Bangkok: Exceptional efforts on the frontlines to stop environmental crime, including the illegal trade in wildlife and in plastic waste, have been recognized by the United Nations, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization with the presentation of
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Environmental Enforcement Awards recognize 8 winners on frontline of protecting our planet
Bangkok, 17 February 2021 – Exceptional efforts on the frontlines to stop environmental crime, including the illegal trade in wildlife and in plastic waste, have been recognized by the United Nations, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization with the presentation of the 5th Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards. The Awards are given annually for achievement in combatting transboundary environmental crime.
Winners have worked across multiple countries, made dozens of arrests, and seized hundreds of endangered species and thousands of tonnes of illegal waste worth millions of dollars. Recipients have been nominated for their contributions across the categories of impact, gender leadership, innovation, integrity and collaboration.
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Discovery of Hangul carcass in Dachigam Sanctuary fuels concerns over suspected poaching of Kashmir s iconic deer Along with the poaching of Hangul, leopards, bears, musk deer and other mammals, poaching of birds is also worrying wildlife lovers and experts in Kashmir. The Third Pole February 15, 2021 15:30:54 IST
By Athar Parvaiz
On 17 January, a group of young men out on a winter trek in the Dachigam Wildlife Sanctuary near Srinagar were stunned to see the carcass of a Hangul with bullet wounds in the Pehlipora area of the forest.
“We were shocked when we saw the dead Hangul. There were clear signs of a bullet injury on its body,” said one of the trekkers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “There was no footprint of a wild animal such as a leopard on the snow around that spot. It appeared that the Hangul fled from where it was shot and succumbed after covering so