No more Great Indian Bustard in Andhra Pradesh
The Great Indian Bustard (GIB), a critically endangered bird, whose future appears increasingly bleak even in its ‘stronghold’ in the Desert National Park in Rajasthan where individual birds have been dying regularly after coming into contact with overhead power lines, is feared to have disappeared from Andhra Pradesh where the bird was living on an extended lease of life.
The last sighting of a Great Indian Bustard in Andhra Pradesh was outside of the Rollapadu wildlife sanctuary, a small patch of about 10 sq km, in Kurnool district. In the last three years, there has only been sporadic sighting of the bustard in and around Rollapadu.
Residents oppose three infrastructure projects at Vetal Tekdi: Maharashtra
1,000 people gathered at Vetal Tekdi (hills) early Sunday morning, expressing concern against Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC’s) plan of developing roads and tunnels through the hill, located in the western part of the city. Residents claimed that it is one of the last natural open spaces left in the city, and proposed projects will “irreversibly damage ecology and groundwater recharge zones.
The sprawling hill has a grassland plateau along with the forest. The abandoned quarry on the hill has produced a different ecosystem, due to a large collection of water, with associated marshy areas that are a haven not only for many species of birds and amphibians, but also for typical species of plants that require such areas for their growth.
Given the fact that Pune’s groundwater is coming under severe stress from an extraction of the order of three to four TMC annually, it becomes imperative to protect the Tekdis.
Ivory sculptures in Hoogly? The whole of Bengal is susceptible to wildlife trafficking, say experts
Besides, the recovery of the sculptures comes days after kangaroos were discovered on a road in Jalpaiguri district in north Bengal. The Wild Life Crime Control Bureau and Howrah district forest department recovered four ivory sculptures worth Rs 10 crore. They also arrested a person suspected to be a middleman.
The sculptures were being smuggled from Shillong and were to be sold off soon by the middleman, according to media reports. Experts said the ivory used in the sculptures belongs to elephants from South Africa and Thailand. Forest officials and the Bureau are now trying to find out who is behind this wildlife smuggling operation.
North East India is located close to the ‘Golden Triangle’, an area where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong rivers. This makes the region easily accessible for wild life trafficking and smuggling.
And since north Bengal is located close to the North East as well as the borders of Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal, it is a major transit point. North Bengal is connected to the rest of the state and the country through the ‘Chicken’s Neck’ corridor. He added the whole of North East India and ‘Chicken’s Neck’ corridor were a hotspot for wildlife trafficking.
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Jharkhand’s First Wildlife Rescue Centre Gets Ready Near Ranchi
Jharkhand’s maiden wildlife rescue centre, which is under construction at Barwe village is ready to house rescued bears, deer, monkeys, and leopards, officials said on Monday. Some of the facilities are ready which have been made operational for a few animals, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (wildlife), Ashish Rawat.
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The proposed arrangements for rescued elephants and hyenas are due for completion in 2022-23 fiscal, the officials said. The rescue centre is being built on a sprawling area of 100 acres on Ormanjhi-Boriyo road, 22 km from here, and it is expected to be completed by 2024. It has already been approved by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), the officials said.
The man-elephant conflict has been a major cause for concern for the forest department in Jharkhand. On an average, 65 human casualties are reported from elephant attacks every year. More than 80 elephants have also been killed in the past decade in Jharkhand.
Application for reporting forest fires in Himachal launched
Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania launched an application on Sunday at Bharmour for reporting forest fires. People can also inform such incidents on the Chief Minister’s helpline number 1100 and then further pressing the key number 4.
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