| Tue 9 Feb 2010 |
Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger
Inquirer | MUMBAI- As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction. | Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the ... |
Study sheds light on speed of Arctic change
Independent online | Next » 1 2 | By Rod Nickel | Winnipeg, Manitoba - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice, scientists said on Friday in giving their early findings f... |
Goodbye Galapagos, you're too warm for us
The Independent | Marine scientists are reporting that a colony of sea lions, previously unique to the Galapagos Islands, has unexpectedly decamped 900 miles south-east to an island just off the coast of Peru in what may be another symptom of global warming. | Accor... |
Michael McCarthy: You needn't travel far to find a monster
The Independent | I saw a monster at the weekend. It came from the depths. It filled me with awe. It almost filled me with dread. There was certainly a bit of dread in there somewhere. | It was a pike. It weighed 22lbs, and I watched a man catch it from a river in H... |
'Not an easy decision'
The Hindu | Staff Reporter | KOCHI: A decision on introduction of Bt brinjal, to be announced in New Delhi on February 10, will not make anybody happy. However, it will reflect the general sentiments of the people, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Ja... |
Prosperity undermined by western farming
The Hindu | John Vidal | Study claims modern farming threatens nomadic cattle herding. | Nomadic herders who move their cattle ceaselessly across some of the harshest environments in the world in search of grazing land are vital for Africa's economic prosperit... |
Move to tackle 'jumbo' menace
The Hindu | Staff Reporter | The wild elephant has so far trampled 13 villagers to death | BHUBANESWAR: Worried over the increase in number of casualties due to attack by a wild elephant in Dhenkanal district, the State Forest Department has finally decided to... |
Questions raised over appointment of two honorary wildlife wardens
The Hindu | Raghava M. | They are facing cases filed by the Forest Department under Wildlife Act | 26 persons were appointed to the | posts in the State | Seven cases were booked against Jain | in 2004 | BANGALORE: The Forest Department is in the news followin... |
Good response to 'Trees Outside the Forests' project
The Hindu | V.S. Palaniappan | Coimbatore: During 2009-2010 nearly one lakh teak seedlings have been planted in farmlands in Coimbatore District by the Forest Division and Social Forestry Division under the project, 'Tree Cultivation in Private Lands'. The pro... |
'Land acquisition not initiated'
The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Residents of Masinagudy observe bandh opposing proposed elephant corridor | Seeking view: The PCCF R. Sundararaju (third left) presiding over a public hearing at Masinagudy on Monday. - | Udhagamandalam: Emotions ran high at... |
Earlier springs could destroy delicate balance of UK wildlife, study shows
The Guardian | Global warming could be changing seasonal timing with profound consequences, according to analysis of 726 species of plants and animals | A new assessment of Britain's wildlife has found that recent winters have been ending earlier than ever. Photo... |
Dept: Orang asli was trying to kill tiger, not collect petai
The Star | lileen@thestar.com.my | IPOH: The tiger which attacked an orang asli in Sungkai last week did so in retaliation as it had been wounded in a trap laid out by his friends. | Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) officers found in ... |
SMS your views
The Star | Cruel sport | Teen Matador kills 6 bulls in a day. What kind people kill animals for 'sports'? Barbaric & inhumane. Bulls are God's creatures, too. | Jet scam | Make sure de jet engines r genuin n not some worthless scrap iron brought back to cover... |
Northeast is best hope for tigers
China Daily | China has approximately 50 or fewer tigers living in the wild but efforts to stabilize the population in the bleak northeast are starting to pay off, a conservationist said on Monday. | The population of tigers, which once roamed huge swathes of Ch... |
Green cover can protect monuments, says expert
Indian Express | Advocating the role of trees as a bioshield for national monuments, ethno-botanist Professor Javed Ashraf presented a part of his research titled “Pollution in Medieval Times” at a national-level seminar on air pollution organised by the Department... |
| Mon 8 Feb 2010 |
Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save the tiger
Yahoo Daily News | MUMBAI (AFP) – As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction. | Conservation group WWF-India has ... |
Fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China
The Himalayan | BEIJING: Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said today, voicing hope that the Year of the Tiger would not be the last for the endangered cats. Xie Yan, director of the China programme for the US-based Wildlife Conservat... |
Drugs In The Water: Even When Careful, Pharmaceuticals Can End Up In Water
Huffington Post | PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests. | Tiny amounts of discarded drugs hav... |
Gray Wolves May Be Reappearing In Colorado
Huffington Post | High Country News: | Last April, in a narrow mountain valley in northwestern Colorado, Cristina Eisenberg was searching for scat. The diminutive, dark-haired biologist and two members of her field crew had set up a kilometer-long transect through e... |
Zoo set to lose jumbo trio
The Telegraph India A central circular that says zoos are not for jumbos has triggered a heavy-duty debate between animal rights activists rejoicing at and forest officials resisting the imminent departure of the city's gentlest, and most-loved, trio of giants. | Elepha... |
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