Vultures might be getting spotted in the wild but their near-stagnant population does not make it look like a real revival.
Lucknow: The decline of vultures has been the fastest among many other species. Their near-extinction in past one decade, ever since 40 vulture deaths were reported from Rajasthan in 1997, has made vulture-conservation a raging national issue.
LUCKNOW/ BAHRAICH: With their habitat under two meters of water, survival poses a tough challenge to tiger and leopard cubs in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of Uttar Pradesh. Flood situation in Bahraich and Pilibhit has worsened dramatically over the past three days after Nepal released over 5 lakh cusec of water into Sharda and Ghagra rivers last Tuesday.
LUCKNOW: `Wildlife Week, 2009' an awareness programme about the conservation of wildlife of the country concluded on Wednesday at Regional Science City (RSC).
The programme was organised by the department of Zoology, Lucknow University and UP Council of Science and Technology. A good turnout of students at RSC marked the occasion.
LUCKNOW: The planning related to wildlife conservation in the country might get a clear direction now, since the first national level database on wildlife crime has been compiled and completed. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) which is the head organisation for wildlife conservation has got the crime figures compiled in collaboration with a private agency TRAFFIC-India.
BHUBANESWAR: The focus of the 11th Plan is on exploiting micro irrigation to achieve the twin objectives of prudent water utilization-cum-increase in irrigation coverage. The plan has set a target of 15 million hectare to be covered nationally under the micro irrigation (MI) schemes.
Shahira Naim catches up with this 13-year-old from Lucknow, who at a recent UN Summit urged the world leaders to sit up and react to climate change immediately
Environmentalist Yugratna Srivastava speaks during the UN Summit on Climate Change.
Environmentalist Yugratna Srivastava speaks during the UN Summit on Climate Change. Photo PTI
WASHINGTON/LUCKNOW: A young girl from Indian gangetic plain, where climate change issues affect everyday life and quotidian tasks such as burning the chulah affect the climate, made a plea for the ages at the United Nations on Tuesday, asking world leaders to show vision and leadership in stopping those who make mother earth cry.
WASHINGTON/LUCKNOW: A young girl from Indian gangetic plain, where climate change issues affect everyday life and quotidian tasks such as burning the chulah affect the climate, made a plea for the ages at the United Nations on Tuesday, asking world leaders to show vision and leadership in stopping those who make mother earth cry.
LUCKNOW: Those parking their vehicles in the no-parking zones of the city get ready to shed even more fine from your pocket for violating the rule. The traffic department in an amendment made in the fine charges has increased the fine.
Lucknow: At around 10:30am on September 22, after Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Muta Mathaai finishes her speech at the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations, she will yield the lectern to a 13-yearold Lucknow girl.
