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Forest staff trained to protect India's only ape in Arunachal's Namsai
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The training aimed to familiarise forest personnel with the Western Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock), India's only ape, and to strengthen their motivation and capacity for its conservation.
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Assam: Forest staff rescued stranded rhino calf at Burapahar Range of Ka
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The forest staff of Assam's Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (KNP&TR) rescued a stranded male rhinoceros calf at Burapahar range of the national park on Thursday, officials said. Dr Sonali Ghosh, Field Director of Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve said that, the r
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Odisha: Keonjhar officials destroy 12,000 ganja plants in major crackdown
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
n one of the biggest anti-narcotics crackdowns in recent months, officials in Keonjhar district uprooted and destroyed nearly 12,000 ganja (cannabis) plants, amounting to 4000 kg, cultivated illegally across multiple patches inside the Tangarpada Khesara forest area.
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Assam Forest staff strengthen conservation skills with GIS training
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Leading biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak, in collaboration with the Assam Forest School, Jalukbari, celebrated GIS Day 2025 on Wednesday under the theme "GIS for Frontline Forest Staff."
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Assam: Kati Bihu Bird Count 2025 conducted at Kaziranga National Park
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The event aimed to promote bird monitoring, raise conservation awareness, and encourage participation among local communities, with a special focus on engaging women forest staff and the younger generation.
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Assam: 5.2 hectares of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary cleared of Parthenium
Updated : 1 year ago IST
As a part of a three-day campaign of Parthenium Free Pobitora, on the first day on Saturday, about a 5.2 hectares area of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam's Morigaon district was cleared of Parthenium or Congress grass, an invasive weed, by the forest staff.
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Elephant calf reunited with mother in Kaziranga after forest staff rescue
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to Dr Sonali Ghosh, Field Director of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, the forest patrol team was alerted by local residents at Borjuri Basti in Bokakhat at around 4 am on Saturday. Villagers informed them that a calf had been left behind while the elephant herd was makin
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Odisha's Similipal Reserve begins preparations for Tiger Census 2026
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Regional Chief Conservator of Forests (RCCF) Prakash Chand Gogineni said that groundwork has already begun in the Mayurbhanj-based reserve, with a special focus on building staff capacity and standardising ecological monitoring.
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Kaziranga National Park sets up community kitchens to safeguard health of
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve authorities have targeted the kitchens of 233 anti-poaching camps and providing improved cooking stoves and community kitchens to protect the health of field forest staff who guard the one horned rhino habitat.
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Gujarat: PM Modi flags off motorcycles for enhanced mobility of frontline
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off motorcycles for the enhanced mobility of frontline forest staff in Gujarat.
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Assam: Aaranyak conducts Hoolock Gibbon conservation training for forest d
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The week-long and residential training was conducted in collaboration with Jorhat Forest Division with support from the Habitats Trust, and IUCN Primate Specialists Group for the 4th batch of forest staff from September 16 to 22.
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Two poachers arrested for opening fire at Odisha sanctuary staff
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Two forest department staffers were injured when poachers fired at them in Odisha's Balasore district late on Monday, police officials said. The two poachers were arrested.
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