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Man-animal conflict on the decline in state, reveals RTI

Nagpur: If one believed that with recent tiger attacks on humans the man-animal conflict has been raging, then it is not completely true.

Publication Date: 
09/01/2018
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), People - Animal Conflicts, Right To Information (RTI), Compensation, Wildlife
Wildlife

Govt wants elephants sterilised to curb their rising numbers

The state Forest Department has asked the Ministry of Environment and Forest's approval to perform immuno-contraceptive operation on female elephants to control the population of the pachyderms.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2018
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Elephant, Environmentalists, People - Animal Conflicts, Wildlife
Wildlife

Birds keep this Briton hooked to Rajasthan

UDAIPUR: She feels at home in Rajasthan, especially in Dungarpur.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2018
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Birds, Dungarpur (D), Wetlands, Migratory Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats,05/01/2018

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats,05/01/2018. Year-wise details of funds released to State/UT Governments since the inception of IDWH is given on the Annexure.

Publication Date: 
Friday, January 5, 2018
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Finance, India, Statistics, Parliament
Environment

Lal Singh asks people to become “Green Ambassadors”

Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh inspected the State Forest Research Institute (SFRI) at Sidhra and directed to identify the open areas to be developed into green

Publication Date: 
05/01/2018
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Environmental Security, Tourism, Wildlife, Forests, Ecology, Environment
Wildlife

U.S. court ruling complicates Trump’s elephant and lion policy

A federal appeals court has found that the Obama administration did not follow proper procedures in 2014 when it banned importing elephant trophies from Zimbabwe.

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Elephant, Lion, United States Of America (US), Court, Zimbabwe, Trade, Hides And Skins
Wildlife

Militias turn their guns on wildlife in Central Africa

Heavily armed militia and poachers are a threat to wildlife populations in the Garamba-Bili-Chinko (GBC) region in Central Africa.

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, Kenya, Uganda, Illegal Trade, Environment Crime, Africa
Wildlife

EU invests $20 million to fight poaching, trafficking

The European Union has invested $20 million in a new cross-regional wildlife programme to assist wildlife rich countries in East, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean regions to fight poaching and

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Wildlife, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Wildlife Management, European Union (EU), Kenya, Africa
Wildlife

US sanctions two over ivory trade with LRA

The US has sanctioned Ugandan Okot Lukwang and Musa Hatari of Sudan for alleged involvement in illicit trade in ivory by supporting an armed group that is contributing to conflict in Central Africa

Publication Date: 
03/01/2018
East African (Kenya)
Tags:
Wildlife, United States Of America (US), Illegal Trade, Environment Crime, Africa, Uganda, Sudan
Wildlife

Strengthening legal frameworks to combat wildlife crime

The Africa Asia-Pacific Symposium on Strengthening Legal Frameworks to Combat Wildlife Crime (Symposium) was convened by the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Illicit Trade in Wildlife and Forest Products (Task Force), in partnership with the World Bank-led, Global Environment Facility (GEF)-financed Global Wildlife Program (GWP) and USA

Publication Date: 
02/01/2018
UNDP
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Forest Products, India, Global

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