Jammu, April 4 The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday said it is implementing a comprehensive, multi-pronged strategy to address the damage caused by porcupines to the saffron crop in Pampore, with field evidence confirming the presence of the species in the region.Responding to a...
New Delhi, March 21 A committee will be formed based on the concept of "My Zoo" to connect prominent individuals from various fields with zoos, according to officials from the Ministry of Environment.The decision was made during the 45th meeting of the Central Zoo Authority, chaired by...
New Delhi, March 21 The Forest Survey of India (FSI) and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Saturday to strengthen the use of geospatial technologies, remote sensing, and AI/ML-based tools in forest fire...
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Panaji, March 10 The Goa government will draft a policy on managing human-animal wildlife conflict after studying the models adopted by states like Kerala and Karnataka, Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane said on Tuesday.He was responding to a question raised by Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao in...
Jaipur, March 9 A four-year-old male tiger was tranquilized and captured by forest department teams on Monday evening after it ventured into agricultural fields in Ranthambore.Deputy Conservator of Forests (Ranthambore First Circle) Manas Singh said that the tiger, fitted with a radio collar...
Sheopur (MP), February 28 Nine more cheetahs from Botswana arrived safely at Kuno National Park (KNP) on Saturday, taking India's total count of the big cats to 48, an official said.The third batch of cheetahs from Africa arrived on an IAF aircraft as part of a four-year population revival...
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Bhopal, February 27 – Eight more cheetahs are set to arrive at the Kuno National Park in Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, from Botswana on February 28, as part of India's Cheetah translocation project.This will be the third major translocation of cheetahs from Africa under the project. The...
Sheopur, February 27 A rare and endangered forest owlet has been sighted in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh just before the arrival of the third batch of cheetahs from Africa, which an official claimed on Friday was "a significant development in the field of ornithology".Eight cheetahs...
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Ranchi, February 21 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said his government was preparing a standard operating procedure (SOP) to check man-animal conflicts, implement mitigation measures, and simplify the compensation process in the state.Responding to a question by Congress MLA...