Seeking transparency, three NGOs working for wildlife conservation and tribal development at the grassroots have filed an application in the Supreme Court demanding a committee of independent exper
The Centre has turned down suggestions for planting chillies and tea crops around railway tracks to curb the mowing down of elephants by trains, saying it would hamper the migration of the animals
The drastic decline in bird population at the Okhla Bird Sanctuary here due to high water level, cattle grazing and habitat disturbance is a cause of worry for policymakers, bird lovers and ornitho
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Sachin S/o Sakharam Potre Vs State of Maharashtra Ors dated 25/03/2014 regarding reserving the entire Karjat Taluka, District Ahmednagar for Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary.
Nhava Sheva: Broken beaks, feathers and bones have been found on the outskirts of Phunde village in Uran taluka, about 25km from Vashi, raising fears of poaching of flamingos which migrate to the n
The 33-member state wildlife board, headed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, will meet in Mumbai on Thursday to clear a hosts of irrigation, mining and road widening projects under eco-sensitive
Fresh Plea Has Been Submitted By NGO Based In Rajkot
Ahmedabad: A Rajkot-based NGO Wildlife Conservation Trust – Rajkot has in a fresh petition moved the Supreme Court against the translocation of Lion to Kuno Palpur, Madhya Pradesh. The fresh petition demanded that the petition which is active in the conservation measures in the Gujarat state has tried to put forward several arguments before the expert committee formed by the order of the Supreme Court dated April 15 this year.
It demands the iron ore miner’s right to mine in land that MoEF says is a tiger corridor
The National Green Tribunal’s powers to take up cases about wildlife have been challenged. The question of the tribunal’s jurisdiction has cropped up in a petition filed by an iron ore miner in Kohlapur, Maharashtra, asking for renewing his right to mine in a piece of land the government has said is a tiger corridor.
Pune: A debate is brewing between researchers over the proposed study of the critically endangered forest owlet near Melghat tiger reserve.
While a section of experts emphasized the importance of research for the conservation of vulnerable species, activists and some scientists maintain that the bird can survive without any studies. Researchers are cut up about claims that the bird had become extinct in areas where similar research was carried out were ‘baseless’.
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) decision to allow capture of 20 forest owlets in east and west Melghat divisions outside Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) has come in for sharp criticism b
