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Native plants regenerate after removal of invasive shrubs, states study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 12 (ANI): New study has shown that native plants regenerate on their own when invasive shrubs are removed.
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Community forest management can reduce deforestation and poverty
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 11 (ANI): Researchers observed that giving local communities the opportunity to manage their forests reduced deforestation and poverty.
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Fire grips forests of Uttarakhand
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 11 (ANI): A wildfire has been raging in the forests of Tehri and Haldwani district of Uttarakhand for over two days.
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UP: Leopard attacks 4 in Bahraich, captured and released into Dudhwa Park
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): A leopard, which strayed into a house here on Friday, apparently in search of water, was captured by forest department officials and released into the Dudhwa National Park Friday, police said. Four people were also reportedly injured after t
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Assam: Baby elephant rescued by NDRF and state forest department
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], May 11 (ANI): A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state forest department rescued a baby elephant after it fell into the Deepor Beel freshwater lake on Friday.
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Old trees in China's permafrost are witnessing growth spurt due to climate
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 10 (ANI): Climate change in permafrost forest of north-eastern China is making Dahurian larch trees (hardy trees) to grow faster, found a study.
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West Bengal: Forest officials arrest 5 people for smuggling Pangolin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], May 7 (ANI): Five people hailing from Sikkim were arrested by forest officials for smuggling a Pangolin (mammal) to Bhutan on Tuesday.
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Semi-naked body of woman found in MP forest
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): A semi-naked body of a woman who was allegedly raped was recovered from a forest in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said.
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Gangster Jusab Allarakha arrested from Gujarat forest
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 6 (ANI): A team of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Gujarat, led by four women police officers, has arrested gangster Jusab Allarakha, a native of Junagadh, who is involved in several cases of extortion and murder.
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Illegal road construction in buffer area of Rajaji Tiger Reserve draws NGT
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India] May 3 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests, National Board for Wildlife and National Tiger Conservation Authority to provide a report by August 31, on an alleged illegal road construction in part of buffer ar
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Human intrusion degrading air quality of Amazon rainforest: Study
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [USA], April 26 (ANI): Rapid intrusion of humans in the Amazon rainforest is degrading air quality of the forest, claimed a study.
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Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary case: NGT summons UP official
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 24 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the Principal Secretary of Forest and Wildlife Department, Uttar Pradesh to be present before the court in connection with the plea filed by Advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal for the protection of Ecology
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