Can’t send lions to gun country: IUCN norms

AHMEDABAD: If guidelines of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) are anything to go by, Gir's lions can't be translocated to the Kuno-Palpur forest in Madhya Pradesh. One of the world's oldest, largest and respected global environmental...

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Plants moderate climate warming: Study

LONDON: As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to a new study.Researchers from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Helsinki, Finland identified...

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Odisha to formulate a new policy to avoid elephant deaths

PTI Apr 26, 2013, 08.56PM IST BHUBANESWAR: With elephant deaths taking place at regular intervals, the Odisha government has decided to formulate new policy in order to protect jumbos from electrocution and other accidents, official sources...

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Lion safari project caught in Centre-UP govt logjam

LUCKNOW: The ambitious lion safari project of UP government appears to be the latest casualty of strained relations between the state and the Centre, with the latter delaying green signal to it. To end the logjam, chief minister Akhliesh Yadav has written...

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Whales display human-like ability to learn from each other

LONDON: Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has found.A team of researchers, led by the University of St Andrews discovered that a new feeding technique has spread to 40 per cent of a...

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Modi orders strong review petition to keep lions in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Stung by criticism and protests within Gujarat over losing the lion transfer case against Madhya Pradesh in the Supreme Court, chief minister Narendra Modi took control over the matter at a meeting of the State Board for Wildlife, which he...

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Greenpeace launches Arctic 'whistleblower' site for oil workers

Reuters Apr 24, 2013, 06.06PM IST (Greenpeace wants governments…) OSLO: Environmental group Greenpeace launched a website on Wednesday seeking to attract whistleblowers from within oil companies to reveal risks with drilling for oil and...

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Gujarat will have to keep sending its lions to Madhya Pradesh

AHMEDABAD: The State Board of Wildlife is meeting on Thursday to prepare a strong review petition to be filed in the Supreme Court shortly to oppose the decision earlier this month to shift some Gir lions to Palpur Kuno sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.Studying...

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‘Take your ads off trees or face legal action’

NEW DELHI: Using a tree as a free display board can have you prosecuted now. Taking note of a Times of India article titled "Ads nail city's greens" that was published on April 22, a five-member bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar has asked...

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Greenpeace launches Arctic 'whistleblower' site for oil workers

OSLO: Environmental group Greenpeace launched a website on Wednesday seeking to attract whistleblowers from within oil companies to reveal risks with drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic.Greenpeace wants governments to ban oil and gas firms from the...

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3,000-year-old skeletons found in Indonesian cave

MELBOURNE: Archaeologists have discovered remains of 66 humans dating back to 3000 years in a cave in Sumatra island of Indonesia. The team which excavated the Harimau or Tiger Cave also found the first example of rock art in Sumatra besides the discovery...

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CM Vijay Bahuguna opposes Centre's decision on eco-sensitive zone near Bhagirathi river

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today strongly opposed the Centre's recent notification declaring a vast stretch of land from Gaumukh to Uttarkashi on either side of the Bhagirathi river as an eco-sensitive zone, saying it would adversely...

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Nine districts in Arunachal Pradesh identified for rubber cultivation

ITANAGAR: The Rubber Board of India has identified nine districts in Arunachal Pradesh for rubber cultivation.Rubber Board chairman Sheela Thomas said that the nine districts of East and West Siang, Papum Pare, East Kameng, Lohit, Lower Dibang Valley,...

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20th century warmest in 1400 years: Study

MELBOURNE: Global warming over the 20th century has produced the hottest global average temperatures in 1400 years, a major scientific study has found. Scientists have found that the period between 1971-2000 was warmer than any other time in nearly...

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'Human assisted dispersal' of lions a good move: Bombay Natural Hisotry Society

MUMBAI: The Supreme Court of India's recent judgment permitting translocation of some of the endangered Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir National Park to Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh is considered to be a good and essential step for...

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Being vegetarian is the only way to save the planet: Maneka Gandhi

Barkha Mathur, TNN Apr 20, 2013, 05.20PM IST ("There is an urgent need…) Holding responsible the many fallacies that are associated with a vegetarian diet for the rise in the number of meat eaters, Maneka Gandhi, the founder of People...

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Unruly nilgais on dangerous bull run

NEW DELHI: Gujarat is still smarting over the loss of some of its Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh. But many states would gladly give away an animal whose burgeoning population is causing havoc in farms, airforce stations and on national highways — the blue...

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Being vegetarian is the only way to save the planet: Maneka Gandhi

Holding responsible the many fallacies that are associated with a vegetarian diet for the rise in the number of meat eaters, Maneka Gandhi, the founder of People for Animals, said that even medical practitioners were not aware of how well a vegetarian...

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Ban on night stay at Bhitarkanika National Park removed

KENDRAPARA, Odisha: The ban on night stay of tourists at the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha, which led to a decline in footfall of Indian and foreign visitors, has been withdrawn.The fall in number of visitors to the internationally acclaimed wetland...

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Fishes found dead in historic temple pond

HAJO: Twenty-seven more fishes were found floating today in the Vishnupushkar Sarobar pond in the historic Hayagriva Madhab temple here in Assam's Kamrup (rural) district taking the number of dead fish recovered from the pond to 85 since yesterday.The...

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Saving Arunachal Pradesh's hornbills shortlisted for Green Oscars

LONDON: A project to save the hornbills of Arunachal Pradesh has been short-listed for the Green Oscars.London based Whitley fund for nature on Thursday announced the shortlist of seven finalists for the Whitley awards, a prestigious annual international...

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Environmentalists protest shark fishing in Nicaragua

MANAGUA: An environmental group is calling for a greater government presence in Nicaragua's Caribbean waters following the discovery of a boat with dozens of dead sharks aboard in Little Corn Island.Complaints have been filed with the Environment and...

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Ecology and evolution are intertwined, say researchers

LONDON: Overturning the common assumption that evolution occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years, researchers have found significant genetically-transmitted changes in laboratory populations of soil mites in just 15 generations, leading...

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Climate talks slow, individual nations must take action: PM

NEW DELHI: Voicing concern over "painfully slow" progress in climate talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said the goal of stabilizing global temperatures was "nowhere in sight" and pitched for individual countries to take action to increase...

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Dry weather affects rubber plants in northeast India

AGARTALA: Immature rubber plants of two-four years are drying up in India's northeastern region owing to prolonged dry weather, leaving the growers worried about their produce, an official said here on Tuesday.The symptoms begin with yellowing of leaves...

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Endangered Sumatran elephant born in captivity

CISARUA, Indonesia: A baby Sumatran elephant peeps out timidly from between the legs of its mother at an Indonesian zoo, where its birth has given a boost to the critically endangered animal.Kartini, named after the country's most celebrated feminist,...

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Govt to soon fix green norms for SEZs, realty sector, roads

NEW DELHI: The environment ministry is likely to decide on a second set of key changes in green norms meant for SEZs, roads and the real estate sector, especially multi-storey buildings, next week. The committee it had formed on easing green regulations...

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Antarctic summer ice melting 10 times faster: Study

SYDNEY:Summer ice in the Antarctic is melting 10 times quicker than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the last 50 years, a joint Australian-British study showed Monday.A research team from the Australian National University...

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Feathered friends of India now homeward bound

SHIMLA: They still take the traditional Silk Route. Only, unlike ancient traders and travellers, they take wings.The feathered guests that descend on various waterbodies across India with the onset of winter, after crossing national and international...

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Secret population of rare orangutans discovered

NEW YORK: Researchers have discovered a population of 200 of the world's rarest orangutans hiding in the forests of Indonesia.The previously unknown population was spotted by conservationists near the 140 square kilometres Batang park in the island of...

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Rhino killed in Kaziranga, horn chopped off

JORHAT: Kaziranga National Park lost another rhino to poachers on Friday. Poachers killed the rhino and chopped off its horn in the Agoratoli forest range of the park. Forest staff found the carcass at a place between Pahumari and Rongamotia anti-poaching...

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Even animals indulge in self-medication

WASHINGTON: Animal pharmacists! The practice of self-medication in animal is lot more widespread than previously thought, according to new research.Animals use medications to treat various ailments through both learned and innate behaviours, researchers...

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Shanghai seizes 6,000 tonnes of foreign waste

SHANGHAI: A staggering 6,000 tonnes of waste tailings have been seized in China's Shanghai city during a crackdown on illegally imported garbage last month, officials said.Officials have detected excessive amounts of arsenic and cadmium from the tailings,...

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Oxford Book Store to promote rhino conservation

NEW DELHI: To spread awareness about the conservation of one-horned rhinos and its habitat in Assam, Oxford Book Store has tied up with the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF).They will enroll customers of the bookstore and Cha Bar in the cause of conservation...

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Pollution levels dipped since mining closure in Goa: Data

PANAJI: Pollution levels in the iron ore belts of Goa dropped considerably after mining activity was banned in September last, bringing them within the permissible limits, according to the data placed before the Legislative Assembly.Citing the data measured...

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Industrial waste polluting Sundarbans ecosystem: Report

KOLKATA: Industries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans, home to 40 lakh people and the Royal Bengal Tiger, a latest study says. The research, conducted by a group of...

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More pollution means more air turbulence: Study

LONDON - Buckle up. Researchers say that more pollution is likely to mean bumpier flights for trans-Atlantic travelers, explaining that models show increased turbulence over the north Atlantic as carbon dioxide levels rise. University of East Anglia...

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Germany to give India euro 1 bn loan for green energy development

BERLIN: Germany will provide India a soft loan of euro 1 billion (Rs 71 billion) for strengthening the transmission system of renewable energy in several states, a top official said on Wednesday.The loan will be used for developing a " renewable energy...

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India use drones to protect rhinos from poachers

GUWAHATI: Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in Assam to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers.Security officers conducted flights of the unmanned aircraft over the Kaziranga National...

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Pakistan to be hardest hit by climate change: Dawn

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will be amongst the countries hardest hit by climate change, said a leading daily, warning that a disaster of enormous proportions is silently evolving in the mountains up north.An editorial in the Dawn on Tuesday said that away from...

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Lucknow zoo gets a pair of Asiatic lions from Rajkot zoo

LUCKNOW: Hir and Kuber joined the extended family of Lucknow Zoo on Sunday. The Asiatic lions were brought from Rajkot zoo via road in exchange of 40 animals from Lucknow Zoo. The two have been kept in the lion house at zoo. A team of Lucknow Zoo officers...

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Japan's Tepco may run out of space for radioactive water

TOKYO: Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Monday it does not have enough tank space should it need to move contaminated water from storage pits that started leaking over the weekend at its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.Two years...

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CBI takes up probe into rhino killings in Assam

GUWAHATI: The CBI has taken up investigation into the killings of rhinos in Assam, state Environment and Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said on Sunday. Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has sent a communication in this regard...

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Tulips in full bloom, over 45,000 tourists visit garden

SRINAGAR: More than 45,000 tourists have visited the Asia's largest Tulip Garden here since it was thrown open to public 10 days ago."The response so far has been very good as over 45,000 tourists have visited the garden since it was opened on March...

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Hand-reared rhino has a baby, a first for India

Forest officials in India have notched up a proud first. Nine years after she was rescued from the swirling flood waters of the Brahmaputra in Kaziranga national park, Ganga has become the first hand-reared one-horned rhino in the country to give birth...

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Hand-reared rhino has a baby, a first for India

Forest officials in India have notched up a proud first. Nine years after she was rescued from the swirling flood waters of the Brahmaputra in Kaziranga national park, Ganga has become the first hand-reared one-horned rhino in the country to give birth...

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​9 chinkaras beaten to death near Barmer

JAISALMER: In a bizarre incident near Barmer, as many as nine chinkaras were literally beaten to death by poachers who left their bodies stuffed in gunny bags and fled. The chinkara or the Indian gazelle is the state animal of Rajasthan and is an endangered...

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'Organic farming to usher in green revolution'

AMRITSAR: Laying stress on educating farmers to make right use of fertilizers and chemicals, Rajya Sabha MP and an acclaimed scientist, Professor MS Swaminathan said the wave of 'organic farming' will usher in the 'ever-green revolution' in country.He...

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Shellfish species disappears near Japan's crippled n-plant

IANS Apr 2, 2013, 12.29PM IST (File photo of the unit 1 reactor…) TOKYO: A species of shellfish "Thais clavigera" has disappeared in a 30-km coastal area near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japanese experts said. Researchers...

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Shellfish species disappears near Japan's crippled n-plant

TOKYO: A species of shellfish "Thais clavigera" has disappeared in a 30-km coastal area near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japanese experts said.Researchers from Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies and National Institute...

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Air pollution linked to 1.2 million premature deaths in China

BEIJING: Outdoor air pollution contributed to 1.2 million premature deaths in China in 2010, nearly 40 per cent of the global total, according to a new summary of data from a scientific study on leading causes of death worldwide.Figured another way,...

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Deserted elephant calves being sent to Jaldapara

JHARGRAM: Two elephant calves who were deserted by their herd near here two months ago were on their way on Sunday to Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal for being trained.Range officer, Jhargram range, Parthasarathy Tripathi said the two elephants,...

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