Saturday, 22 May 2010 A report showing that Britain is failing to halt the declines of many of its highest-priority wildlife species and habitats, from the red squirrel, the juniper and the common skate to chalk rivers and coastal salt marshes, was “sneaked out” this week by the Government with no publicity, environmental campaign groups said yesterday. More than twice as many conservation priority species and habitats are...

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2010-06-01 11:51 PM KATHMANDU: A delegation comprising Ministry of Forests and SoilConservation (MoFSC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials isleaving for Beijing tomorrow to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China on biodiversity issues. The MoU will be signed this week in the Chinese capital Beijing.  Dr Siddhartha Bajracharya, National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC)executive officer, said the signing of MoU...

Sanctuary Nauradehi or Noradehi WLS lies in Sagar, Damoh & Narsignhpur Districts in Vindhya Hills with affinity to Narmada Valley dry deciduous forest. The forest are Southern tropical dry deciduous mix type. The approach to the sanctuary is from Jabalpur, Sagar and Damoh in MP. The Jabalpur Sagar Highway goes through the WLS and is a great source of disturbance to wildlife. Nauradehi was declared a wildlife sanctuary in the year 1977...

As a child I was fascinated with the natural world. The birds and butterflies and some insects,  small  mammals and reptiles were part of our premises. Jackals, civet cats, fox and occasionally a Hyena or Leopard? would leave a tell tale sign in the night. These were my first introduction to nature. The house abounded  in wild trees  – left over remainders of forest that was taken over by early colonizers. I grew up in natural...