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MoEF to inspect road site in tiger corridor

A green ministry panel is going to do a field inspection to assess the impact of a proposed road from Kolhapur to Sindhudurg on ecologically sensitive areas of the Western Ghats and the Radhanagari

Publication Date: 
30/04/2018
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Kolhapur (D), Western Ghats, Radhanagari SA, Tiger, Sindhudurg, Wildlife
Wildlife

After Railway, NHAI plan poses threat to wildlife in Odisha

BHUBANESWAR: Even as elephants continue to be mowed down by trains in the State, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI)'s expansion plan for NH-55 has come as a further and bigger threat fo

Publication Date: 
27/04/2018
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Elephant, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Tiger, People - Animal Conflicts, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Wildlife
Wildlife

Biological responses of Crested and Least auklets to volcanic destruction of nesting habitat in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella) and Least Auklets (A. pusilla) are crevice-nesting birds that breed in large mixed colonies at relatively few sites in the Aleutian Island archipelago, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska, and Sea of Okhotsk. Many of these colonies are located on active volcanic islands. The eruption of Kasatochi volcano, in the central Aleutians, on August 7, 2008, completely buried all crevice-nesting seabird habitat on the island. This provided an opportunity to examine the response of a large, mixed auklet colony to a major geological disturbance.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2018
Gary Drew, John F. Piatt, Jeff Williams
The Auk
135
3
477-488
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Birds, Volcanic Eruptions, Canada, N C America, Remote Sensing
Wildlife

Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa

We present a range-wide assessment of sympatric western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla and central chimpanzees Pan troglodytes troglodytes using the largest survey data set ever assembled for these taxa: 59 sites in five countries surveyed between 2003 and 2013, totaling 61,000 person-days of fieldwork. We used spatial modeling to investigate major drivers of great ape distribution and population trends.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2018
Samantha Strindberg, Fiona Maisels, Elizabeth A. Williamson & et al
Science Advances
1-14
Tags:
Monkey, Endangered Species, Africa, Deforestation, Land Use, Poaching, Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife, Diseases
Wildlife

What conservation action report on UP forests says of man-animal conflict

The report includes information collected in the last nine years by the Forest Department and WTI as a part of the Big Cat Conflict Mitigation Project.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2018
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
People - Animal Conflicts, Pilibhit (D), Uttar Pradesh, Tiger, Forests, Wildlife
Wildlife

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding implementation of Project Elephant Scheme in states of India, 23/04/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of A. Rangarajan & Others Vs Union of India dated 23/04/2018 regarding implementation of Project Elephant Scheme in states of India. An Action Taken Report was sought from 22 states within 60 days. Inspite this only three states, i.e., Kerala, Meghalaya and West Bengal have responded. Supreme Court directs the states who have not submitted the report to submit it within four weeks.

Judgement Date: 
23/04/2018
Tags:
Elephant, Endangered Species, India, Supreme Court, Wildlife Management, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Wildlife

State of the world’s birds 2018

One in eight bird species is threatened with global extinction, but atleast twenty-five bird species have been brought back from the brink of extinction so far this century finds this new study of global bird populations by Birdlife International

Publication Date: 
23/04/2018
BirdLife International
Tags:
Birds, Biodiversity, Invasive Alien Species, Endangered Species, India, Global, Biodiversity Conservation
Environment

Study by IIT-Bombay, NGO Sanjay Gandhi park to gauge its contribution to Mumbai’s ecosystem

Purpose is to place monetary value on services — absorption of carbon dioxide, cleansing oxygen and supplying water

Publication Date: 
23/04/2018
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Sanjay Ganghi NP, Ecosystems, Mumbai, Carbon Dioxide, Drinking Water, Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Wildlife, Ecology, Environment
Wildlife

Half a ton of pangolin scales seized on the way to Asia from Benin

Anti-trafficking authorities have seized 513 kilograms (1,131 pounds) of pangolin scales at Cotonou airport in the West African country of Benin, the Beninese newspaper La Nouvelle Tribune reports.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2018
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Benin, Asia, Poaching, Endangered Species, Africa
Wildlife

Namibia: Record Set Straight On Compensating Wildlife Victims

Windhoek — The Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) has clarified comments by its minister Pohamba Shifeta people attacked and killed by wild animals, saying it will pay N$100 000 to victims'

Publication Date: 
20/04/2018
All Africa
Tags:
Wildlife, Namibia, Compensation, People - Animal Conflicts, Africa

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