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Indian Army’s new goal: research flora and fauna on the high altitudes of Northern Himalayan region

Indian Army’s new goal: research flora and fauna on the high altitudes of Northern Himalayan region

FRONT PAGE | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Army’s valiant bid to trace Brahma kamal, snow leopard Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi For a month beginning next Thursday, a group of soldiers will make a rare attempt in the higher Himalayas to trace the legendary Brahma kamal and the supposedly ...
Tiger, snow leopard numbers dip

Tiger, snow leopard numbers dip

SHYAM BHATTA/RAMESH KUMAR POUDEL KATHMANDU/CHITWAN, July 27: The tiger census conducted this year has put the total number of adult tigers in Nepal at 121. Making public the report of the census carried out from November 19, 2008, to March 7, 2009, in 14 districts on Monday, the government said ...
Himachal Pradesh takes steps to consolidate Snow Leopard Conservation

Himachal Pradesh takes steps to consolidate Snow Leopard Conservation

Himachal Pradesh takes steps to consolidate Snow Leopard Conservation Press release from the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department issued on 17 June 2009 In a significant step to strengthen conservation of the Snow Leopard, the state animal of Himachal Pradesh, the wildlife department organized an intensive and constructive brain-storming session with ...
HP to protect endangered snow leopards in the state

HP to protect endangered snow leopards in the state

This story is from the Chennai Online Jul 02, 2009 Shimla, July 2 The Himachal Pradesh government has submitted a project to the Centre to protect the endangered snow leopards in the state. The state government has submitted a Rs 1.40-crore project to the Centre for the protection and conservation ...
Snow leopards and the art of Olympic environmental diplomacy

Snow leopards and the art of Olympic environmental diplomacy

The Reuters global sports blog June 23rd, 2009 Posted by: Karolos Grohmann There is an art in dealing with environmental issues when preparing to host Olympic Games.Athens for example, while preparing to host the 2004 Olympics, decided to construct the rowing venue inside a protected nature reserve and just a ...
Capturing the elusive cat

Capturing the elusive cat

Ashwin Aghor / DNASunday, June 21, 2009 2:50 ISThttp://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_capturingMumbai: When Aishwarya Maheshwari saw a sudden cloud of dust rising along the slopes of the mountains he was surveying in the Kargil and Drass sector of Jammu & Kashmir, his hands immediately reached for the binoculars. What he saw made him ...
One snow leopard a year lost to poaching

One snow leopard a year lost to poaching

 14 June, 2009 - At least one snow leopard has been killed by poachers every year since the enactment in 1995 of the forest, nature and conservation Act, which prohibits the killing of endangered wild animals in the country. Records until 2007 with the nature conservation department (NCD) show that ...
Snow Leopard Released to Wild after Recovery from Sickness

Snow Leopard Released to Wild after Recovery from Sickness

  2009-06-10 19:21:24     Xinhua      Web Editor: Qin Mei A female snow leopard was released back into the wild in northwest China Wednesday after receiving care for a respiratory tract infection. The big cat, which weighed 40 kg and was between 70-80 cm long, hesitated a few seconds after the cage ...
Population of snow leopards rises in Kyrgyzstan

Population of snow leopards rises in Kyrgyzstan

05/06-2009 07:44, Bishkek – News Agency “24.kg”, By Artem PETROV Population of snow leopards rises on the territory of Sarychat-Ertash nature reserve, Kyrgyzstan, National Academy of Science informed the news agency “24.kg”.   There are reportedly seven animals listed in Kyrgyz Red Data Book of endangered species, two of them ...
WCS Assists Afghanistan In Releasing Its First-Ever List of Protected Species

WCS Assists Afghanistan In Releasing Its First-Ever List of Protected Species

WCS Assists Afghanistan In Releasing Its First-Ever List of Protected Species By Fran Hackett  Kabul, Afghanistan - The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today that the Afghanistan’s National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country’s first-ever list of protected species now ...