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WILDLIFE SOCIETY OF ORISSA
How Odisha is cutting old forests for newIn many parts of Odisha, native forests have been cleared to make land available for compensatory afforestation and other plantation drives.- 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 ...
- Over 1,30,000 people call for justice after murder of Costa Rican turtle defenderMore than 130,000 individuals from 150 nations have signed a petition to Costa Rican embassies and consulates calling for the arrest and co...
- Colour-banding may help save forest owletsAs many as 25 pairs of the critically endangered forest owlet , which is endemic to India, will be colour-banded to study their distributio...
- Dolphin numbers take a dipThe number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika has dropped to 145 from an estimated 156 last year and 158 in 2010, according to the latest cen...
- Essar Steel Orissa Ltd charged with green violationThough ESOL obtained environmental clearance on May 29, 2008, there is no CRZ clearance which is mandatory since the area comes under CRZ z...
- Simlipal launches foundation to boost tiger conservationThe Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), on the lines of the Corbett, Ranthambhore and Bandipur tiger reserves, has launched the Simlipal Tiger Co...
- Needed: Rapid rescue teams for leopardsExperts say trained teams and a set of dos and don'ts are a must to save big cats that stray into towns & villages.
- No of elephants rise in Orissa by 24 in last three years, experts dispute official figureEven as the forest department claimed increase in the number of elephants by 24 in the last three years in Orissa.
- Oil spill cleaned at Rushikulya beach, no threat to TurtlesThe authorities have been able to clean almost 100% of the furnace oil that leaked from a ship two km off the Gopalpur port in south Orissa...
- Forest cover increases in Orissa by 100 sq kmForest cover has increased by 100 square kilometers (sq kms) during 2005-07 thanks to pro-active Village Forest Protection Committees (VFPC...
- Vedanta row, BJP sees danger to wildlifeThe opposition BJP voiced concern about the fate of eco-fragile sensitive zone around Balukhand-Konark sanctuary, located barely few meters...
- 69 leopards dead in eight weeksIndia's leopard count has gone down by 69 in past eight weeks, with many poisoned, ensnared in traps, killed in accidents or became victims...
- Petitions pile up against Forest ActThe UPA government, already floundering for a strategy to counter a concerted legal attack against its flagship Forest Rights Act, has been...
- Over 5,000 turtles killed in Orissa since '07A large number of rare Olive Ridley Turtles were killed and their carcasses found scattered on the beaches from Chilika lake to Paradip por...
- Illegal mongoose trade continues in OrissaIllegal trade in mongoose is continuing unabated in Orissa with sixteen of them being seized from a fair last week, a wildlife activist sai...
- PIL challenges validity of Forest ActA plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act aimed at giving land rights to traditional forest dwellers, has bee...
- Olive ridley turtles dying due to negligenceA wildlife activist has alleged that a large number of endangered turtles have died on the beaches due to govt's failure to curb marine fis...
- Brand Turtle: Gathered momentumIt's a smart strategy for the brand-and it's all for a good cause. Kolkata-based apparel maker Turtle has engaged with the World Wildlife F...
- More birds visited Chilika this yearThe improved habitat and protection measures at the Chilika lake has attracted more winged guests to the country's largest brackish water l...
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