Poaching
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Corbett plans force to keep poachers at bay
The Jim Corbett National Park, flaunting the most dense tiger population in the country, is all set to show the way towards protection of India’s national animal.
A special tiger protection force comprising of commandos with latest weaponry to ward off poachers is in the offing in the park.
03/09/2010
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers
Priscilla Jebaraj & Ananth Krishnan NEW DELHI/BEIJING: Defence ties between India and China may be strained in the wake of the visa denial row, but the two countries hope next week will see increased cooperation in both wildlife conservation and global financial issues as two delegations from New Delhi travel to Beijing.
31/08/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Reports and Documents
Gajah: securing the future for elephants in India - the report of the Elephant Task Force
A major report by the Elephant Task Force submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The report lays out a comprehensive action agenda for protecting elephants in the wild and in captivity, and for addressing human-elephant conflict.
Aug 2010
Ministry of Environment and Forests
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Four-day meet on wildlife begins today in Beijing
India's defence exchanges with China may have come under strain but this has not deterred the two Asian giants from enhancing bilateral cooperation in an array of wildlife issues such as smashing growing network of trade of tiger parts at a four-day meet beginning on Monday in Beijing. A delegation led by environment ministry's inspector general (Wildlife) A.K.
30/08/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Reports and Documents
Discussion in Lok Sabha on Wildife (25/08/2010)
Discussion in Lok Sabha on Wildife (25/08/2010).
Aug 2010
Lok Sabha
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Notorious poacher’s luck runs out, court finds him guilty
Jaipur: Having successfully managed to escape conviction in a number of cases, luck ran out for notorious poacher Sansar Chand with a Delhi court holding him guilty of violation of the Wildlife Act. The poacher had been caught red-handed with a leopard skin about 15 years ago.
23/08/2010
Times Of India (Jaipur)
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Experts confirm elephant poaching in Simlipal
Fourteen elephants have died at the hands of poachers at the Simlipal National Park tiger reserve in Orissa’s Mayurbhanj district. A fact-finding team which visited the reserve blame the field staff at the reserve for burning the elephant carcasses to destroy evidence.
12/08/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Conference on wildlife crime
The minister of environment and forest (MoEF) plans to expand the activities of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to ensure that the present judicial system is made more sensitive to wildlife crimes.
11/08/2010
Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Poacher guns down brother on suspicion
Tirupati, Aug 10: A poacher, who suspected his brother of informing the police about hunting of star turtles, shot him dead at Shikaripalem village near Punganur on Tuesday night.
On Monday the police and forest personnel had seized 200 star turtles worth Rs 10 lakh from the village and had taken one Brahmaiah into custody.
On Monday the police and forest personnel had seized 200 star turtles worth Rs 10 lakh from the village and had taken one Brahmaiah into custody.
11/08/2010
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Reports and Documents
The Global Tiger Recovery Program - Initial Draft
Following the decision of the Pre-Tiger Summit Partners Dialogue meeting (Bali, Indonesia, July 12-14, 2010), an initial draft of the program underpinning efforts to help wild tigers recover and double in population over the next twelve years was released on July 31 by the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) Secretariat for feedback from Tiger Range Countries, other GTI partners, and interested stakehol
Aug 2010
Global Tiger Initiative
