Great Nicobar mega project gets environmental nodThe project, which will see around 8.5 lakh trees in pristine rainforests being felled, loss of 12 to 20 hectares of mangrove cover and con...
Govt proposes 10-year comprehensive plan for conservation of birds, their habitatsAmid growing threats to a number of bird species in the country, the Union environment ministry has come out with a 10-year comprehensive p...
- Ban of harmful NSAIDs sought for vulture conservation
As a part of Wildlife Week, 2017 celebration the Wildlife Circle of Gujarat Forest Department has organized a symposium on Vulture Conserva...
- Ministry of Environment and Forests scraps radar installation project on Narcondam Island
Wildlife activists and conservation organizations have praised Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) move to reject a proposal by the...
- Birders worried about the tiny Narcondam Hornbill population
Birders are worried about the plight of an endangered bird species called the Narcondam Hornbill found in just one of the islands of the An...
- Panel to study proposal for reducing Kolleru sanctuary area
The environment ministry has set up a seven-member panel to study a proposal to reduce the size of wetland areas around the Kolleru lake sa...
- Community support needed to conserve biodiversity: Jairam Ramesh
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Jairam Ramesh called for community participation to conserve biodiversity and to protec...
Radiation from mobile towers wipes out birdsThe increasing number of cell phone towers in cities is bringing down bird population in India. The radiation emitting from towers can dama...