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ELEPHANT POPULATION IN ODISHA
India's first DNA elephant census finds 25% drop in population, warns of rising habitat lossIndia's first DNA-based elephant census reveals a nearly 25% population drop over eight years, estimating 22,446 elephants. The new scienti...- Watch out! Elephant ahead: Why Indian Railways is turning to tech to save the gentle giantsEvery year, over a dozen elephants get killed on India’s railway tracks. Govt is now racing to protect the beast with a mix of new technolo...
- Saving the wildlife is not just a conservation pointWith Parliament reconvening, the amended Forest Bill is up for approval. To save wildlife, we also need to rethink our economic and conserv...
- Creating a buzz: Madhya Pradesh to raise honey bee armies to ward off marauding elephantsBeekeeping will be promoted in the villages of Sidhi, Singrauli, Shahdol, Anuppur, Umaria, Dindori and Mandla districts that have a signifi...
- Man-animal Conflict: MP villagers to be taught easy techniques to scare away wild elephantsIn a bid to prevent human-elephant conflict and crop destruction by wild jumbos, residents of Madhya Pradesh villages adjoining Chhattisgar...
- India lost 329 tigers in 3 years, including 29 due to poaching: GovernmentThe data showed that the number of poaching cases has reduced over the years from 17 in 2019 to four in 2021. The minister reported that th...
- 282 elephants, two tigers, 15 leopards died since 2018 in Odisha: GovtOf the 282 elephants, seven were poached, 13 were killed in train mishaps, four in road accidents, 43 died due to electrocution, 135 due to...
- With human-elephant conflict taking more lives on both sides, stakeholders are split over a sustainable solutionBetween 2015 & 2018, more than 1,700 people and 370 elephants have died due to this conflict.
- New home in New Year: South African drug to tranquillise Dudhwa rhinosThe New Year promises to be a happy one for the rhinoceros at Dudhwa.Some of them might get to shift to a new home, thanks to South Africa.
- Ricoh signs agreement with WWF-India to provide need-based infrastructure supportWWF-India secretary general and CEO Ravi Singh said frontline staff in forests are the protectors of our natural habitats, responsible for ...
- Odisha government faces criticism over dwindling tiger populationVoicing concern over reports about Odisha lagging behind in tiger population, Congress today said it reflects the failure of the state gove...
- Two new tiger reserves get in-principle approvalApart from that, Javadekar said that concurrence has been accorded for creation of four more elephant reserves, including two in Odisha.
- Govt ropes in agency to study jumbo habitatThe state government on Saturday roped in a private agency to conduct a "carrying capacity" study of elephants to ensure a sustainable habi...
- Human, elephant conflict takes a new dimensionThe eerie silence at Bankura's Borjora forest is broken by the sound of a forest jeep being brought to a sudden stop.Forest guard Ganesh Sa...
- National Tiger Conservation Authority says no to reintroduction of white tigers in MPThe National Tiger Conservation Authority has refused to give its nod for reintroduction of white tigers in Madhya Pradesh saying they have...
- Wildlife Society of Odisha demands action against Odisha Mining CorporationOMC is yet to obtain clearance for diversion of 249.96 hectares or 625 acres of forest land for mining infrastructure and township in Keonj...
- Coal mining threatens forests, tigers: GreenpeaceEnvironment watchdog Greenpeace sought an immediate moratorium on new coal projects in the country citing evidences that the mining threate...
- Angul boasts of highest number of jumbosThe elephant population in Angul forest circle has gone up to 633 this year from 591 during the 2010 census.
- Jumbo headcount jumps to 1930 in stateHere is some good news for elephant lovers.Odisha has witnessed a jump in pachyderm population, from 1886 in 2010 to 1930, according to the...
- Elephant population rises to 1930 in OdishaDespite death of 149 elephants, mostly due to poaching and electrocution during last two years in Odisha, the population of pachyderms has ...
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