Parliamentary committee on Western Ghats
Parliamentry committee on western ghats.
Cinereous vulture
Cinereous vulture spotted in Jharkhand
CRZ notification 2018
The Union Cabinet approved the CRZ Notification 2018, streamlining of Coastal Regulation Zone clearances.
River Dolphins
Reports of missing of river dolphin.
Another olive ridley nesting site
The Odisha forest department is to add another olive ridley mass nesting site to its wildlife map.
Poaching of lepords
At least 260 leopards were poached in the country between 2015 and 2018.
Rat-Hole Mining
The collapse of a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills, trapping at least 15 workers and killing few has thrown the spotlight on a procedure known as “rat-hole mining”.
Tsunami in Indonesia
The death toll from a tsunami that hit the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra after the Anak Krakatau volcano erupted rose to at least 280
Warming leads to water crisis in Himalayas
Climate change is driving glaciers in the Himalayas to melt more rapidly than at any point in the last 10,000 years
The Indian bustard
Several threats including power lines are decimating bustard populations.