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Ghost ship no more: Coast Guard contractor hauls derelict minesweeper from San Joaquin deltaA 140-foot derelict minesweeper, HMCS Chaleur, was successfully removed from California’s San Joaquin Delta by a Coast Guard contractor. En...
Centre, state funds inadequate for mitigation work against wild animal attacks: Priyanka GandhiPriyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress MP from Wayanad, promised to address the inadequate funds for mitigating wild animal attacks in Kerala. She...
Sylvester Stallone’s Floating Barrier Proposal: Everything we know so farSylvester Stallone's proposal to install a floating barrier near his Palm Beach estate has upset neighbors. Critics argue the project jeopa...
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to have sniffer dog squad soonTraffic India, a branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) which oversees wildlife crime matters, has arranged the sniffer dog squads.
Parliament passes a historic Bill to increase green cover and protect wildlife in IndiaA much awaited Bill, meant for unlocking over Rs 42,000 crore fund for compensatory afforestation and wildlife protection, was passed by th...
Lok Sabha passes Bill to unlock over Rs 40,000 crore for increasing forest cover in IndiaThe Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed the much awaited Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill, 2015 that aims to ensure expeditio...
- In Pinjore, dwindling vultures get a cautious, fighting chance
A narrow road off the Chandigarh-Shimla highway leads to Jatayu Vulture Breeding Centre in Pinjore, Haryana.
Rs 40,000 crore fund soon for compensatory afforestation: Prakash JavadekarA huge fund of Rs 40,000 crore will soon be available for compensatory afforestation all over the country.
- Rs 40,000 cr fund soon for compensatory afforestation: Prakash Javadekar
Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that government has planned to bring the Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF)...
Villagers to monitor Kaziranga animal movement during floodConservationists have hit upon a novel plan to monitor the movement of wildlife from Kaziranga National Park to nearby human habitations du...
- Villagers to monitor Kaziranga animal movement during flood
The Wildlife Trust of India and the Elephant Family, two environmental organisations, have engaged young volunteers from nearby villages to...
Solar lights change lives of Sunderbans residentsApart from helping in reducing man-animal conflict, the solar lights have also helped in improving the socio-economic conditions of the are...
- After MP, study on Forest Owlets to start in state
Researchers studying the critically endangered Forest Owlet in Madhya Pradesh hope to start a similar project in Maharashtra's Melghat tige...
- Over 1,30,000 people call for justice after murder of Costa Rican turtle defender
More than 130,000 individuals from 150 nations have signed a petition to Costa Rican embassies and consulates calling for the arrest and co...
Labour of love: Mainao the rhino gives birth to calfMainao, the first rhino to set foot in Manas National Park after all the one-horned pachyderms were wiped out by poachers during the height...
- Zoos no longer safe haven for animals?
The attack by a pack of stray dogs led to the death of 31 blackbucks at Kanpur zoo on early Sunday.
Apex wildlife panel to have say only over parks, tiger reservesThe NBWL is the apex wildlife body headed by the PM. Under various provisions and Supreme Court orders, development projects falling in des...
- Goodwill hunting: Why does the buck have to stop here?
The gaur have been trying to cross the highway for a while now. They stand in an alert huddle, their dark coats gleaming in the headlights ...
- MP yet to sign tripartite pact for tiger conservation
Except Madhya Pradesh, all the tiger-range states have signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and sanctuaries on big cat conservatio...
- SC allows GAIL to lay RLNG pipeline
The Supreme Court has allowed public sector GAIL (India) Ltd to lay a pipeline for transportation of natural gas to a power project that wi...