Australia permits dredge dumping near Great Barrier Reef for major coal port

MELBOURNE: Australia's Great Barrier Reef watchdog gave the green light on Friday for millions of cubic metres of dredged mud to be dumped near the fragile reef to create the world's biggest coal port and possibly unlock $28 billion in coal projects.The...

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200,000 hectares forest land diverted in four years: Sunita Narain

SHIMLA: Over 8,000 projects, involving a diversion of 200,000 hectares of forest land, have been cleared by the central government in four years and this was double the clearances given in three decades, environmentalist Sunita Narain said here on Friday."Between...

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Climate change taking toll on penguins, study finds

Life has never been easy for just-hatched Magellanic penguins, but climate change is making it worse, according to a decades-long study of the largest breeding colony of the birds.The chicks are already vulnerable to predation and starvation. Now, the...

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Antarctica's collapsing ice shelves may disappear in 200 years

LONDON: A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover, a new study has warned.Their collapse would enhance the discharge of ice into the oceans and...

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Bird watching at Gorewada promises to be thrilling experience

NAGPUR: Gorewada lake has a long history, it was developed to provide water to the city of Nagpur, then a small settlement of about one lakh people, in 1912. Little did the people or administrators know then that it will, one day, become a birdwatching...

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Nasa technology to reveal ice melting impact on climate

WASHINGTON: A new laser-based technology from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) holds promise to tell how the melting of earth's frozen regions may affect our climate.This opens a new vista for researchers to better track the melting...

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Environmentalists prepare list of endangered species

MUMBAI: Even as conservation efforts at various levels continue to show hope for the future, the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Birds (2013) shows that fifteen bird species in India continue to be Critically...

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SC stays environment ministry's move to allow mining without green nod

NEW DELHI: In what could halt many mining activities, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a ministry of environment and forests notification permitting mining in forest areas for two years without clearances under Forest Conservation Act and Environment...

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve tiger census enters final phase

Chandrapur: The tiger estimation census for year 2013-14 in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) entered its final phase with authorities launching the camera trapping exercise in the core and buffer area of the park on Saturday. Visual identification...

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Humans shaped southeast Asia's rain forests from 11,000 years ago

LONDON: The tropical forests of southeast Asia have been shaped by humans for the last 11,000 years, according to new research.Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast (Northern Ireland), have discarded theories that the rainforests of Borneo, Sumatra,...

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve tiger census enters final phase

Chandrapur: The tiger estimation census for year 2013-14 in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) entered its final phase with authorities launching the camera trapping exercise in the core and buffer area of the park on Saturday. Visual identification...

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Humans shaped southeast Asia's rain forests from 11,000 years ago

LONDON: The tropical forests of southeast Asia have been shaped by humans for the last 11,000 years, according to new research.Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast (Northern Ireland), have discarded theories that the rainforests of Borneo, Sumatra,...

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Made-in-China pollution wafts across Pacific to US

BEIJING: Pollution from China travels in large quantities across the Pacific Ocean to the US, a new study has found, making environmental and health problems unexpected side effects of US demand for cheap China-manufactured goods.On some days, acid rain-inducing...

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Snow leopards in Spiti valley to be radio collared

SHIMLA: Satellite-linked collars will be soon fitted on snow leopards in the tribal Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh to get a deeper understanding of the behaviour of the endangered cat.Half a dozen snow leopards would be fitted with radio-collars around...

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Chandoli National Park free of human interference, almost

KOLHAPUR: The forest department has over the years managed to curb human interference in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), particularly in the Chandoli National Park. Male, Kolpe, Patarpunj and Kundalapur are the only four villages with a habitation...

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25% of sharks and rays at high risk of extinction

WASHINGTON: A new assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has revealed that a quarter of the world's sharks and rays are at risk of extinction.The latest update to the IUCN's "Red List" of threatened species, which found...

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Odisha asks officials to ensure plastic national flags are not used

NEW DELHI: Taking the lead in heeding the Centre's advice backed by concerns expressed by environmentalists and a court order, the Odisha government has issued directions to district authorities to ensure that no plastic tri-colour is used during celebration...

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Solar power to light up Arunachal hill station; help wildlife conservation

ITANAGAR: The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) in collaboration with Arunachal Pradesh environment and forest department distributed solar energy equipment to 25,000 households in Mayudia to meet power crisis in the village.The distribution, WTI officials...

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Flamingo population increases in Rajasthan: Report

JAIPUR: It's good news for environmentalists and bird lovers, particularly in the state and the general as a whole. The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) has counted 1,300 greater flamingos and 1,800 lesser flamingos so far in the wetlands of Gudha Jhapong...

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Odisha asks officials to ensure plastic national flags are not used

NEW DELHI: Taking the lead in heeding the Centre's advice backed by concerns expressed by environmentalists and a court order, the Odisha government has issued directions to district authorities to ensure that no plastic tri-colour is used during celebration...

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Argentina: 10 injured in carnivorous fish attack

BUENOS AIRES: Attacks by a school of carnivorous fish have injured at least 10 people bathing in an Argentine river since Thursday.The attacks took place in the Parana River in Rosario some 300 kilometers (186 miles) northeast of Buenos Aires. Seventy...

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India, UAE to cooperate for solar, wind energy

NEW DELHI: India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement to enhance cooperation in renewable energy, especially in the areas of solar and wind power.India's minister of new and renewable energy Farooq Abdullah and Sultan Ahmed Al...

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UN panel says next 15 years vital for taming warming

PARIS: The next 15 years will be vital in determining whether global warming can be limited to 2 degrees celsius by 2100, with energy and transport presenting the heftiest challenges, according to a draft UN report."Delaying mitigation through 2030 will...

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Poachers kill 25 migratory birds in Chilika Lake, 2 held

BHUBANESWAR: Despite security cover over migratory birds at Chilika lake, about 80 kilometre from here, poachers have killed at least 25 of the species from Nalabana bird sanctuary area.Forest officials seized 25 dead migratory birds and arrested two...

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World's oldest Royal Bengal tiger dies at 26

KANPUR: Guddu, 26, said to be world's oldest living tiger in a captive environment, was given a tearful adieu here on Thursday. The Royal Bengal tiger, who had been brought to the Kanpur Zoo in 2001 from Chandigarh when he was 13, died of cardiac arrest...

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Over 1,000 rhinos poached in 2013, South Africa says

JOHANNESBURG: More than 1,000 rhinos were poached in South Africa last year, a 50 percent increase from 2012, fuelled by the black-market demand for their horns, the government said on Friday."The total number of rhino poached in South Africa during...

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Drop in number of migratory birds visiting Chilika

BERHAMPUR (ODISHA): The arrival of winged visitors to Chilika Lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, has dropped this season with 1.58 lakh fewer migratory birds sighted than the previous season.Ornithologists said the number of birds had...

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India scrambles to save tigers from deadly virus

NEW DELHI: India is scrambling to protect its beleaguered tiger population after several big cats tested positive for a virus common among dogs but deadly to other carnivores, experts said.In the last year, canine distemper virus has killed at least...

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Drop in number of migratory birds visiting Chilika

BERHAMPUR (ODISHA): The arrival of winged visitors to Chilika Lake, the biggest waterfowl habitat in the country, has dropped this season with 1.58 lakh fewer migratory birds sighted than the previous season.Ornithologists said the number of birds had...

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India scrambles to save tigers from deadly virus

NEW DELHI: India is scrambling to protect its beleaguered tiger population after several big cats tested positive for a virus common among dogs but deadly to other carnivores, experts said.In the last year, canine distemper virus has killed at least...

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Tiger, leopard poaching cases pending for 40 years in MP courts

BHOPAL: Fifty-three cases of tiger poaching and 160 cases of killing of leopard are being tried in various courts in Madhya Pradesh, some for over four decades.A case of tiger death registered on May 17, 1975 in Kanha National Park in Mandla district...

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After tigers now it is time to count birds in Karnataka

MYSORE: Why only tigers even birds which form part of the wild life ecosystem seems to be as important as other wild animals for the forest department officials. This is the reason which has prompted them to take up the census of birds in Cauvery wild...

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Counting of tigers to begin in Terai region

BAHRAICH: The population of tigers in the Terai region will be revealed by the end of 2014. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the plan to count tigers and preparations have begun in Uttarakhand.Earlier, counting of tigers...

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Environment ministry told to probe pollution in Ganga

VARANASI: The Union environment ministry has been asked by the PMO to probe the reasons behind increasing pollution in river Ganga, taking note of a complaint by an environmental scientist. "The PMO has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests...

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In 2013, country lost 48 tigers to poachers

BAHRAICH: The country lost 63 tigers in 2013 with Karnataka alone losing 16 big cats. The data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority states that poachers accounted for the death of 48 tigers in different parts of the country last year....

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31 large carnivores declining across the world

NEW DELHI: Large predators such as lions, bears, wolves, dingoes and otters are declining across the world driven by habitat loss, persecution by humans and loss of prey, an analysis of 31 large carnivore species published today in the journal Science...

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'Exceptionally rare' conjoined whales found in Mexico

LA PAZ (Mexico): Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as "exceptionally rare."The four-meter (13-foot) long siamese whales were dead when they...

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Solar energy to power iconic Vegas welcome sign

LAS VEGAS: Officials in Las Vegas are harnessing the power of the sun to light the city's iconic welcome sign.Elected officials and project leaders flipped a switch on Wednesday linking solar panels on 25-foot (7.62-meter) towers to the glittering neon...

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160 bird species identified in Ahmedabad Bird Race

AHMEDABAD: The ornithologists as a part of the annual Bird Race event organized jointly by Natural Heritage Conservation Society (NHCS) - Gandhinagar and international bank identified only 160 birds species in and around Ahmedabad city.Last year the...

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Scientists to study climate change impact in Sunderbans

KOLKATA: Researchers from India, Britain and Bangladesh are studying the impact of climate change on livelihoods of those living in Sunderbans mangroves, the world's largest mangrove forests.More than two-thirds of the forest lies in Bangladesh, the...

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Supreme Court wants regulator for environmental clearances of projects

NEW DELHI: In a major blow to the Centre's election year decision to speed up environmental clearance to long pending projects, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the government to appoint a national regulator which would take up comprehensive environmental...

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160 bird species identified in Ahmedabad Bird Race

AHMEDABAD: The ornithologists as a part of the annual Bird Race event organized jointly by Natural Heritage Conservation Society (NHCS) - Gandhinagar and international bank identified only 160 birds species in and around Ahmedabad city.Last year the...

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Fewer migratory birds visit Delhi

NEW DELHI: The cold may be making many of us uncomfortable, but currently, the capital is a warm stopover for thousands of stunning migratory birds. Biodiversity parks and wetlands are seeing a surge in the number of birds that began their journeys from...

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