Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (January 13 – 19, 2020)

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Earth has lost 60% of its animals since 1970

Is the world losing its biodiversity faster than it can replace? A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has some ominous news

Exploiting the Wilderness: An Analysis of Wildlife Crime

Illegally harvested ivory and endangered plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, and even insects are easily found for sale throughout East and …

GOT IT!

Think tourism in India and the first images that will flash through your mind is -- the Taj Mahal and the Indian tiger. Tigers, and the protected …

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

Action initiated against Kannada filmstars, godmen for wearing tiger claw pendants

The imprisonment can be 3 years minimum, extendable up to 7 years, and a fine of Rs 25,000

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

Tiger farming: India debates China experiment

Primates losing race

No relief, only camps

If stingrays had lawyers

CITES CoP 2019: Conservationist Vivek Menon wins Clark Bavin Award

Menon, who heads conservation non-profit Wildlife Trust of India, was awarded the award for his efforts towards wildlife enforcement at the …

Who's to blame?

Management of protected forests is a hotly debated issue. In the absence of a sound policy based on a scientific approach, there are as many …

Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation

The decisions were proposed and recommended at the CITES standing committee meeting 

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 2-8)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (May 27- June 2)

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Check that selfie

Photographs>> Wildlife>>Global

A shy killer

Contrary to popular perception of being savage, dhole wild dogs are quite shy

Rhino under hammer

Auction>> Rhino Hunt • US/Namibia

Trunk call

Magazine>> Ivory Trade • South Africa

A panda isn’t sweet

BBC>> Personality List  • The UK

Bear with BBC

Documentary>> Polar Bear • The UK

Arrack threat

Tigers threatened

Test-tube pandas