Nepal: A police team deployed from the Regional Criminal Investigation Office, Seti on Thursday nabbed two persons with possession of a leopard hide from the Mohanyal Community Forest in Kanchibazaar of Lamki Chuha Municipality-2 of the district. A police team under the command of Inspector Siddhira
Bangladesh : An oil spill in Bengal's unique Sundarbans mangrove forest is threatening the world's greatest population of tigers.
A tanker carrying more than 350,000 litres of oil sank in the Shela river after colliding with another vessel.
The incident occurred near the UNESCO's World Heritag
India: Four leopards have been captured in the city’s residential areas in the past fortnight. This high incidence of leopards straying into human habitation is a grim testimony to the rapid loss of forest cover in and around the city. Driven by space and food constraints, the straying leopards a
India: In one of the major seizures, which saw a two day sea-air operation, the Indian Coast Guard and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 23,000 kg of Red Sand-ers worth around Rs 9 crore while it was being smuggled from Mumbai to Dubai on December 4 at 8.30 pm. A barge MV Ganga Sa
Africa: Most tourists who walk into Hong Kong’s many licensed ivory stores and carving factories, browse the displays of statues, pendants and jewellery and accept the official assurances that it all comes from sustainable sources. But not the reserved middle-aged man who last month went into a Ko
