Poaching

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Publication Date:

14/02/2003

Tags:

Forest Management, Joint Forest Management (JFM), Tribals, Tribal Medicine, Traditional Knowledge, Medicinal Plants, Poaching, Rural Development, Information, Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi

Wildlife

The Eco Development Project and the socio-economics of the fringe area of the Periyar Tiger Reserve: A concurrent study

Background of the study is the multi-State India Eco-development Project sponsored by IDA/GEF at the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala, one of the seven Protected Areas (PAs) with the central objective of conserving biodiversity in and around PAs over 5 years (1996-97 to 2000-2001).

Publication Date:

01/01/2003

Author(s): Rajan Gurukkal

Source: Kerala Research Programme on Local Level Development (KRPLLD)

Tags:

People, Tribals, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Periyar NP, Tiger Reserves, Poaching, Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, World Bank, Kerala, Statistics

Biodiversity

The forest mafia is very powerful'

AJAY S RAWAT spent six months in the Indo Nepal terais to trace the methods of timber smugglers

Publication Date:

14/11/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

11

Issue:

20021115

pp:

0

Tags:

Kumaon Himalaya, Forest Resources, Deforestation, Timber Smuggling, Medicinal Plants, Poaching, Biodiversity

India

Casting the net wider

The succulent Patagonian toothfish is the bone of contention in the war between poachers and fishing patrols

Publication Date:

14/10/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Fish, Endangered Species, Poaching, Australia

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

Author(s): Bibhab Kumar Talukdar

Source: Pachyderm

Issue:

33

pp:

58-63

Tags:

Rhinoceros, Assam, Poaching, Endangered Species, Forest Personnel, Illegal Trade, Wildlife Tourism

Solid Waste

TWIN THREAT

Most protected areas in Bhutan are threatened. A major risk is being posed by poaching and fire. The poachers mainly prey on musk deer, blood pheasant and black bear. Musk pod, musk skin, bear

Publication Date:

30/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Leopard, Protected Area Conservation, Poaching, Bhutan

Environment

Falling prey

visitor birds coming to India every season are facing, not hospitality but hostility. They may just decide to give India a skip. Poachers are targeting these migrant birds, as well as the

Publication Date:

14/05/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Birds, Poaching, Kerala

Mining

Kenya

Poachers Beaten Kenyan rangers should get a pat on their back. Recently they killed the leader of a poaching gang in a shoot-out. The poachers armed with ak 47 and g 3 rifles were on

Publication Date:

29/04/2002

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Elephant, Poaching, Kenya

Health