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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal trade in wildlife articles, 31/12/2018

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal trade in wildlife articles, 31/12/2018. As per the information provided by the State authorities, illegal trade of wildlife and wildlife articles has not increased over the years. Details of the cases of illegal trade received from the State authorities during last three years is given in the Annexure.

Publication Date: 
Monday, December 31, 2018
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, India, Statistics, Parliament
Wildlife

Kenya: Elephant Poaching Reduces By 50% to 40 Cases in 2018 - KWS

Nairobi — Elephant poaching in the country has reduced by 50 per cent, Kenya Wildlife Service said.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Africa, Nairobi, Elephant, Poaching, Kenya
Wildlife

Water body attracting migratory birds in Haryana cries for government's attention

KURUKSHETRA: The arrival of migratory birds during autumn in northern plains of India is an important natural process and provides a golden opportunity for the bird-watchers and wildlife lovers.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
Times Of India (Gurgaon)
Tags:
Haryana, Migratory Species, Birds, Water Resources, Wildlife
Agriculture

Farmers await compensation of crop loss by wildlife

Farmers are eagerly awaiting their crop compensation in villages falling in and around Palamu tiger reserve. Standing crop and harvested crop both are destroyed and damaged by herd of elephants.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
Pioneer (Ranchi)
Tags:
Jharkhand, Farmers, Agriculture, Wildlife, Palamu, Tiger, Compensation
Environment

Protection of mankind depends on safe nature’

The future of mankind will be protected only when the nature is kept unharmed, viewed environmentalists and intellectuals at an award distribution ceremony held by the House of Nature, Environment

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa, Environmentalists, Wildlife, Environmental Security, Environment
Wildlife

'260 leopards poached since 2015’

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh accounted for the largest number of cases, MoEFCC tells Lok Sabha

Publication Date: 
26/12/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Leopard, Endangered Species, Poaching, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Wildlife
Wildlife

Online drive launched to save Great Indian Bustard

RAJKOT: Wildlife conservation institutions has launched an online petition to save the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) whose population has dwindled to just 150 in India.

Publication Date: 
26/12/2018
Times Of India (Rajkot)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Bustard, Endangered Species, Birds, Wildlife
Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding new road projects obstructing tiger corridors, 20/12/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in “The Times of India” Authored by Vijay Pinjarkar Titled “String of new road projects in Maha to cut off tiger corridors” dated 20/12/2018 regarding new road projects being taken up in the State of Maharashtra which will obstruct the tigers corridors.

Judgement Date: 
20/12/2018
Tags:
Tiger, Maharashtra, Roads, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Tiger Conservation, Highways, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Wildlife

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Cases of death of tigers, 17/12/2018

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Cases of death of tigers, 17/12/2018. The incidents of tiger deaths due to poaching (including seizures) during the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 are 21, 41 and 28 respectively, while due to road and rail accidents during the same period are 3, 5 and 2 respectively. Details of tiger deaths from 2015 to 2017, including Maharashtra and Odisha, as reported by States, are included in this document.

Publication Date: 
Monday, December 17, 2018
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Tiger, India, Wildlife, Statistics, Parliament
Wildlife

Infrastructure assessment in snow leopard habitat of Nepal

The evaluation shows that among the six-infrastructure themes that this assessment focused on, roads seem to have the highest amount of impact on the snow leopard habitat. Experts’ ranking ranged from 61% for road to 12.4% for settlement.

Publication Date: 
13/12/2018
WWF Nepal
Tags:
Snow Leopard, Infrastructure Development, Nepal, Himalaya

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