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With poachers killing a forest department official in Odisha's Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district, the Centre has rushed a team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to support the state machinery, official sources said. Poachers gunned down a forester identified as Mathi Hansad (40) while he was patrolling along with five other staff near Gamchacharan under Upper

Tigers under Threat: Startling Surge in Fatalities Sends Tremors through Indias Wildlife Conservation Efforts A startling surge in tiger deaths has reverberated through the hearts of wildlife enthusiasts across the country, sending tremors through Indias efforts in wildlife conservation. In a

The recent spike in tiger deaths across the country has sent shockwaves among wildlife enthusiasts. Within just nine days in June, at least seven tigers have lost their lives, with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh each reporting two deaths, and Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, and Madhya Pradesh recording one

Except for Haryana, no other state agreed to greenlight the trials. Following this, the GEAC asked the other states why they had said no to it. This is what has drawn criticism from the activists.

The 219-km strategic Pathankot-Mandi road-widening project, linking Pathankot with Leh, has been delayed by over three years due to lack of environmental clearance. Though the work on the first phase is going on, the remaining four phases are stuck due to the lack of green clearance.

India’s Kuno National Park was to accommodate 21 cheetahs but its management now says Kuno can house only around 10 of the 20 cheetahs translocated to India

Renowned environmental activist and former Indian Forest Service officer Manoj Misra breathed his last at 12.40 pm on Sunday, leaving behind a legacy of battles fought to safeguard precious forests and rivers. He was 68. Misra, who tested positive for COVID-19 on April 8, was undergoing treatment

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India's cheetah project is progressing well beyond the initial projections made before the animals were translocated, said Namibia-based Cheetah Conservation Fund which is helping the Indian government reintroduce the animals in the country.

The decision comes even though six of them, including three born in India, have died in less than two months in the wildlife sanctuary.