Assam govt casual towards rhino conservation
Kaziranga braces to curb human-wildlife conflict ahead of monsoon
Water levels rise inside the park every year, prompting animals to move highlands in areas of heavy settlements
Tusker v makhna: Who will woo the female elephant?
Unabated rhino poaching in Assam irks governor
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya says Kaziranga park director must resign if he can’t stop poaching
From being stranded to being free
How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild
Rhino poachers arrested near Kaziranga
They were found carrying a rifle and a fake rhino horn, say forest officials
Highway widening near Kaziranga: bailable warrants against top officials
National Green Tribunal says presence of Union transport secretary and highway authority chairperson necessary to decide on plea seeking stay on …
Two more rhinos poached in Kaziranga
Wife of Kaziranga director accused of violating wildlife rules
An alleged night safari brings out the growing tension among the locals living in the vicinity of the national park and the officials protecting …
Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga
'Assam officials widened Kaziranga highway instead of taking steps to protect wildlife from accidents'
Wildlife activist files affidavit before green tribunal saying he was forced by state government officials to sign site inspection report in …
Assam floods affect 300,000 people, pose danger to wildlife
About 10,000 hectares of crop yield has also been destroyed
Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead
The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world
Assam struggles to protect wildlife from accidents on Kaziranga highway
Government has expressed its inability to adopt suggested technical measures to curb animal casualties
Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse
The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …
Assam on a platter
Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga
247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years
Flood threatens Kaziranga
Heightened risk of poaching as animals tend to leave the park area to take shelter on higher land
Green tribunal notice on widening of highway passing by Kaziranga
Government plans to widen NH-37 in spite of frequent deaths of wild animals attempting to cross the road
Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories
Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel
In short
Floods affect over 60,000 in Assam
Rains swell rivers in Assam beyond danger level; roads, houses submerged
Elections hamper setting up police station in Kaziranga to curb poaching
Police station to have both police and forest department officers; collaboration necessary to handle wildlife crimes better, says Assam chief minister
Environmental crimes threaten global security, says UN
Illegal forestry and ivory products worth up to US $213 billion a year are helping fund terrorists, militants and criminals