiger Conservation, Project Tiger, Illegal Trade, Poaching, CSE, Sunita Narain, India
Wildlife

Dedication leads to reduced rhino poaching in Assam in recent years

Assam has a proud legacy of successfully conserving the great Indian one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Publication Date: 
01/07/2002
Bibhab Kumar Talukdar
Pachyderm
33
58-63
Tags:
Rhinoceros, Assam, Poaching, Endangered Species, Forest Personnel, Illegal Trade, Wildlife Tourism
Mining

Plea to declare quarrying lease illegal

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam has filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the lease granted to four persons to do quarrying in the temple town of Thiruneermalai, near here, as illegal.

In his petition, K.Balakrishnan, the association general secretary, sought a consequent direction to the authorities not to permit the continued quarrying in the area.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2009
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Pollution, Mining, Health Effects, Illegal Trade, High Court, Tamil Nadu, Chennai (D)
Mining

Goa continues to mine illegally

A government inspection of 48 mines in Goa found 35 of them operating without a lease. Some of them did not have mandatory clearances. A committee chaired by the state

Publication Date: 
29/08/2009
Down to Earth
18
7
10
Tags:
Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Netravali SA, Illegal Trade, Political Parties, Goa, North Goa, South Goa
Wildlife

 Target Jodhpur

In Jodhpur range, from 1991 to May 2007, the state's forest department has registered 650 cases under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Of these, 391 are minor crimes, such as cutting wood or

Publication Date: 
29/09/2007
Down to Earth
16
20070930
0
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Act 1972, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Jodhpur (D)

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