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Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Set To Open In January 2025, Reducing Travel Time To 2.5 Hours
The 212 km expressway includes advanced features such as a wildlife corridor and improved safety measures.
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Gujarat Forest Department Ignored ISRO Report On Wildlife Corridors: Auditor
The Gujarat forest department did not take cognisance of the findings of a scientific study conducted by ISRO with a recommendation on habitat improvement in potential wildlife corridors in the state, the CAG said.
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India's First Urban Wildlife Corridor Being Planned In Delhi-NCR
Forest departments of Delhi and Haryana are working on an interstate plan to build a wildlife corridor on a busy road stretch near the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary to provide safe passage to leopards and other animals, officials said on Tuesday.
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10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport: Report
Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.
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"A Fragile Gentleman...": Supreme Court Bats For Elephants In Nilgiri Hills Resort Case
Man must give way to elephants, the Supreme Court said today while hearing cases relating to resorts built illegally inside wildlife corridors in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills
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Karnataka Counts Its Elephants, Hopes To Remain State With Highest Pachyderm Population
Volunteers are helping Karnataka officials to count elephants at Bannerghatta National Park, close to Bengaluru. The state hopes to keep its claim as the state with the highest number of wild elephants in India.
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8-Feet-Long Rock Python Rescued In Delhi
An eight-foot-long Indian Rock Python was today rescued by the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit from the engine of a water tanker at the Barapullah Corridor extension site.
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Thousands of Trees Being Chopped for Highway Without Clearance, Say Activists
On National Highway 7, right in the middle of a lush, green forest near Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve, is a stretch of land used by a quarter of the country's tiger population to move between the forests of central and southern India. This thickly-wooded corridor -- the only one connecting all the forests -- might soon be bereft of green cover,...
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In Assam, a village makes way for elephants
The existence of Asian elephants is today threatened by the degradation, fragmentation and shrinkage of their natural habitat in forests across the country. The result has been an increase in the conflict between humans and elephants in the fringe areas of forests. Protecting the corridors linking these fragmented habitats is one of the most urgent...
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Four more tiger sanctuaries in Maharashtra
There's good news for wildlife conservation efforts in Maharashtra. The state has notified four new wildlife sanctuaries in Vidarbha, areas that will now get legal protection against any commercial activities.
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Delhi-Dehradun Expressway Set To Open In January 2025, Reducing Travel Time To 2.5 Hours
The 212 km expressway includes advanced features such as a wildlife corridor and improved safety measures.
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Gujarat Forest Department Ignored ISRO Report On Wildlife Corridors: Auditor
The Gujarat forest department did not take cognisance of the findings of a scientific study conducted by ISRO with a recommendation on habitat improvement in potential wildlife corridors in the state, the CAG said.
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India's First Urban Wildlife Corridor Being Planned In Delhi-NCR
Forest departments of Delhi and Haryana are working on an interstate plan to build a wildlife corridor on a busy road stretch near the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary to provide safe passage to leopards and other animals, officials said on Tuesday.
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10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport: Report
Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Dehradun forest division could affect wildlife in the elephant corridors nearby, forest department sources said.
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"A Fragile Gentleman...": Supreme Court Bats For Elephants In Nilgiri Hills Resort Case
Man must give way to elephants, the Supreme Court said today while hearing cases relating to resorts built illegally inside wildlife corridors in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiri Hills
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Karnataka Counts Its Elephants, Hopes To Remain State With Highest Pachyderm Population
Volunteers are helping Karnataka officials to count elephants at Bannerghatta National Park, close to Bengaluru. The state hopes to keep its claim as the state with the highest number of wild elephants in India.
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8-Feet-Long Rock Python Rescued In Delhi
An eight-foot-long Indian Rock Python was today rescued by the Wildlife SOS Rapid Response Unit from the engine of a water tanker at the Barapullah Corridor extension site.
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Thousands of Trees Being Chopped for Highway Without Clearance, Say Activists
On National Highway 7, right in the middle of a lush, green forest near Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve, is a stretch of land used by a quarter of the country's tiger population to move between the forests of central and southern India. This thickly-wooded corridor -- the only one connecting all the forests -- might soon be bereft of green cover,...
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In Assam, a village makes way for elephants
The existence of Asian elephants is today threatened by the degradation, fragmentation and shrinkage of their natural habitat in forests across the country. The result has been an increase in the conflict between humans and elephants in the fringe areas of forests. Protecting the corridors linking these fragmented habitats is one of the most urgent...
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Four more tiger sanctuaries in Maharashtra
There's good news for wildlife conservation efforts in Maharashtra. The state has notified four new wildlife sanctuaries in Vidarbha, areas that will now get legal protection against any commercial activities.
