PTI | Sipaheejala Sanctuary

The endangered clouded leopard seems to have got a new lease of life in the Sipaheejala Sanctuary which has witnessed two births annually of the species whose population has declined to just 31 in India.

The sanctuary is the only conservation breeding project for clouded leopards, sanctuary veterinarian Sajal Das told PTI.

Karnataka gets ready to divert river water while petitions pile KARNATAKA has finished digging a canal for diverting water from a tributary of Goa

P. Sudhakar

TIRUNELVELI: Researchers from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, involved in an International Union for Conservation of Nature study of wetlands around the Kalakkad- Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the district have discovered a lake that is used by thousands of birds for nesting and roosting.

Central Panel Against Project Passing Through Wildlife Sanctuary

Nayan Dave | TNN

Rajkot: Constructing

GUNTUR, Jan. 4: Proposals for the development and expansion of the Uppalapadu bird sanctuary in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur district is pending for more than one year.

The Uppalapadu bird sanctuary is the only sanctuary in the district. Spread over nine acres of land the bird sanctuary provides refuge to over 10,000 birds from various parts of the world, mostly from Siberia and Australia.

Farmers succeed in changing Sri Lanka government

Even as the Supreme Court has categorically stated that there will be no compromise in protecting vital forest resources, an elected body has directed the Public Works Department to carry out road laying work through pristine forests of Brahmagiri and Pushpagiri in Kodagu district.

The avian flu outbreak in Assam has put Haryana on high alert, especially as migratory birds come calling to the lush green bird sanctuaries at Sultanpur and Bhindawas. The wildlife wing of the Forest Department has launched a survey of migratory birds in these bird sanctuaries to check any threat of the deadly avian flu.

Shimla: The Forest Department has directed the NTPC authorities executing the Kol Dam project in Himachal to apply for permission to the Central Empowered Committee of the Supreme Court for seeking de-reservation of some portion of Majathal wildlife sanctuary area that would be submerged in the dam.