April 13, 2021
Manas Gets 2 More Rhinos
Two adult greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), a female and a male, were translocated from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary to Manas National Park in Assam today.
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April 08, 2021
Two Indians Win The 2021 International Ranger Awards
The very first winners of the 2021 International Ranger Awards, presented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), were announced on April 7, in a virtual ceremony hosted online.
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March 27, 2021
The many ways of understanding biodiversity
Biodiversity is usually defined in a scientific and technical way, with a prominent focus on species.
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February 28, 2021
Studying human-wildlife interactions: Why we need to look beyond conflict
Researchers discuss the challenges in studying human-wildlife coexistence and the way forward.
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February 24, 2021
Human death and injury are the dominant cost of human-wildlife conflict in India
Scientists from the University of British Columbia (Canada), the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS India), highlight the significant human cost in the valuation of the damage incurred from conflict with wildlife in India.
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February 22, 2021
Cyprus activists: Hunters'' lead pellets threaten flamingos
Conservationists in Cyprus are urging authorities to expand a hunting ban throughout a coastal salt lake network amid concerns that migrating flamingos could potentially swallow lethal quantities of lead shotgun pellets.
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February 03, 2021
On World Wetlands Day India gets its first Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management.
On the occasion of the World Wetland Day and as a part of its commitment towards conservation, restoration and management of India’s wetlands, the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Sh. Babul Supriyo today announced the establis
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January 31, 2021
Wildlife Trafficking Syndicates Busted in J&K
In an unprecedented intelligence operation of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), New Delhi, two epicenters of illegal wildlife poaching and trade were identified in Anantnag area of Srinagar valley and Manwal in the Jammu region.
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January 29, 2021
National Marine Turtle Action Plan launched.
Considering the need to have a conservation paradigm for marine mega fauna and marine turtles, the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has released ‘Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Guidelines’ and ‘National Marine Turtle Action Plan’
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January 22, 2021
HC directs SPCA to take custody of hippo confined with Asiad Circus management
The Delhi High Court Friday directed the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (SPCA) to immediately take the 9-year-old hippopotamus who has been illegally kept by the Asiad Circus management and place it in the zoo.
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