Stay updated with breaking news from Forest Watcher. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
TNFUSRC Forest Watcher Marks has been released on the official website. Candidates who appeared for the Forest Watcher Exam need to visit the official website of Tamil Nadu Forest Uniformed Services Recruitment Committee to view the marks.
The rhinos are long gone, as are other large mammals like the now-extinct quagga and bluebuck. Conservationists are now fighting to preserve what remains of the renosterveld, South Africa’s most threatened ecosystem, from quiet destruction. Characterized by shrubs and grasses that are still home to diverse flowers, insects, birds and small mammals, the renosterveld (Afrikaans […]
Peru's indigenous tribes use tech tools to track Amazon deforestation By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, July 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Peruvian indigenous groups equipped with remote sensing technology and satellite-based alerts have been helping to track and report forest loss in the Amazon as drug trafficking fuels deforestation, research published on Monday showed. Members of nearly 40 indigenous communities in Peru's northern border region of Loreto were trained to use smartphone mapping apps that receive early deforestation alerts from satellite data in a project that started in 201...
The Maya Forest is the second-largest continuous rainforest in Latin America after the Amazon. And like so many other tropical forests around the world, it’s disappearing. Since 2000, the forest has shrunk by 15%. The good news is that there’s still a lot of forest left: the Maya Forest spans 35 million hectares of land sprawling across Belize, Guatemala, and southeastern Mexico. However, the size of the forest also makes it difficult for any one government agency or NGO to protect. It’s hard to overstate how important forests are. They’re a critical part of mitigating climate change,...