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Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle The Chambal landscape is an important habitat for freshwater turtles. There are eight species of turtles found here of which the red-crowned roofed turtle is critically endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Chambal turtles use the …

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Snow leopards, humans threaten by Zoonotic pathogens in High Asia thanks to climate change and Globalisation: GSLEP The remote mountains of inner Asia could witness future pandemics which could threaten both humans as well as non-human species such as snow leopards, due to Globalisation and Climate Warming a new policy brief during GSLEP has said. Globalisation — including …

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Lack of knowledge among people and dirty politics are worsening Western Ghats and Himalayas Conditions "Things are getting worse in Western Ghats", says eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil as he urged the people on the "grassroots" to "sufficiently pressure" the elected representatives to take measures to end disasters in areas along its traverse including Kerala. Gadgil …

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Local residents seek realignment of rail tracks at Deepor Beel: Guwahati Villagers in the vicinity of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary have written 500 letters to the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC), seeking a realignment of a broad-gauge railway line, passing through the northern side of the wetland, to the southern, in compliance …

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Tigers too Have a Right to Privacy; Uttarakhand keeping wildlife reserves always open is problematic at many levels The Uttarakhand government has decided to keep the Jim Corbett National Park and the Rajaji Tiger Reserve open all year round to boost tourism. This raises an important question, has the time come to grant the right …

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Mammals in wildlife trade host 75% of known zoonotic viruses A quarter of mammal species in wildlife trade host 75 per cent of zoonotic diseases that can spread from animals to humans, according to a recently published study. Rodents and bats were previously identified as the significant players for disease transmission. The study also added …