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Lion, tiger & jaguar bone processing could shift from end market countries in the Far East to source nations: UNODC

India, May 14 -- While most lion and jaguar bones being trafficked are not sourced from wild populations, this could change, the 2024 World Wildlife Crime Report flagged The processing of lion, tiger... Read More


Rhinos, elephants, pangolins, cedars, rosewoods & agarwood most affected by illegal wildlife trade: UNODC

India, May 14 -- Wildlife trafficking persists worldwide despite two decades of concerted action at international and national levels, says2024 World Wildlife Crime Report The rhino and the cedar wer... Read More


Namibian Genocide: Need to discuss, engage and bring about meaningful responsibility & culpability, says J M Moosa

India, May 11 -- Centre for African Studies (JNU) professor talks about implications of graves and artefacts being found on Shark Island, a notorious concentration camp from the period Samuel Maharer... Read More


World Migration Report 2024: Climate impacts will force 216 million people to move within their countries by 2050

India, May 9 -- Climate change, while not the sole driver of displacement and migration, increases pressure on existing systems and communities More human beings are being displaced by force today th... Read More


J&K: In a first, four snow leopards captured on camera in the Chenab Valley's Kishtwar National Park

India, May 9 -- The Park is a vital corridor and connects snow leopard populations, enabling gene flow, say researchers A team of four scientists from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar and the Nati... Read More


World Donkey Day 2024: Overtourism, feral dogs, conflict with herders & unplanned development threats for Ladakh's kiang

India, May 8 -- Down To Earth speaks to Tsewang Namgail from the Snow Leopard Conservancy about the rare and iconic Tibetan wild ass A kiang. Photo: iStock Donkeys have been humanity's companions ev... Read More


Siberia burning again; state of emergency declared in Irkutsk's Bratsk district, Jewish Oblast & Khabarovsk Krai

India, May 7 -- Heatwave in 2020 caused'world's coldest inhabited place' to boil at 38degC; subsequent wildfires increased emissions and air pollution in the region Authorities in the Irkutsk Oblast ... Read More


East and West: Extreme weather strikes on opposite sides of globe in Brazil, Texas, Vietnam & Indonesia

India, May 6 -- 75 dead in Brazil floods; evacuations in flood-hit Houston; heat dries up Vietnam while 14 die in Indonesia due to floods and landslides Extreme weather has struck four areas on oppos... Read More


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city, escapes major damage as Cyclone Hidaya makes landfall on Mafia Island near it

India, May 5 -- No further threat of Cyclone Hidaya in Tanzania, says government; Kenya bans beach activities, fishing and swimming in coastal counties till May 6 midnight Dar es Salaam, the commerci... Read More


Hidaya has made landfall as per Kenya Met Department; but another depression is developing behind it

India, May 4 -- Mtwara, a coastal city in Tanzania, receives 140% of its average May rainfall in 12 hours Cyclone Hidaya, which was barrelling its way towards the Tanzanian coast on May 3 night, has ... Read More