Wildlife

Water body attracting migratory birds in Haryana cries for government's attention

KURUKSHETRA: The arrival of migratory birds during autumn in northern plains of India is an important natural process and provides a golden opportunity for the bird-watchers and wildlife lovers.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Migratory Species, Birds, Water Resources, Wildlife
Wildlife

India’s national action plan for conservation of migratory birds and their habitats along Central Asian Flyway (2018-2023)

The Central Asian Flyway (CAF), one among the nine flyways in the world, encompasses overlapping migration routes over 30 countries for different waterbirds linking their northern most breeding grounds in Russia (Siberia) to the southernmost non-breeding (wintering) grounds in West and South Asia, the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territ

Publication Date: 
30/08/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Migratory Species, Birds, India, Asia, Wetland Conservation
Wildlife

Flying into trouble: Harrier birds decline as grasslands disappear

India has some of the largest roosting sites of this migratory species.

Publication Date: 
16/07/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Birds, Migratory Species, ATREE, Grasslands, Kurnool (D), Andhra Pradesh, Wildlife, Pesticides
Wildlife

Birds are indicators of a healthy and thriving environment

Experts stress on need to create awareness of birds among students and public

Publication Date: 
15/05/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Birds, Ecosystems, Migratory Species, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

After decline for years, Karnala reports 100% increase in bird species

NAVI MUMBAI: After more than a decade of sharp fall in the number of bird species, the Karnala Sanctuary has this year seen a 100% rise compared to 2017.

Publication Date: 
11/05/2018
Times of India (Navi Mumbai)
Tags:
Birds, Sanctuaries, Migratory Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

Big Bird Day records number of bird species down to 238 from 268

NCR has recorded a drop in overall bird species on the Big Bird Day recently — an annual birding event across the region where birders set out to record different species with 238 species counted t

Publication Date: 
05/03/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Birds, Delhi, Sanctuaries, Migratory Species, Climate Change, Okhala SA
Wildlife

Bird arrivals at state wetlands remain constant at 1.25 lakh

With more than 1.25 lakh winged guests thronging Punjab’s four wetlands, the number of migratory birds arriving in the state remained consistent this season.

Publication Date: 
05/03/2018
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Birds, Wetlands, Migratory Species, Harike SA
Wildlife

Birds keep this Briton hooked to Rajasthan

UDAIPUR: She feels at home in Rajasthan, especially in Dungarpur.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Birds, Dungarpur (D), Wetlands, Migratory Species, Wildlife
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest clearance granted by MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project, Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh, 24/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Bimal Gogoi && Others Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding Stage I Forest Clearance and Stage II Forest Clearance granted by the MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project (1750 MW) in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh which would lead to diversion of 1415.92 ha (1408.30 ha surface land + 7.62 ha underground land) of forest land.

Judgement Date: 
24/10/2017
Tags:
Dams, Lohit, Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Arunachal, Court, Biodiversity Hotspots, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Endangered Species, Migratory Species, Elephant, Wildlife, Tiger
Wildlife

Global sea turtle conservation successes

We document a tendency for published estimates of population size in sea turtles to be increasing rather than decreasing across the globe. To examine the population status of the seven species of sea turtle globally, we obtained 299 time series of annual nesting abundance with a total of 4417 annual estimates. The time series ranged in length from 6 to 47 years (mean, 16.2 years). When levels of abundance were summed within regional management units (RMUs) for each species, there were upward trends in 12 RMUs versus downward trends in 5 RMUs.

Publication Date: 
20/09/2017
Antonios D. Mazaris, Gail Schofield, Chrysoula Gkazinou & et al
Science Advances
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Tags:
Turtles, Endangered Species, Indian Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, Migratory Species

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