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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:19:01 GMT |
| There are 40 tigers in the Ranthambore National Park (RNP) as per the 2009 census of the big cat, the Assembly was informed on Wednesday. |
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| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:15:24 GMT |
| South Africa will pit its tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk against Indian environment secretary Vijay Sharma for the key post of UN's climate change chief. |
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| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:49:31 GMT |
| India on Tuesday said it has decided to formally back the Climate Change Accord hammered out in Copenhagen last year joining over 100 countries that have already "associated" with the pact. |
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| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:47:27 GMT |
| In the backdrop of climate change and other environmental challenges, Kerala announced a Rs 1000-crore 'Green Fund' for the next five years while earmarking an initial provision of Rs 100 crore in the budget for 2010-11. |
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| Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:51:04 GMT |
| Police in 18 countries carried out a month-long coordinated mission against smuggled plant and animal parts used in various traditional forms of medicine, Interpol and national officers said Friday. |
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| Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:45:03 GMT |
 At least 11 tigers have died across the country in the last two months due to various reasons including poaching and poisoning, Government said. |
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| Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:32:48 GMT |
| The world has become far too hot for the aptly named Exit Glacier in Alaska. |
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| Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:38:12 GMT |
 Two tiger cubs were on Sunday found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Ranthambhore National Park (RNP) in Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district, 175 km from here, a top wildlife official said. |
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| Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:15:19 GMT |
| The Delhi High Court asked the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to take "immediate measures" to check noise pollution near the airport that is affecting people at a hospital and a residential area nearby. |
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| Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:57:54 GMT |
| An estimated 1.8 lakh female Olive Ridley turtles have so far arrived en-masse to lay eggs, a unique natural phenomenon, at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in Kendrapara district, officials said. |
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| Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:27:45 GMT |
 The WWF has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of the rare mangrove forests, home to the Bengal tiger, will be inundated by the rising sea. |
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| Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:22:15 GMT |
| Tension is simmering over a proposed elephant corridor in the Ooty foothills. While conservationists say this is essential to restore the man-nature balance, farmers and property owners are questioning the state government's decision to acquire 7,000 acres of fertile land for it. |
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| Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:24:37 GMT |
| Chhattisgarh has a total of 24-30 tigers while a count could not be held at Indravati tiger reserve for some years because Maoists were active in the area, the state assembly was told on Thursday. |
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| Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:57:00 GMT |
 In a bid to curb hunting of declining wild cats, forest officials are now mulling to use the services of dogs to keep a watch on the poachers. |
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| Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:27:50 GMT |
| For the tenth consecutive year, the majestic Siberian Cranes - among the most endangered birds in the world - have skipped India this winter, say experts. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:12:35 GMT |
| Actor Abhishek Bachchan has urged Indians to switch off lights for one hour on March 27 as part of WWF's Earth Hour 2010 campaign to support action on climate change. He says he will also request the film fraternity to stop shooting schedules during that period. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:41 GMT |
| Bondla zoo in Goa has added a pair of sloth bear procured under an exchange programme from Hyderbad-based Nehru Zoological park, forest officials said. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:08:05 GMT |
| China's top climate negotiator said on Wednesday that the cause of global warming was still not clear but the problems it was creating were so serious that the world must anyway act to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:01 GMT |
| Assam has topped the list of states in terms of encroachment in forest land, with about 4,85,674 hectares of area being occupied, the government told the Lok Sabha. |
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| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:06:02 GMT |
| Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, U.S. senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name "cap and trade" and rebrand their product as "pollution reduction targets." |
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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com |
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