India, Nepal, BanglaDesh and Paksitan have agreed to develop a joint institutional mechanism to protect the growing threat to wildlife in their region. This joint mechanism has been developed because presently, wildlife is being poached in one country, stockpiled in another and then traded across the South Asia region.

This lucrative trade has been pegged at $20 billion annually and is second to narcotics, a latest Interpol report has pointed out.

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to help conserve and protect the dwindling tiger population, the Odisha government has decided to create a Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) and prepare a long-term action

Tiger conservation efforts in India received an important shot in the arm this week after the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Bank to improve the dialogue on sustainable development and conservation between business, conservation stakeholders and decision-makers in policy.

The new initiative to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation is called the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC). As an institutionalised platform for collaboration, its objective will be to reverse the massive dwindling of the tiger population owing to rapid industrialisation, habitat fragmentation, poaching and illegal trade.

In a bid to actively involve the private sector in the global effort to protect tiger, the World Bank and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have teamed up to establish ‘India Wildlife Busi

At a time when the tiger population is fast dwindling, India has reported an alarming increase in tiger deaths.

The UPA II government on Tuesday showcased several initiatives that have helped in sustaining the environment during its three-year rule despite the fact that delay in environmental approvals have

India on Monday signed joint resolutions with Nepal and Russia on trans-border co-operation to conserve the tiger.

China and Vietnam on Wednesday justified making of traditional medicines with bones and body parts of captive tigers, leading to a strong protest from participating countries at the ongoing three-d