Tigers Sighted In New Forest Regions Of Odisha

The Royal Bengal Tiger has been sighted in 3 new forest regions of Odisha. This was announced by the State Forest and Environment Ministry, Bijayashree Routray. Mr. Routray said that movement of tigers captured by closed-circuit television cameras installed at the Hemgiri forest in Sundargarh and Debrigarh sanctuaries in Sambalpur districts was direct evidence of […]

5 Year National Action Plan Announced to Conserve Migratory Birds

Chilika, Bharatpur, Point Calimere-India’s premier hotspots for migratory birds are also some of its most attractive tourist destinations, besides being magnificent storehouses of biodiversity. Pollution, habitat destruction, hunting and climate change have all put these habitats under threat. However, with India rolling out a new five-year national action plan, known as the “National Action Plan […]

Rajasthan gets Drones and Cameras for Wildlife Monitoring

The state of Rajasthan is installing an advanced surveillance mechanism which includes drones and thermal cameras to curb the menace of poaching and other anti-wildlife activities in an attempt to protect its wildlife and forests. This includes over 9% of the state’s geographical area and include biodiversity-rich national parks like Ranthambore and Sariska. This surveillance […]

A Year Back Into Nature

“The extinction of wildlife would likely be caused not just by the greed of poachers, but equally by the rapacity of developers,” writes Prerna Singh Bindra in her book The Vanishing: India’s Wildlife Crisis. The year 2017 has given ample proof of both – the remorseless operations of the merchants of wildlife who will sell […]

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