India

 The broken mirror

A pristine lake that once drew birds of several species today lies clogged with weeds, a victim of unplanned economic development.

Publication Date: 
30/12/1993
K Narender
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Lake Pollution, Land Reclamation, Lakes, Birds, Migratory Species, Poaching, India
India

 On the brink of extinction

Despite its highly protected status, the Great Indian Bustard may soon become extinct. The bustard has been fast losing its grasslands habitat -- spread over about 250 sq km -- and is also facing

Publication Date: 
30/10/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Bustard, Poaching, India, Rajasthan
Industry

 Giving villagers a slice of the pie

A programme in Zimbabwe strives to conserve wildlife and maintain development on the premise that villagers will utilise natural resources in a sustainable manner if they can perceive the benefits to them

Publication Date: 
14/09/1993
Leonissah Munjoma
Down to Earth
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Development, Poaching, NGO, WWF, Zimbabwe
Mining

 RHINO POACHING INCREASES

A RISE in poaching has threatened one-horned rhinoceroses in the Royal Chitwan National Park and the Royal Bardiya Wildlife Reserve along the Indian border. International groups are increasingly

Publication Date: 
30/08/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rhinoceros, National Parks, Poaching, Nepal
India

 Murder in the sanctuary

The killing of tigers and of forest guards in Ranthambore is the result of a conservation strategy that took away the rights of the local people and made them willing allies of poachers.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
Anumita Roychowdhury, Nitya Jacob
Down to Earth
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Animal Cruelty, Tiger, Ranthambore NP, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Human Rights
India

 'Forest guards have powers, but no weapons'

Kishorilal not his real name , is 39 and has been a forest guard at Ranthambore Tiger Reserve for 17 years. He spoke to Down To Earth on his experiences:

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
Down to Earth
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Animal Cruelty, Tiger, Ranthambore NP, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Human Rights
India

 Countdown to survival

The third tiger census in three years in Ranthambore may pronounce a verdict on the country's conservation strategy that could send a few heads rolling.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Animal Cruelty, Tiger, Ranthambore NP, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Human Rights
India

 Stalking a goldmine in stripes

Tiger skins and tiger bones are extremely profitable for everyone involved in poaching, whether through killing or selling.

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Animal Cruelty, Tiger, Ranthambore NP, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Human Rights
India

 Rhino census

The number of one-horned rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park has risen to 1,160 from 1,129 in 1991, Assam state wildlife officials say. But Assam's principal conservator of forests (wildlife) in

Publication Date: 
14/05/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Rhinoceros, Kaziranga SA, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, India
India

 WWF sues Thapars

Controversy continues to dog the helicopter crash in Corbett National Park last year, with the Indian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) filing a case recently in Delhi High

Publication Date: 
14/04/1993
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Transport, Corbett NP, Poaching, WWF, India, Uttar Pradesh

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