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Mysuru: PM Modi launches International Big Cats Alliance on Commemoration
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With the aim to curb poaching and illegal wildlife trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) in Karnataka.
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Wildlife flourishing under Modi government like never before
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) on Sunday, government sources said on Saturday.
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Assam: MK Yadav removed as chief wildlife warden over misuse of Tiger Cons
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Assam government has also asked an additional chief secretary of the state to examine the alleged diversion of funds under tiger conservation and other projects during the visit of former President Ram Nath Kovind and his family to Kaziranga in February last year.
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Bhutan: Community-based tiger conservation group gathers 40 members to pro
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A local tiger-conservation organisation founded last year in Bhutan's Zhemgang has gathered more than 40 members so far to protect the wildlife as the issue of human-wildlife co-existence in Nangkor Gewog of Zhemgang is not limited to just guarding crops, Bhutan Live reported.
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Preserving wildlife can help mitigate climate change: Study
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A new study led by Yale School of the Environment Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology Oswald Schmitz discovered that protecting wildlife around the world could significantly improve natural carbon capture and storage by supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks.
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Alia Mir, first woman wildlife rescuer in J-K, honoured with Wildlife Cons
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Alia Mir, a woman from Jammu and Kashmir has been honoured with the wildlife conservation award by the administration for her conservation efforts in the region.
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Alia Mir, J-K's first woman receives Wildlife Conservation Award
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Alia Mir has been honoured with the wildlife conservation award by Jammu and Kashmir, becoming the first woman in the Union Territory for her conservation efforts in the region.
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Project Cheetah in line with PM's commitment to environmental protection,
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav said that Project Cheetah is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's commitment to environmental protection and wildlife conservation.
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PM Modi to inaugurate three-day mega event in Mysuru on April 9 to mark 50
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
"A mega Event to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger will be held by the Ministry of Environment Forest and climate change. Prime Minister's Modi presence is solicited to grace the inaugural session of the mega event on 9th April 2023 at Mysuru, Karnataka," an MoE official said.
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92 Eco-Sensitive Zones, 2 Ecologically Sensitive Areas notified in 13 stat
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"As part of the wildlife conservation strategy, in the year 2002, it was decided that an area around each protected area requires to be notified as Eco-Sensitive Zone for creating a buffer as further protection around Protected Areas (PAs)," he added.
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Kaziranga National Park to be closed from April 6 to 8 for Gaj Utsav
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The notice was issued by the divisional forest officer, Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, Kaziranga National Park, saying the Jeep Safari and Elephant Safari in all ranges - Kaziranga, Bagori, Burapahar and Agoratoli will be closed for tourists from April 6 to 8, 2023.
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Odisha: Royal Bengal Tiger kills villager in Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The carcass of the woman identified as Sanmati Barik of Jalmadei village of Sesong Gram Panchayat within Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada was recovered by the forest officials on Monday morning.
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