Tag: wildlife
Aishwarya Sridhar, the young photographer of fireflies
Aishwarya Sridhar, the wildlife photographer was recently in the news for climbing the ladders of photography when she became the first and youngest woman...
Over 45,000 animals, plants illegally trafficked in one month
Over 1.3 tonnes of ivory and over one tonne of pangolin scales. This makes a small amount of the seizures of protected wildlife and...
Four principles to reduce risk of future pandemics
In the wake of increasing zoonotic diseases across the world, a group of international organisations have come up with four guiding principles for reducing...
Half of budgets for species conservation used for monitoring, not protecting
Governments earmark a lot of funds for species conservation but major shares of these funds are used for research and monitoring rather than action....
Illicit wildlife trade threaten social and economic development; WWF
Illegal wildlife trade that has seen an increase in the last several years has thrashed the social and economic development of countries with serious...
Social status, medicinal value augments illegal wildlife trade; Report
Illegal wildlife trade has seen an increase in the last many years and the demand for wildlife products comes from a number of different...
High profits, low risk increased poaching of Elephants, Rhinos
Low risk and higher profits had led to an increased hunt of elephants and rhinoceros for their horns, according to a new report of...
Stricter wildlife monitoring needed to avoid further pandemics: Scientists
Stating that lack of screening for disease causing organisms in the wildlife trade was a matter of concern, the Wildlife Disease Surveillance Focus Group...
A n aap for tracking wild animals during corona lockdown
When everyone is locked up inside their homes at the time of Coronavirus, the wild animals are out roaming the city streets and villages....
Wild must be kept wild; UNEP
The UN Environment Programme has cautioned against looking at the slowdown of green houses gases due to coronavirus lockdown as a boon for the...
