Environment

Environment ministry pulled up for unsatisfactory performance

A parliamentary panel has pulled up the environment ministry for unsatisfactory performance and low utilisation of allocated funds, saying that it should prepare long term plans and ensure that tar

Publication Date: 
12/05/2016
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, River Pollution, Wildlife Management, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Air Quality Monitoring, Environment Management, Environment
Climate Change

Environment Ministry rapped for not using funds fully

Only 11% of funds were utilised for National Action Plan on Climate Change

Publication Date: 
10/05/2016
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Air Quality Monitoring, Wildlife Management, Noise Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Wildlife

Snowy Mountains brumbies should be culled by 90% over 20 years – draft plan

Ninety per cent of the Snowy Mountains brumbies would be culled over the next two decades, under a plan released by the New South Wales government.

Publication Date: 
02/05/2016
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Wildlife, Horses, Australia, Wildlife Management, Hunting, National Parks
Wildlife

How Game Theory and Artificial Intelligence Help Wildlife Conservation by Outwitting Poachers

Poaching is one of the greatest threats in the conservation of wildlife, and even patrol rangers' extreme efforts are not enough to completely fend off poachers, especially in very large protected

Publication Date: 
26/04/2016
Nature World News
Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Wildlife Management, Science And Technology
Wildlife

South Africa: Connected Conservation technology to save rhinos from poaching

Dimension Data, a South African tech firm and networking company Cisco, announced a partnership to save rhinos being poached in the country.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
International Business Times
Tags:
Wildlife, Rhinoceros, South Africa, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Wildlife Management, Endangered Species, Africa
Wildlife

CNP launches campaign for tiger, rhino conservation

The Chitwan National Park has begun a week-long awareness campaign for the conservation of tigers and one horned rhinos, among other wild animals, from today.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, Rhine, Wildlife Management, Nepal, Endangered Species, Chitwan, South Asia
Wildlife

Mapping software tracks threats to endangered species

DURHAM, N.C.

Publication Date: 
13/04/2016
Eurek Alert
Tags:
Wildlife, Endangered Species, Biodiversity Conservation, Wildlife Management
Wildlife

Rajaji Tiger Reserve: conservation opportunities and challenges

The world-famous Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand, India has recently been notified as Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR). This Protected Area is now the 48th Tiger Reserve in the country and the second in Uttarakhand. Though RNP was established in 1983, final notification for the Park was issued in 2013 because of non-settlement of rights of the local people, which provided a full-fledged legal status to it and strengthened the conservation activities. (Correspondence)

Original Source

Publication Date: 
25/03/2016
Ritesh Joshi
Current Science
110
6
959-960
Tags:
Rajaji NP, Tiger Reserves, Protected Area Conservation, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Remote Sensing, Gujjar, Tribals, Pastoral Nomads, Rehabilitation, People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife Management
Wildlife

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding construction of wall on the bank of Song river, Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand, 21/03/2016

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action For Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs Uttarakhand Forest Department & Others dated 21/03/2016 regarding construction of 2 km length of wall on the right bank of Song river in Rajaji National Park, Motichur range of Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand.

Judgement Date: 
21/03/2016
Tags:
Rajaji NP, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Elephant, Migratory Species, Poaching, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife Management, Rivers
Wildlife

Glossary of wildlife management: terms and definitions

To celebrate World Wildlife Day 2016, the CPW launches the Glossary of Wildlife Management Terms and Definitions. This online resource aims to raise awareness of the diverse usage and meanings of technical terms related to wildlife management and conservation.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2016
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Trade, Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, People - Animal Conflicts

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