Power companies must consider underground laying of cables to avoid Great Indian Bustard deaths: GovernmentNoting that a miniscule population of less than 150 Great Indian Bustards was left in the country, a committee constituted on the direction...
24 Nov, 2019, 10.26 PM IST
To protect Great Indian Bustard, Environment Ministry to declare their habitats as conservation reservesDuring a meeting held by a committee under the ministry, constituted in pursuance to the directions of the National Green Tribunal, it was ...
21 Nov, 2019, 05.28 PM IST
Great Indian Bustard nearing extinction due to high voltage power lines: Environment ministryOnly 150 Great Indian Bustard are left, with the maximum number in Jaisalmer. They are dying at the rate of 15 per cent annually due to col...
28 Jul, 2019, 01.07 PM IST
In 1 year, Great Indian Bustard population falls from 44 to just 13 in RajasthanEdited Rachnasingh@timesgroup.This might sound like a clarion call.
10 Oct, 2015, 10.58 AM IST
In Gujarat, the Great Indian Bustard grounds air force’s flight plansThe Great Indian Bustard, has come in the way of Air Force’s flight path in Gujarat with the environment ministry holding back a proposal t...
11 Aug, 2015, 08.21 AM IST
Efforts to save GIB will be made upto international level: Rajasthan govtChief Minister, Vasundhara Raje has said that her government was serious about saving the state bird Great Indian Butard (GIB) from extinct...
08 May, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
Vultures to be tracked with transmitters in MaharashtraThe state forest department and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) will launch an in-situ vulture conservation project in Maharashtra fr...
05 Jun, 2014, 06.59 AM IST
- Six-member panel set up for cranes conservation
After a task force to monitor the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards (GIBs), the state government has now set up an six-member exp...
25 Apr, 2014, 06.25 AM IST
Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican feared extinct around Nashik region, seven bird species 'highly endangered'The Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican, birds once found in abundance in the region, are feared to be extinct, while seven other ...
22 Apr, 2014, 12.35 AM IST
Project to save Great Indian Bustard set to roll out in AprilThe state government has drawn up a species recovery plan for the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) that will be implemented from April, an expert...
30 Mar, 2014, 03.42 AM IST
GIB conservation plan caught in red-tapismThe state bird conservation plan is caught up in bureaucratic red-tapism.
24 Mar, 2014, 03.39 AM IST
- Bustard conservation plans for four areas of Maharashtra
The once common bustard species of Maharashtra, viz. Great Indian Bustard (GIB) or Maldhok and Lesser Florican or Tanmor have been increasi...
18 Mar, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Panel set up to conserve the endangered bustardThe Nashik forest department range has set up a Bustard Conservation Committee and has forwarded a proposal of the plan to the state govern...
11 Jul, 2013, 01.02 AM IST
- Action plan for conservation of Great Indian Bustard gets Rajasthan chief minister's nod
The state action plan to prevent the dwindling population of the state bird, Great Indian Bustard, has finally got the stamp of approval an...
06 Jun, 2013, 04.55 AM IST
Great Indian bustard poachers still at large despite being identifiedIronically, the incident comes at a time when the state forest department has been preparing an exhaustive plan for conservation of Great I...
03 Jun, 2013, 02.01 AM IST
- Maharashtra govt sends 17 eco-sensitive zone proposals to Centre before deadline
Sticking to the ministry of environment and forests deadline, the state government has sent 17 proposals of eco-sensitive zone around sanct...
22 Feb, 2013, 01.14 AM IST