National Tiger Conservation Authority directs NHAI to obtain wildlife clearance for highway development The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) Monday directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to seek wildlife clearance for the upgradation of the National Highway 748AA which passes through protected areas in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa. The direction comes in the … Continue reading Environment News India
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Cong district unit joins Chhattisgarh People against mining project: Save Hasdeo The Chhattisgarh Congress’s Surguja district unit has joined local residents against its own party’s government over the felling of trees in the Hasdeo Aranya forest for mining projects. The tribal residents of Hasdeo Aranya have been protesting against the mining projects for months. A … Continue reading Environment News India
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Chilgoza pine trees in Kinnaur are fighting from hydropower projects and Overharvesting: H.P. Large-scale diversion of forest land for hydro projects is one of the primary reasons for cutting of of chilgoza trees in Himachal Pradesh. The pine cones of chilgoza trees harvested for the nuts, by residents of Kinnaur. Over harvesting of the cones … Continue reading Environment News India
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Maharashtra NGO to cover wells to save stray wild animals A Maharashtra-based non-government organisation, Wildlife SOS intends to cover 40-50 open wells across the state to reduce the risk of falling for wild animals. Wild animals who used to live deep inside forests have started to stray into residential areas giving a rise to human-wildlife … Continue reading Environment News India
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No more Great Indian Bustard in Andhra Pradesh The Great Indian Bustard (GIB), a critically endangered bird, whose future appears increasingly bleak even in its ‘stronghold’ in the Desert National Park in Rajasthan where individual birds have been dying regularly after coming into contact with overhead power lines, is feared to have disappeared from Andhra … Continue reading Environment News India
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Chennai airport turning into hub for star tortoise smuggling Chennai international airport seems to be turning into south India's hub for the smuggling of star tortoises, and two back-to-back seizures from there of the animals have sent the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) on high alert. Air intelligence at Chennai airport had, in the past … Continue reading Environment News India
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