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Surajpur Bird Sanctuary in Greater Noida, spread over 330 hectares, will soon have 52,000 additional plants of new varieties.

KOCHI: A comprehensive wildlife census covering all the forest areas in the State will be carried out soon. The census, which is likely to begin next month, is expected to give a clear indication regarding the wildlife wealth of the State. The latest survey comes after a gap of nine years.

It was in 2002 that such a survey was held in the State last.

The science is suspect, logistics inadequate and equipment faulty. But even if taken at face value, the results of the second all-India tiger estimation only signal how our conservation efforts are rapidly slipping on the ground, says Jay Mazoomdaar

It is never easy counting secretive, solitary predators. For decades, foresters studied pugmarks and usually counted more tigers per tiger.

The Satluj Jal Vitaran Nigam (SJVN) Limited is set to generate 6,900 million units of power during the financial year 2011-12, which is beyond all the targets set and achieved in the past.

The SJVNL has signed an MoU with the Government of India for generation of 6,900 MU power with an expected revenue realisation of Rs 1,718 crore during the next financial year from its 1,500 mega watt Nathpa

New Delhi: India will take part in its third Earth Hour this Saturday with over 50 cities having volunteered to be a part of the global event.

Data to be compiled within a week
Udhagamandalam: A census operation to update data relating to the population of wild animals in the Nilgiris North and South divisions and Gudalur got underway here on Friday with a training session for volunteers organised by the Forest Department with the help of the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWLEA) and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

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JAIPUR: Fateh Singh Rathore, one of the last of the mighty men who fought all odds to protect the tiger, was conferred a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) here on Wednesday. Two Ministers of the Rajasthan Government, Bharat Singh and Bina Kak, State Chief Secretary S.

Monarch butterfly colonies in Mexico more than doubled in size this winter after bad storms devastated their numbers a year ago, conservationists said on Monday although the migrating insect remains under threat.

Millions of butterflies make a 2,000-mile journey each year from Canada to winter in central Mexico's warmer weather but the size of that migration can vary wildly.

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