BANGKOK: Two men, one Thai and Vietnamese, were arrested on Wednesday after officials discovered they were hiding the bodies of two tigers and two leopards. The men have also been held in connection to the international illegal killing and smuggling of endangered species under international treaties signed by both Thailand and Malaysia, where the men [...]
Iconic French film star and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has asked German authorities to allow her to switch places with jailed Sea Shepherd Conservation Society chief Paul Watson, who was arrested and jailed in Germany. “I have always supported Paul Watson, my brother in arms,” she said in a statement. Watson, the Canadian national [...]
Goa (INDIA) A ruling parliamentarian from the Western Indian state of Goa has accused his own party’s government in the neighboring state of Maharashtra of allowing iron ore mining to run riot and pollute water-bodies in Goa. Speaking in the House of Elders on Wednesday Shantaram Naik said that “environment experts in Goa have expressed [...]
NEW DELHI: Climate change will denude and put under additional stress, the Himalayan forests, the Indian government fears. A federal government report has said that these Himalayan forests are already reeling under threats like excessive livestock grazing, over extraction and human impact. India’s Environment Minister, Jayanthi Natarajan released the country’s communiqué to the UN Framework [...]
Bird-watching, a popular hobby around the world, can present significant economic opportunities for countries through sustainable tourism, the United Nations environment agency said today, stressing that States should increase efforts to support this growing industry. “Birding plays a significant and growing part in the tourism industry, and creates direct and indirect economic benefits for many [...]
LAGOS: Strewn on the ground, their tusks ripped crudely from their bodies, over 200 elephants have been discovered murdered in Cameroon since the beginning of the year, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said. It revealed that the culprits were a group of Sudanese poachers, who slaughtered the elephants in the Bouba Ndjida National [...]
NEW DELHI: A green move to convert the petrol guzzling autos switch to the cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel has hit a roadblock less than four years after it was launched in the eastern metro city of Kolkata. Over 5,000 autos are yet to convert to LPG, but the transport department has barred purchase [...]
The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species today hailed the efforts of a Chinese organization that carried out two nationwide operations this year to successfully combat wildlife crime. The National Inter-Agency CITES Enforcement Collaboration Group (NICECG) of China was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Secretary-General of the Convention on International [...]
Twenty small island developing nations announced new actions to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty, as they wrapped up a sustainable energy conference organized by the United Nations and the government of Barbados. The “Barbados Declaration” calls for universal access to modern and affordable renewable energy services, while protecting the environment, ending poverty [...]
JAKARTA: Britain’s Morrissey has, in a letter, called on the Indonesian government to immediately close a zoo in Eastern Java known for its animal abuses. The zoo has seen hundreds of animals die and others disappear in mysterious circumstances in recent years, which has left the global animal rights community in a fury. The former [...]
NEW DELHI: India’s ambition to re-introduce the world’s fastest wild animal – Cheetah – into the Indian wilds suffered a major blow when the country’s highest judicial court, the Supreme Court of India, issued an injunction against the move. India’s Environment and Forest Ministry had mooted the proposal and earmarked $ 2.4 millon for the [...]
CAIRO: The Saudi Arabian government has announced an ambitious plan to boost solar power in the country, aiming to install 41 gigawatts of solar power by 2032, the governments of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy announced. According to the government, the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom is planning to place more focus on renewable [...]
Goa (INDIA): A ruling parliamentarian has accused the Indian Navy of repeatedly barring Christians from praying at a sacred chapel (a smaller place of worship for Christians) on the Anjediva island, a few hundred meters off the coast of the Western Indian state of Goa. Naik told India’s Upper House on Wednesday that the attitude [...]
NEW DELHI: Environment is set to get a boost from the most unlikely of places in the south Indian state of Kerala – Christian burial places. Kerala’s mainstream churches, impeded by hurdles to acquire land, including high real estate prices for the conventional cemeteries, have begun shifting to reusable graves and tombs that are environment-friendly. [...]
NEW DELHI: In a major boost to environmentalists in Himachal Pradesh, the North Indian state which hosts a large section of the picturesque Himalayan mountain range, a court imposed a $ 2 million fine and also cancelled the environmental clearance earlier granted to the cement factory of an industrial giant.. The order was passed by [...]
Fires along the southern Nepal border with India have devastated local forest ecosystems in both Nepal and India which has seen massive wildlife losses, officials in Kathmandu said. According to government officials, some 70 percent of Nepal’s Bardiya National Park has been consumed by fire in the past few days. “We are working around the [...]
NEW DELHI: The close to extinction Asiatic lion may be struggling to survive, but provincial governments of the two Indian States of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have launched a no-holds-barred battle for their custody in the country’s highest court. The Madhya Pradesh government which is seeking custody of at least one pride of the Asiatic [...]
NEW DELHI: A tame elephant ran amok at a Hindu religious festival, injuring over two dozen people in the South Indian state of Kerala. At least one of those injured is fighting death, according to a top police official. The elephant named Kalidasan, which was participating in a local festival known as Thrissur Pooram suddenly [...]
NEW DELHI: India’s federal government cracked the whip on States faltering on the country’s tiger conservation goals and asked them yesterday to step up efforts in deploying special forces for the protection of the endangered striped cat. India’s environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan yesterday confabulated with field directors of all Indian tiger reserves, where [...]
CAIRO: Egypt will host the council of African Water Ministers on May 14-18 to be attended by the water resources and irrigation ministers of the continent. In statements on Tuesday, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hesham Kandil, said Egypt was selected to chair the council of African water ministers for the coming two years. [...]
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