In a bid to get back the rare migratory Siberian cranes to India, Environment Ministry has signed an MoU with Siberia to coordinate its conservation and protection. Following large number of reported killing of these species enroute their migratory paths especially across Pakistan and Afganisthan, the Ministry has signed MoUs with a number of countries that the birds fly over before reaching India to ensure their safe passage.

JAIPUR: A study would soon be instituted at Keoladeo birds sanctuary in Bharatpur to understand the changes in the bio-diversity of the park after the recent introduction of water from Chambal river. The study would be done by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).

JAIPUR: Good news trickles in for the migratory birds at the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, which will soon receive about 300 million cubic feet (mcft) water through the Chambal Dholpur-Bharatpur drinking water project. The water is expected to ensure a good season for both the winged visitors and the bird enthusiasts.

Water scarcity during past decade nearly finished the UNESCO heritage site

Water woes of the celebrated bird sanctuary, Keoladeo National Park (KNP), Bharatpur, may come to an end soon if the Rajasthan Government accepts a recommendation from the State's Board for Wildlife to reserve a share of water from the Panchana dam in the neighbouring Karauli district.

JAIPUR: The Keoladeo bird sanctuary in Bharatpur would soon be contributing to conservation in more ways than one. Apart from being one of the finest birding areas, the sanctuary would soon go solar.

Taking a tough stand, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has warned the Rajasthan Government that it would suo motu declare as

The last pair of Siberian cranes was spotted here in 2002
About a decade after the celebrated Siberian cranes ceased to visit the Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur in Rajasthan, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is planning to take up a captive breeding programme for the rare birds in the same terrain.

Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is prepared to go on the warpath yet again. His latest battleground: the endangered wetlands.

Over the next few months he intends to proactively and aggressively work with States to implement the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010.

JAIPUR: The migratory birds have found their way back to the Keoladeo National Park in Bharatpur, thanks to a good monsoon and the water released from Pachna dam a few months ago.