Activists term Rio+20 summit a ‘hoax’
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 23 (IANS) As world leaders ended the Rio+20 summit with a 53-page statement called "The Future We Want", activists have slammed the UN Conference on sustainable development as ... Read more...
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Helicopter-borne poachers kill 22 elephants in Congo
April 25th, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) In a brazen attack carried out by helicopter-borne poachers, a herd of 22 elephants were killed and their tusks and genitals hacked off at a national ... Read more...
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UN to observe Earth Hour
March 31st, 2012 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, March 31 (IANS) The UN will observe Earth Hour Saturday by turning off the lights for one hour at its facilities around the world.The world body, headquartered in ... Read more...
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Assam wildlife group protests removal of rhino’s horn
March 25th, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 25 (IANS) An Assam-based wildlife conservation group has questioned the legality behind the Assam forest department's recent move of 'dehorning' a one-horned rhino."Nature's Beckon", a leading wildlife conservation ... Read more...
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NGO rubbishes minister’s claim on increasing tiger numbers
March 4th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, March 4 (IANS) Days after Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain claimed that the number of tigers are increasing in various reserve forests in the state, a prominent wildlife organization ... Read more...
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Bloom to save endangered butterflies
August 16th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 16 (IANS) Actor Orlando Bloom has pledged to help endangered butterflies by backing his mother's campaign to raise awareness about the threatened insects.The actor has sponsored children's book ... Read more...
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Conservation group applauds South Asian countries’ ‘wildlife anti-trafficking’ decision
February 1st, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): A conservation group has appreciated eight South Asian countries' "milestone" decision to share information on wildlife trafficking.The BBC quoted a spokeswoman for the Traffic anti-smuggling body as ... Read more...
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Tiger shot dead in Assam
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 23 (IANS) A Royal Bengal tiger was shot dead by forest rangers after the big cat mauled two people to death and critically injured two more in Assam Tuesday, wildlife ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh environmentalists spread awareness about water pollution
November 22nd, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI
Allahabad, Nov.22 (ANI): Environmentalists completed a 25-days long voyage from Yamunotri glacier in the Himalayas to Prayag in Allahabad on Sunday to spread awareness about water pollution.Twenty members of Kala Sangam Kendra, ... Read more...
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New species of squid discovered in southern Indian Ocean
November 16th, 2010 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 16 (ANI): Scientists discovered a new species of squid during a research cruise in the southern Indian Ocean.It was found during the analysis of 7,000 samples gathered during last year's ... Read more...
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Tusker trafficking gang busted in Assam
November 2nd, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, Nov 2 (IANS) A trans-national elephant smuggling syndicate was busted in Assam with the arrest of five persons, even as conservationists claimed close to 100 wild Asiatic jumbos ... Read more...
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Orissa bans fishing near turtle nesting sites
November 1st, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 1 (IANS) Orissa Monday imposed a seven-month fishing ban along 120 km of the state's 480 km coastline to protect tens of thousands of Olive Ridley turtles, which coming to ... Read more...
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Outrage over baby elephant’s killing in Assam
October 27th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Oct 27 (IANS) Wildlife experts and conservationists Wednesday were outraged over the brutal killing of a wild elephant calf that was clobbered to death by irate villagers after it entered a ... Read more...
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‘315bn pounds of plastic in oceans right now’
July 11th, 2010 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 11 (ANI): An ocean conservationist has claimed that there is approximately 315 billion pounds of plastic in the oceans as of today.Stiv Wilson of the ocean conservation group 5 Gyres ... Read more...
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Madagascar Bird Extinct
May 27th, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
May 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sad news for nature lovers as another species joins the extinct list due to man's exploitation of nature. Alaotra grebe which is better known as the ... Read more...
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Hugh Heffner’s Last Minute $900,000 Saves The Hollywood Sign!
April 27th, 2010 - 10:37 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The land behind the Hollywood sign is no longer up for grabs by those who would turn it into a housing development. That is due to the ... Read more...
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12.5M To Save The Hollywood Sign Raised With Hugh Heffner’s Help
April 27th, 2010 - 1:09 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Trust for Public Land conservation group has managed to raise the money needed to keep the land behind the Hollywood sign out of the hands of ... Read more...
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Hanks, Spielberg lead campaign to save Hollywood sign
April 26th, 2010 - 4:39 am ICT by IANS
London, April 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg have stepped up efforts to save the Hollywood sign from being torn down.
They are leading a campaign to purchase the ... Read more...
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Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg’s last-ditch bid to save ‘HOLLYWOOD’
April 25th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 25 (ANI): Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are fronting a campaign to save the iconic Hollywood sign from being bulldozed.The actor-director duo is making all efforts to buy off the ... Read more...
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Campaigners close to save the Hollywood sign
April 14th, 2010 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 14 (ANI): A conservation group is close to accomplishing its mission of saving the Hollywood sign, as it is nearing the 12.5 million dollars it needs to secure the future ... Read more...
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Hollywood sign still at demolition risk
March 26th, 2010 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 26 (ANI): The iconic Hollywood sign in Beverley Hills is at the risk of being demolished.Even though the sign is owned by the city, the property around it falls under ... Read more...
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Olive Ridley turtles begin nesting at second Orissa beach
March 15th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 15 (IANS) Thousands of Olive Ridley turtles crawled ashore from the Bay of Bengal Monday, after a month's delay, at the Rushikulya beach in Orissa's Ganjam district to lay their ... Read more...
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170,000 Olive Ridley turtles lay eggs in Orissa’s Gahirmatha
March 6th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 6 (IANS) At least 170,000 endangered female Olive Ridley turtles have laid their eggs in the protected Gahirmatha sanctuary, a famed nesting site in coastal Orissa, during the past 11 ... Read more...
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Loss of species is ‘wake up call’ to humanity, warns UN
January 11th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 11 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that the on-going loss of species should be considered as a wake-up call, as it affects human well-being around the world.Eight years ago, ... Read more...
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Poachers are back at Orissa’s Chilika Lake
December 26th, 2009 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Chilika (Orissa), Dec 26 (IANS) The poachers are back at the world-famous Chilika Lake, India's largest brackish water lagoon, experts and officials say.Residents of dozens of villages around the lake ... Read more...
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Porpoise deaths due to dolphin attacks
November 10th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
California, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Marine biologists have finally figured out why there has been an increase in porpoise’s deaths in the last few years on California beaches. The reason they ... Read more...
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Threat of extinction grows for many species
November 3rd, 2009 - 2:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 3 (ANI): Scientists have warned that more than a third of species assessed in a major international biodiversity study are threatened with extinction.According to a report by BBC News, out ... Read more...
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Scale of gorilla poaching in Congo exposed
September 17th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 17 (ANI): An undercover investigation has exposed the scale of gorilla poaching, by finding that up to two gorillas are killed and sold as bushmeat each week in Kouilou, a ... Read more...
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Orissa port gears up to remove oil from sunken ship
September 14th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) The administration in Orissa's Paradip port is gearing up for the removal of fuel oil from a sunken ship, a senior port official said Monday after experts warned ... Read more...
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Sunken ship could threaten Olive Ridleys in Orissa
September 11th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 11 (IANS) The mass breeding of rare Olive Ridley turtles is likely to be hit due to the sinking of a cargo ship, carrying iron ore fines and oil, in ... Read more...
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Jessica Alba says ’sorry’ for shark-conservation posters
June 10th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
New York, June 10 (ANI): Jessica Alba has apologised for plastering shark-conservation posters around Oklahoma City.The 'Fantastic Four' actress has issued an apology after the stunt got publicised on the web, and ... Read more...
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Conservation group warns of more birds in danger of extinction
May 14th, 2009 - 7:42 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, May 14 (DPA) More of the world's species of birds are threatened with extinction than ever before, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Thursday.
The critically endangered list has ... Read more...
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Post-quake rebuilding in China poses new threats to pandas
January 30th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Experts have said that hasty rebuilding in southwestern China, which was affected by a major earthquake in May 2008, poses new threats to the long-term viability of ... Read more...
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Earth headed for an ecological “credit crunch”
October 29th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 29 (ANI): A report issued by conservation groups has determined that the planet is headed for an ecological "credit crunch".
According to a report by BBC News, the document contends ... Read more...
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Orissa court seeks fresh report on Olive Ridley turtles
August 6th, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Cuttack, Aug 6 (IANS) The Orissa High Court has asked the state government to submit a fresh report on the actions taken by it to protect endangered Olive Ridley turtles who come ... Read more...
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