Wildlife
Rajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes -Roundup of the week's news (October 15 - 21, 2012)
Posted on 22 Oct, 2012 05:39 PMRajasthan High Court orders strict action against those threatening Udaipur lakes
Comprehensive guidelines for tiger conservation and tourism as provided in the Wild Life Protection Act (1972)- A document by National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment and Forest
Posted on 19 Oct, 2012 04:17 PMThis document is a guideline provided by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, under the Ministry of Environment and Forest. These guidelines are to be followed for the conservation of tigers in buffer and core area of tiger reserves.
India’s economic policies are destroying biodiversity and livelihoods: Commitments under CBD are not being met, says a statement issued by Indian civil society organizations
Posted on 18 Oct, 2012 05:45 PMThe blind pursuit of economic growth is coming at massive costs, both to natural ecosystems and to hundreds of millions of ecosystem-dependent people, who are being affected by mining, dams, power plants, ports, industries, and other such projects.
Privatising the Commons- A book review in Economic and Political Weekly
Posted on 15 Oct, 2012 07:35 PMPublished in the Economic and Political Weekly, this article sheds light on the issue of privatising the natural resources, which are commonly shared by the rural people. These resources include forests, pasturelands, wastelands, coasts, lakes and rivers.
"Bandipur Tiger Reserve becomes India’s first to demarcate eco-sensitive zone”-Roundup of the week's news (8-14 October, 2012)
Posted on 15 Oct, 2012 02:42 PMBandipur Tiger Reserve becomes India’s first to demarcate eco-sensitive zone
Voices from the Waters - The International Film Festival organised at Bangalore from the from the 31st August 2012 to 2nd September 2012
Posted on 05 Oct, 2012 04:29 PMHistory has witnessed World War I and II; will there be a World War III? Indeed, if there will be, it will be 'The World War III - for Water'. Can there be a second thought to this after the call for a Karnataka bandh on Saturday, 6 October 2012, in the name of water?
"My Ganga, my dolphin" - WWF-India's initiative to map the Ganges River Dolphin throughout 2800 km of the Ganges from 5th-7th October, 2012
Posted on 05 Oct, 2012 07:56 AMWWF-India, one of India’s leading conservation organizations with programmes and projects spread across the country, in partnership with the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and under the aegis of the HSBC - supported “
Conservation at crossroads – Science, society and the future of India’s wildlife – A talk by Ghazala Shahabuddin
Posted on 05 Sep, 2012 03:48 PMGhazala Shahabuddin’s recent talk on 30th August, 2012 at IIC, New Delhi focused on the malaise underlying India’s dominant conservation paradigm, which is for the most part one of top-down control and exclusion.
Beating a rope thinking that it is a snake, is futile - Why evict people from their habitat, their own ecosystems
Posted on 17 Aug, 2012 04:39 PMThis article questions the rationale for eviction of forest dwellers from National Parks. This is against the Law. The Wild Life Act was passed when there was no problem regarding poaching. At that time the objective was to create inviolate wilderness areas, a concept that is typically American.
Wildflife Trust of India (WTI) invites applications for project officer, Noida
Posted on 16 Aug, 2012 02:53 PM
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is a non-profit conservation organization, committed to action that prevents destruction of India’s wildlife.
Formed in 1998, WTI today, is tackling a diverse range of issues like emergency relief and conservation orientated activities, in partnership with governments and communities, across India.