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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
Wildlife

South Africa rhino poaching: 'Web of corruption' blamed

Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and conservationist Jane Goodall have joined a list of famous names who have signed an open letter to South Africa's government calling for an end to rhino poaching

Publication Date: 
20/04/2018
BBC (UK)
Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, South Africa, Rhinoceros, Endangered Species, Illegal Trade, Africa
Energy

Push for study on hydel project

Guwahati: The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has called for initiating a comprehensive study on the hydrology and ecology of the Demwe hydel power project in Arunachal

Publication Date: 
20/04/2018
Telegraph (North East)
Tags:
Arunachal, Hydroelectricity, North East, Wildlife, Hydrology, Ecology, Energy
Wildlife

Evolutionary and demographic processes shaping geographic patterns of genetic diversity in a keystone species, the African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

The past processes that have shaped geographic patterns of genetic diversity may be difficult to infer from current patterns. However, in species with sex differences in dispersal, differing phylogeographic patterns between mitochondrial (mt) and nuclear (nu) DNA may provide contrasting insights into past events. Forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) were impacted by climate and habitat change during the Pleistocene, which likely shaped phylogeographic patterns in mitochondrial (mt) DNA that have persisted due to limited female dispersal.

Publication Date: 
19/04/2018
Yasuko Ishida, Natalie A. Gugala, Nicholas J. Georgiadis & et al
Ecology and Evolution
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Tags:
Elephant, Africa, Congo, Wildlife, Endangered Species
Wildlife

Blue sheep: States responsible for protection of wildlife, MoEF tells NGT

Dehradun: The ministry of environment and forests told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that the Uttarakhand government was responsible for management and protection of wildlife in th

Publication Date: 
19/04/2018
Times Of India (Dehradun)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Sheep, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Gangotri NP, Wildlife Act 1972, Wildlife
Wildlife

866 killed in jumbo attacks in 10 yrs

As many as 866 persons were killed in elephants attack in different districts during the last 10 years from 2008-09 to 2017-18, informed Forests and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray in the S

Publication Date: 
19/04/2018
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife
Biodiversity

Better species mapping can improve conservation efforts, study finds

The scientific models that ecologists and conservation biologists rely on to determine which species and habitats to protect lack critical information to help them make effective decisions, accordi

Publication Date: 
19/04/2018
PHYS
Tags:
Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Africa, Asia, Wildlife, Fish, Birds, Mammals
Wildlife

Order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana regarding monkey attacks on humans, Chandigarh, 17/04/2018

Order of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh dated 17/04/2018 regarding monkey attacks on humans, Chandigarh. Chandigarh Administration states that the monkey is a scheduled animal protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and the administration is finding it difficult to control the monkey menace as monkeys are straying into the city area because of the availability of food by the residents.

To control the monkey menace Forests and Wildlife Department have suggested the following measures:

Judgement Date: 
17/04/2018
Tags:
Monkey, Urban Habitat, People - Animal Conflicts, Chandigarh, High Court, Compensation, Municipal Corporations, India

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