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Over 1,000 fires ravage 1,369 ha forest cover in U’khand

Haridwar: The Uttarakhand forest department has recorded a loss of Rs 23.59 lakh due to ravaging wildfires that have gutted 1369 hectares of forest cover in 1099 fire incidents till date in the sta

Publication Date: 
23/05/2019
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Forest Fires, Wildlife, National Parks, Forests
Wildlife

Env Min to display photos of highly endangered animals at airports to check their illegal trade

A campaign to protect "highly endangered" animals -Tiger, Pangolin and Star Tortoise- hunted for illegal trading internationally, has been launched by the Ministry of Environment at major airports

Publication Date: 
22/05/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Endangered Species, Wildlife Crime Bureau, Wildlife
Wildlife

Hornbills among top seed dispersers, most threatened

Publication Date: 
19/05/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Arunachal, Birds, Tiger Reserves
Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding lack of adequate steps for free passage of elephants in Assam, 16/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pradip Kumar Bhuyan & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/05/2019 regarding lack of adequate steps for free passage of elephants in Assam. According to the applicant, railway tracks, national and state highways and transmission lines should be declared as elephant protection zones in the nature of ecological sensitive areas. Elephant deaths are taking place due to train accidents, electrocution and other human interventions which result in degradation of forest habitats.

Judgement Date: 
16/05/2019
Tags:
Elephant, Wildlife, Assam, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Endangered Species
Wildlife

Tigers thrive in Kerala forests, 175 individuals captured on camera traps in extensive survey

Conducted over the course of a year in 2017-18, the All Kerala Tiger Monitoring Programme identified a total of 176 individuals, 75 of them within the confines of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WW

Publication Date: 
16/05/2019
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tiger, Endangered Species, Wayanad, Tiger Conservation, Wildlife
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding clearance for extension of breakwater at Chhara Port, village Chhara Sarkhadi, district Gir Somnath, Gujarat, 15/05/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sayyed Mohammed Sabir Usman Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/05/2019 regarding grant of Environmental and Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Clearance for extension of Breakwater at Chhara Port, village Chhara Sarkhadi, Taluka Kodinar, district Gir Somnath, Gujarat by M/s Simar Port Private Limited.

Judgement Date: 
15/05/2019
Tags:
Ports, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Public Hearing, Marine Ecosystems, Wildlife, Coastal Regulations, Lion, Environment Clearance (EC)
Wildlife

NGT seeks report on road construction for commercial vehicles in Rajaji Tiger Reserve

The National Green Tribunal Monday constituted a committee, drawing representatives from various departments including wildlife and PWD, to provide it a factual report on alleged illegal constructi

Publication Date: 
07/05/2019
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Rajaji NP, Tiger Reserves, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife
Biodiversity

Biodiversity heroes: The teenagers saving Madagascar's wildlife

The island nation of Madagascar has a dubious accolade: it is the world-leader in deforestation.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Wildlife, Madagascar, Forests, Deforestation, Africa
Wildlife

How the world’s largest lion relocation was pulled off

Zambezi Delta, MozambiqueThere was once a peaceful hunting community called the Thozo, living in the lush, wildlife-rich wetlands of central Mozambique.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
National Geographic News
Tags:
Wildlife, Lion, Endangered Species, Relocation, Mozambique, Africa
Water Resources

Hippo dung shortages caused by hunting could endanger fish and communities on Africa’s great lakes, study shows

Collapsing hippo numbers – and the loss of dung they produce – poses a threat to the species that thrive in eastern Africa’s rivers and great lakes, and the humans who rely on them.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2019
Independent (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Water Resources, Wildlife, Rivers, Fish, Tanzania, Freshwater Ecosystems, Africa, Ecology

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