- Natural Inclination
She was the only head of government, other than the host prime minister, to speak at the first-ever United Nations (UN) Conference on the H...
06 Oct, 2021, 12.01 AM IST
Centre proposes stricter laws to stop wildlife tradeSeeking to provide more teeth to the existing wildlife protection law, the Centre is looking for an option to introduce clauses of stricter...
23 Aug, 2016, 09.51 AM IST
India inks pact with US on wildlife conservationIndia and the US also committed to cooperate regionally and globally for combating of illegal trade in wildlife through strengthening coope...
03 Jun, 2016, 10.48 AM IST
Cabinet nod to adopt statute of South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network to check wildlife crimesThe Union Cabinet gave its nod for India adopting the statute of the South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) which will help in che...
13 Apr, 2016, 10.32 PM IST
India to join South Asian nations to curb wildlife crime13 Apr, 2016, 10.29 PM IST
Apeejay Shipping joins global leaders in fight to shut down illegal wildlife traffickingKaran Paul, Chairman of Apeejay Shipping, said, “The illegal wildlife trade is a direct threat to species and goes against the stability & ...
12 Apr, 2016, 04.41 PM IST
- US offers technology to track and protect Indian tigers
US has offered to help India in the country's efforts to track and protect Bengal tigers, as the two countries seek to strengthen collabora...
23 Sep, 2015, 10.38 AM IST
US offers technology to track and protect Indian tigersThe US has offered support to India's Project Tiger designed to protect the population of Bengal tigers in their natural habitats.
23 Sep, 2015, 09.52 AM IST
Wildlife in India is screaming for help: Valmik ThaparIn his recently launched "Saving Wild India..' the naturalist and conservationist outlines a bold yet considered plan to preserve and prote...
11 Aug, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
Don't allow use of wildlife for religious purpose: NGOsWildlife NGOs have warned the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change that any move to allow the use of wild species for ...
04 May, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
- Lessons for cops on wildlife crime
Police officers were imparted lessons on latest techniques and tools to effectively deal with wildlife-related crimes, especially poaching,...
10 Apr, 2015, 02.54 PM IST
India to start destroying stockpile of illegal wildlife items"The exercise is an attempt to deplore unethical, indiscriminate & mostly unlawful activities of harvest & trade of wildlife products," gov...
01 Nov, 2014, 07.08 PM IST
- Wildlife crime prevention training at Manas National Park
About 100 frontline forest staff of Manas National Park will be trained by the Wildlife Trust of India, in association with the Assam fores...
18 Nov, 2013, 06.57 AM IST
- Saving the tiger needs putting people first
Since 2006, the environment ministry has demarcated and declared 39 ‘critical tiger habitats’ — the core of our tiger reserves. Every one o...
04 Mar, 2011, 07.00 AM IST
- Wildlife Act likely to get more teeth
The environment ministry has outlined the amendments in wildlife protection act, 1972 in wake of the unabated illicit wildlife trade.
25 Jun, 2010, 07.33 AM IST
- Illegal pet trade thrives
Waking up to this menace of pet shops operating illegally, Wildlife Crime Control Bureau has now asked the state govts to chalk out a polic...
23 Jun, 2009, 01.17 PM IST
- SAARC nations pledge cooperation to curb wildlife trade
All eight SAARC nations -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- have pledged to enhance c...
08 Feb, 2008, 03.11 PM IST