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Govt notifies guidelines on tourism in tiger habitat

Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 22:25

Centre today notified fresh guidelines on tiger conservation allowing "regulated low impact tourism" in the core and critical tiger habitat.

Destroyed coastal habitats may release tonnes of carbon

Last Updated: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 10:11

Destruction of coastal habitats may saddle the atmosphere with an additional billion tonnes of carbon every year, 10 times higher than previously reported, according to a new study.

Annual Delhi festival begins with Waheeda Rehman`s ‘Guide’

Last Updated: Saturday, July 21, 2012, 20:40

With a `retrospective of Waheeda Rehman as the theme, the seventh edition of the Habitat Film Festival commenced today with screening of the yesteryear actor`s blockbuster ‘Guide’.

King Cobra faces loss of habitat

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 20:08

The King Cobra is increasingly threatened due to loss of habitat and over-exploitation for medicinal purposes.

Assam floods: Park rangers work non-stop to safeguard wildlife

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 15:37

Forest officials in most rhino habitats in Assam have been working through the night to save wildlife severely affected after flood waters submerged vast areas of sanctuaries.

Highways through Indian tiger reserves will destroy habitat

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 12:04

A study in a tiger reserve has found that busy highways and excessive road expansion will destroy wildlife populations and their habitats in the long term.

Habitat loss and tropical cooling could be behind mass extinction

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 16:54

The second-largest mass extinction in Earth’s history coincided with a short but intense ice age during which massive glaciers grew and sea levels plunged.

Hundreds of tropical bird species at risk of extinction

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 13:04

Researchers have cautioned that up to 900 species of tropical land birds around the world could become extinct by 2100.

`Leopards stray into human habitats during breeding season`

Last Updated: Friday, March 2, 2012, 19:01

The recent spurt of leopard straying into human habitats in Assam can be primarily attributed to loss of forest cover.

Bangalore to host International Conference on sparrows

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 21:53

Bangalore will host a one-day international conference on sparrows on March 20 aimed at creating awareness about the depleting green cover and bringing back the little birds.

`Pro-active intelligence needed to check Tiger poaching`

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 16:45

Pro-active intelligence and national coordination is needed to tackle the illegal wildlife crime especially Tiger poaching.

Triple threat paints grim future for frogs: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 12:47

Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians may eventually have no safe haven left on the globe because of a triple threat of worsening scourges, a new study predicts.