One would assume that the recent floods of Kerala would be a good learning lesson for the nation to think twice before playing with nature. But yet again, the news of the state government of Uttar Pradesh planning to axe prime forest trees to build a road on the Indo-Nepal border, seems to show otherwise. […]
Eco Travel: Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttar Pradesh
A monthly focus on one of the many national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of India. The Indo-Nepal border in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh nurtures a beautiful jewel of nature, the Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, a sprawling Terai jungle riddled with verdant grasslands, marshy swamps and exciting wetlands brimming over with wildlife. Species to Watch […]
School Children to Get Wildlife Protection Training
Why is the forest important? What can children do to save wild cats like tigers and leopards? How can man-animal conflict be resolved peacefully? These are few of the questions that will be answered by forest department officials as they speak to school children living near the Suhelwa and Katarniaghat sanctuaries in Uttar Pradesh. Both sanctuaries are inhabited by tigers, leopards and other wonderfully creatures of the wild that need constant monitoring and protection.
Young Endangered Ghariyals set to be released into the Wild
The ghariyal rehabilitation centre at Kukrail in Uttar Pradesh is that rare glimmer of hope for a conservationist that assures that all is not wrong with conservation in India. 90 percent of the centre’s ghariyal hatchlings born in June have survived and those that were bred two years ago are now ready to be released into the wild.