User: indiatogether Topic: Environment
Category: Biodiversity :: Protection :: Conservation Efforts
Last updated: May 18 2013 12:39 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Countries submit action plans to combat trade in elephant ivory (Cached) 18.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New York, May 18 : Eight countries identified as being the most affected by the illegal trade in elephant ivory have submitted national action plans to the United Nations-backed treaty for the conservation of endangered species containing measures to combat the scourge.
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'Rampant development may spell doom for Western Ghats' (Cached) 18.5.2013 TOI: Goa
'Rampant development may spell doom for Western Ghats'
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Raj Govt to notify four more conservation reserves 17.5.2013 Latest News
The Rajasthan government today decided to notify four more conservation reserves and extending areas of tiger reserves in Ranthambore and Sariska. Mokhla (Jaisalmer), Jeen Mata forest area (Sikar), Mansa Mata forest area (Jhunjhunu) and Grass Farm ...
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Tibet has China's largest proportion of nature reserves 17.5.2013 Latest News
With 61 nature reserves spread across a total land area of 410,000 square meters, the Tibet region has China's largest proportion of such habitat, a forestry official said today. The reserves established across a total land area of 410,000 square ...
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Tibet has China`s largest proportion of nature reserves (Cached) 17.5.2013 Zee News : Science and Technology
With 61 nature reserves spread across a total land area of 410,000 square meters, the Tibet region has China`s largest proportion of such habitat, a forestry official said today.
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Tibet has most of China`s nature reserves (Cached) 17.5.2013 Zee News : World
With 61 nature reserves spread across a total land area of 410,000 square meters, the Tibet region has China`s largest proportion of such habitat, a forestry official said on Friday.
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Dredging, illegal fishing hurting dolphin numbers (Cached) 17.5.2013 TOI: All Headlines
Dredging, illegal fishing hurting dolphin numbers
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China approves environment assessment of ‘tallest dam’ 17.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
China approves environment assessment of ‘tallest dam’
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MNHS to take nature enthusiasts out on a walk around Kottuli 17.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
MNHS to take nature enthusiasts out on a walk around Kottuli
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Win for wetland warriors (Cached) 17.5.2013 TOI: Calcutta Times
Win for wetland warriors
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China approves environment assessment of ‘tallest dam’ 17.5.2013 Hindu: S & T
Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of envi...
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China's environment ministry cautions govt over tallest dam 16.5.2013 Latest News
China's Environment Ministry today cautioned the government over the construction of the country's tallest hydro power dam in the quake-prone Sichuan province, saying it will affect the flora and fauna. The USD 4.42 billion Shuangjiangkou ...
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Wild tiger to remain in Nandankanan for now 16.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Wild tiger to remain in Nandankanan for now
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Green complex in the pink city 16.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Green complex in the pink city
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China`s environment ministry cautions govt over tallest dam (Cached) 16.5.2013 Zee News : World
China`s Environment Ministry on Thursday cautioned the government over the construction of the country`s tallest hydro power dam in the quake-prone Sichuan province, saying it will affect the flora and fauna.
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Changing beach morphology posing big threat to ecosystem 16.5.2013 Hindu: Visakhapatnam
‘Olive Ridley turtles, horseshoe are facing a threat due to lack of enforcement of laws’
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Methods of exploration and conservation need an urgent upgradation 15.5.2013 Financial Chronicle
Centuries ago, when we started to understand the world around us, curiosity made us explore many wonders, including birds, animals, small creatures and the plant world. In the pre-Independence years, pioneering work was done by the British civil servant and ornithologist, AO Hume. He gathered data on as many as 82,000 bird species at a time when very little was known about the avian world. Not just that, he discovered almost 100 different bird species for the world, which is why we call him the father of Indian ornithology. However, that was a different era and specimen collection was important for science. But some institutes, museums and individuals are still collecting specimens as was done centuries ago. Which leads to the concern that these repeated collections may adversely affect the populations of rare species, especially in certain reptiles and orchids. These rare species go to natural history collections and scientists. As a consequence, this rarity-fuelled demand may reduce the numbers, ...
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Endangered vulture species sighted in Dindigul 15.5.2013 The Hindu: Today's Paper
Endangered vulture species sighted in Dindigul
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KSBB moots heritage status for mangroves 15.5.2013 Hindu: National
The mangroves at Kalassamala and Ashramom are home to Syzygium travancoricum, a tree endemic to Kerala.
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'Nobody is snatching away the lions from Gujarat' (Cached) 15.5.2013 Rediff: News
'Some fear that Gujarat's tourism potential will be lost. That's wrong. Gujarat has such wonderful places. And they have developed such a wonderful system of tourism for the Asiatic lion. That will continue.' Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel discusses the April 15 Supreme Court order -- where a pride or two of lions will move from the Gir forest in Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh, with Dr Asad R Rahmani, director, Bombay Natural History Society.
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