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Bhitarkanika Sanctuary In Orissa Takes Precaution To Monitor Bird Flu

...ctuary also as a collection of very large mangrove forests and estuarine crocodiles, an estimated 265 species of birds are regularly sighted. The Sanctuary is also known as the world's largest rookery of Olive Ridley sea turtles. The sanctuary as 30,000 local birds and there are chances that these local bird...

Infectious Diseases of the Wild to grow

...ic originated from human encroachment into African forests for food. He cites the rise in international trade and travel as major contributor. The researcher said the emergence of West Nile virus in North America, and AIDS and SARS globally was because of the increase in travel and trade. "This globalisa...

Humans force yet another species to extinction

...n orangutan populations// living in the fragmented forests of the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in Sabah, M.... "This population will disappear forever if these forests are converted to oil-palm agriculture.” The study hints.So it is time we act and save the ape popula...

Search For Bigfoot Creature To Be Delayed

...earch of 'Bigfoot', an ape-like beast in the Johor forests of Malaysia has been postponed until 21 January 2006. //This has been done on the request of the authorities from Malaysia. This has been revealed by the Singapore Paranormal Investigators (SPI). The media in Malaysia had reported mysterious bite mar...

Will The Tropical Forests Survive The Deforestation Scenario?

Tropical forests are slowly being removed from the face of the eart...e forested than previous studies suggest. Tropical forests diminished during repeated Pleistocene glacial events in Africa and more recently in selected areas ...

Diclofenac Drug Banned By MP Government Over Vulture Deaths

...ailing animals, he said. The union environment and forests ministry recommended the ban. The Asia Conference, held in 2004 February at Kathmandu, too had expressed concern over the decline in the number of vultures. Stressing that diclofenac posed a major danger to the environment in Asia, the conference f...

Banana in grave danger of extinction!

...banana species are rapidly going extinct as Indian forests are destroyed, while many traditional farmers' varieties are also disappearing. And now it could take a global effort to save the bananas' gene pool. In fact, many of the genes that could save the Cavendish may already have been lost, said NeBa...

Air Pollution in Tamil Nadu is a Cause of Concern for Environmentalists

...ses. In 1999-2000, the ministry of environment and forests set aside $7.5 million for monitoring and setting standards for toxic gases. However, neither task has been done so far. (Source: IANS News)...

Gorilla Dies during Heart Surgery at Washington Zoo

... an endangered species native to the tropical rain forests of western and central Africa. Veterinarians from the University of Alabama and Auburn University had tried to implant an electronic cardiac device into Kuja to help his ailing heart. On June 20, the gorilla had been diagnosed with congestive he...

Forest Fire Affects Singapore's Air Quality

...rn winds have carried the acrid smoke from burning forests for land-clearing on Indonesia's Jambi, Riau and South Sumatra to Singapore and Malaysia. Motorists complained of greatly reduced visibility and the occurrence of the haze year-after-year from illegal clearing. Schools have been closed in the wor...

Southern states join hands to protect biodiversity

...tates would set up a four-member task force of top forests officials who would interact regularly to see the ...t to see that a national conference of all states' forests ministers is convened. Moreover, we will also request the centre to allocate more funds for our depa...

New Study Links Western Wildfires to Atlantic Ocean Surface Temperatures

...ich have decimated millions of acres of coniferous forests in the West. "There is good evidence that warming trends like the one we are now seeing is very favorable for the population growth of these beetles." Fire suppression activities during the 20th century have increased fuels and fire hazard in some ...

Ex-workers Ask HLL to Accept Liability for Mercury Deaths

... into the perennial Pamban River through the Shola forests of the Palani-Nilgiri ranges, they added. According to the former employees, in 16 years of operation, HLL and its previous owner Pond's India Ltd exposed between 600 and 800 workers to mercury in the workplace. Mercury spills were common. React...

Ladakh was a Coastal Region Millions of Years Ago

...may face unexpected changes, particularly the rain forests in the Amazon and Indonesia. This in itself is surprising, for tropics are not known to have much of a variation in weather patterns. GPL...

Fashion Fraternity Turns Socially Conscious

... be a forest rich area and now there are almost no forests left. This moved me tremendously. We have to maintain the ecological balance. I don't think you can dictate the mind of others but yes I have adopted vegetable colors and natural fabrics, which are eco-friendly," said Kumar, president of the Fashion ...

Climate Change Threatens Sundarbans and World Heritage Sites

... 10,000 sq km, the Sundarbans, the largest of such forests in the world, lie within the delta of the Ganges, ... waterways, mudflats and small islands of mangrove forests intersect the site. Famous for its beauty, it is home to at least 260 bird species, Indian otters,...

Exports Of Herbal & Dietary Products Has Huge Potential

...ducts globally was putting unsustainable demand on forests leading to depletion of the plants Bio diversity that threatened the very survival of a number of medicinal plants species. She said that there during the last 5-6 years, the National Medicinal Plants Board had taken a number of initiatives and sup...

Overseeing Agency Indifferent to Workplace Safety in US

...issues like driving hours for truckers, logging in forests and corporate mergers, critics say. Since George W. Bush became president, OSHA has killed dozens of existing and proposed regulations and delayed adopting others. For example, it has repeatedly identified silica dust, which can cause lung cancer...

India to Protect Its Forests With the Aid of Austrian NGO

India, which is fast losing its forests to over-exploitation, will get help in protecting ...king in this sector will benefit in protecting the forests as well as helping the tribals living in those areas sustain themselves." The workshop will see a ...

Human Induced Nitrogen Deposition Increasing Carbon Sequestration in Forests

...when there is a net release of carbon dioxide from forests to the atmosphere, instead of sequestration as the... to separate the effects of nitrogen deposition on forests from the many other variables that affect their carbon release or sequestration - things like forest...

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