Guwahati, March 4: Experts from Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre at Rani will ascertain the reason behind the death of 20 vultures at a paddy field in Goalpara district today.
For the first time in the state, a successful vulture conservation operation has been carried out jointly by Dr RS Kishtwaria, livestock and wildLife expert of the Department of Animal Sciences and Veterinary College, HP Agriculture University, here in collaboration with the state Forest Department.
This operation was executed in Pong wetland in the Kangra valley, 60 km from here.
KATHMANDU, FEB 22 - The government on Tuesday launched a 10-year strategy to ensure a healthy population of the globally threatened vulture species in the country.
Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction (SAVE), a consortium represented by different government and non-government organisatons and international experts working to save the endangered vulture species from extinction, was launched on
First phase completed by breeding three endangered species
As a part of the second phase of ongoing vulture conservation efforts in the country, a new consortium,
NEW DELHI, 7 FEB: The environment ministry today gave its clearance for the construction of a ropeway in the Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat, the only home to Asiatic lions, despite objections that it could lead to the extinction of Girnari vultures, a critically endangered species.
The ministry accorded the clearance to the ropeway from Bhavnath Taleti to Ambaji temple within the sanctuar
KALPETTA: The Malabar Ornithological Survey 2010-11, the first ever comprehensive study on avifauna in north Kerala, has proved that the Wayanad part of the Western Ghats is a critical habitat for endemic as well as endangered birds.
White-bellied Blue Flycatcher (female)
The team sighted 200 species, including 14 of the 16 endemic species and two critically endangered species, during the tw
Ahmedabad: The union minister for forest and environment Jairam Ramesh has said that all aspects related to the Girnar ropeway project in Junagadh district will be taken into consideration before giving it the final nod.
