Wildlife Destruction

World Wildlife Day 2023: Spotlight on the role of business in conservation

This year's World Wildlife theme, 'Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation', celebrates all conservation efforts, right from inter-governmental initiatives, down to the local scale

Assam officials start drive to make Burachapori Sanctuary encroachment free

The district administration of Nagaon and Sonitpur has on Tuesday started a drive to free the Burachapori Wildlife Sanctuary from illegal encroachments

Large numbers of wild boars die in TN, MTR official suspects swine flu

The carcasses were burnt to prevent the further spread of the fever among the wild boars in the area

69% decline in wildlife populations worldwide since 1970: WWF report

Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69 per cent between 1970 and 2018, according to the WWF's Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022. Featuring almost 32,000 populations of 5,230 species, the Living Planet Index (LPI) provided in the report shows it is within tropical regions that monitored vertebrate wildlife populations are plummeting at a staggering rate. "Latin America and the Caribbean regions have seen the largest decline of monitored wildlife populations globally -- an average decline of 94 per cent during the period," the report said. Wildlife populations have dipped by 66 per cent in Africa and 55 per cent in Asia Pacific. Freshwater populations have declined by 83 per cent on average compared to other species groups, according to the report. The IUCN Red List shows cycads are the most threatened species, while corals are declining the fastest, followed by amphibians. Habitat loss and barriers to migration routes are responsible for about h

Govt plans to contest Supreme Court order on great Indian bustard

Solar power not cause of increased bird deaths, will be basis of state's argument

World Wildlife Day: VP, PM Modi stress on conservation of animals

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to ensure protection of animals and preserve forest and safe habitats for them

How the 'virtual' wild in our living rooms feeding us a utopian delusion

It is more common for nature videos to lift our spirits with magnificent sights than to try and shake us out of our complacency about the state of the environment

Scorched Earth: Uttarakhand's road to wildlife destruction

The second of a three-part series looks at the fallout of construction near wildlife habitats