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Dudhwa Tiger Reserve to reopen on Nov 1

October 27, 20201286 Views

In order to boost tourism amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the reopening of the world-famous Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) has been preponed to November 1. "Strict COVID protocals for the tourists as well as those visiting DTR have been imposed this season starting November 1. Any violation of the protocol would be taken seriously," Field director, DTR Sanjay Kumar Pathak said. Normally, the tourist season in Dudhwa starts on November 15 and concludes on June 15 every year. Dudhwa is the most visited national park in Uttar Pradesh Due to the unprecedented situation following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Dudhwa had to be closed mid-session on March 22 during the last tourist season. The routine tourist season last year had also remained disturbed due to heavy rains and ...

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6 हॉटस्पॉट ओमान में वाइल्डलाइफ देखने के लिए

UPENDRA SWAMI

October 25, 2020951 Views

ओमान के कुदरती नजारों की विविधता आपको हैरान कर देगी। आपके लिए यकीन करना मुश्किल होगा कि खाड़ी के किसी देश में प्रकृति की इतनी खूबसूरत दुनिया होगी। यहां के समुद्र के साथ-साथ यहां का पहाड़ी इलाका और रेगिस्तान भी कई तरह के अनूठे प्राणियों का बसेरा है। हमारे देश में वाइल्डलाइफ देखने का सीजन तो शुरू हो चुका है, अब आइए एक झलक देखते हैं ओमान के वाइल्डलाइफ हॉटस्पॉट्स की 1. डॉल्फिन देखने के लिए बेहतरीन है खसाब। करें ढो क्रूज पर सवारी और जाएं ओमान के सबसे उत्तरी सिरे पर स्थित मुसंदम। वहां खूबसूरत खड़ी चोटियों के बीच बहते पानी में अठखेलियां करती हंपबैक डॉल्फिन बहुत आसानी से दिख जाएंगी। यहां इन डॉल्फिन की अच्छी-खासी तादाद है। 2. कछुओं को देखने के लिए जाएं रस-अल जिंज। गरमियों की किसी रात को शरकिया के टर्टल रिजर्व में जाएं। वहां आपको प्रकृति का एक चमत्कृत करने वाला नजारा मिलेगा जब हजारों ...

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India has identified three large Snow Leopard landscapes

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October 24, 2020578 Views

Government of India has been conserving snow leopard and its habitat through the Project Snow Leopard (PSL). The PSL was launched in 2009. Speaking at the International Snow Leopard Day 2020 through a virtual meeting, Minister of State for Environment Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo said, Government is committed to landscape restoration for snow leopard habitat conservation, and implementing participatory landscape-based management plans involving local stakeholders. The Minister said, India is also party to the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection (GSLEP) Programme since 2013. During the virtual meet, Supriyo stated that India has identified three large landscapes, namely, Hemis-Spiti across Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh; Nanda Devi – Gangotri in Uttarakhand; and Kha...

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Kaziranga National Park reopens after 7 months

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October 21, 2020683 Views

The Kaziranga National Park (KNP), famed for one-horned rhinoceros, was opened to tourists on Wednesday, after being closed for seven months due to COVID-19 pandemic. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal formally reopened the KNP and expressed hope that this will revive the states tourism sector which has been severely hit by the pandemic. The KNP remains shut for around five months every year since April-end during the monsoon season when floods also occur in the state. The Park was closed in March this year after the government imposed lockdown. Sonowal said that unemployed youths in and around Kaziranga would find meaningful employment again through jeep safari and other tourism-related activities. He said that the state government had provided a one- time financial ...

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All-female scientific coalition calls for protection of Antarctic Peninsula

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October 20, 2020447 Views

Climate change and human activity are harming Antarctica and threatening wildlife from humpback whales to microscopic algae, more than 280 scientists and conservation experts say in urging protections for the icy region. The coalition - all women - called for creating a new marine protection area around Antarctica, as governments on Monday began a two-week meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. FILE PHOTO: An iceberg floats near Lemaire Channel, Antarctica, February 5, 2020. Picture taken February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Two Antarctica areas are already protected: The South Orkney Islands and the Ross Sea. The new protection area, proposed in 2018 by commission members Chile and Argentina, would cover the western Antarctic P...

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Kaziranga National Park to reopen on Oct 21

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October 16, 2020648 Views

The iconic Kaziranga National Park in Assam will reopen from October 21 after being shut since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the monsoon season, officials said. "Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve will be opened for the current tourist season on 21st October 2020. The opening ceremony will commence from 11am onwards. Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam will grace the occasion," KNP said on its Facebook page. The park is thronged by domestic and international tourists in large numbers for its famed one-horned rhinos. In September, the Assam government had approved expansion of the park totalling 3,053 hectares. ...

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आइए चलें तेलंगाना के जंगलों की सैर को

UPENDRA SWAMI

October 11, 20204156 Views1

दक्कन के पठार में अपनी खास भौगोलिक स्थिति की वजह से तेलंगाना को अनूठी जलवायु मिली हुई है। यह जलवायु और यहां का मौसम पेड़-पौधों और वन्य प्राणियों के लिए खासा अनुकूल माना जाता है। समूचे इलाके में कई वन्यजीव अभयारण्य हैं, कुछ टाइगर रिजर्व भी हैं और पक्षी अभयारण्य भी। इनमें कई तो बहुत पुराने हैं और कई महत्वपूर्ण भी। हालांकि तेलंगाना के वन्य अभायरण्यों या टाइगर रिजर्वों को उस तरह की ख्याति नहीं मिली जितनी मध्य भारत में बाकी राज्यों- खास तौर पर कर्नाटक, मध्य प्रदेश और महाराष्ट्र के टाइगर रिजर्वों को मिली लेकिन इसके बावजूद उनकी अहमियत किसी सूरत में कम नहीं हो जाती। सैलानियों के नजरिये से देखा जाए तो ऐसे अभयारण्यों को घूमने में कम आनंद है जहां सैलानी सफारी करने के लिए टूटे पड़ते हैं। जंगल को कम शोर-शराबे और सुकून में देखने का ही लुत्फ ज्यादा है और यह तेलंगाना के जंगलों में बखूब...

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Bringing back the wild buffalo from the brink

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October 9, 2020592 Views

The wild buffalo extant population at Chhattisgarh has been dwindling down to critical levels and to stem this, Wildlife Trust of India has been working since the last 14 years with the Chhattisgarh Forest Department and the Chhattisgarh State Government at various levels to reverse the population decline of this majestic state animal of Chhattisgarh. To further this cause, Chandradeo Rai, Parliament Secretary (Forest) and Manoj Kumar Pingua, Principal Secretary (Forest) in an event, marking the end of the 66th National Wildlife Week launched “Bovine from the Brink” a wildlife documentary film, on the state animal of Chhattisgarh, the Wild Buffalo, depicting the conservation efforts of the Chhattisgarh Forest Department, Wildlife Trust of India and associated partners on reviving t...

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Manas National Park to reopen for tourists from Friday

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October 1, 2020650 Views

Assam's World Heritage site Manas National Park will be the first among the five National Parks in the state to reopen for tourists from Friday with strict COVID-19 protocols, park officials said. The park, which usually closes for tourists in April, had to shut the gates from March 17 due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Chief Conservator of Forests A M Singh will open the Manas National Park at a programme scheduled to be held at the Bahbari range, officials said. The park authorities said that strict COVID-19 guidelines, including mandatory wearing of masks and social distancing, must be maintained by the tourists while entering the park. Only three persons would be allowed in the jeep safari inside the park. The authorities have taken all measures...

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मालवा का कश्मीर है नरसिंहगढ़

RAJU KUMAR

September 24, 20206824 Views

मध्य प्रदेश जंगलों से भरा-पूरा है। एक से बढ़कर एक टाइगर रिजर्व हैं यहां। लेकिन इनके बीच भीड़ से दूर कई खामोश सुकून भरे जंगल भी हैं बारिश के दिन हो या गुजरते मानसून वाले दिन, जंगल प्रेमियों के लिए अक्सर ये दिन लुभावने लगते हैं। अक्टूबर से खुलने वाले राष्ट्रीय उद्यानों और टाइगर रिजर्व की ओर बेतहाशा भीड़ बढ़ जाती है। ऐसे में कुछ ऐसे पड़ाव होते हैं, जो थोड़े सकून से घूमने वालों के लिए पहली पसंद बन जाते हैं। ऐसा ही एक पड़ाव है मध्यप्रदेश के राजगढ़ जिले का नरसिंहगढ़ अभयारण्य। यूं तो यहां गर्मी के दिनों को छोड़कर कभी भी जाया जा सकता है, लेकिन मानसून की उतरन के बाद यहां की सैर वाकई शानदार होती है। तभी तो इस क्षेत्र को मालवा का कश्मीर कहा जाता है। अभयारण्य के बीच चिड़ीखो तालाब यहां की कुदरती खूबसूरती का नायाब तोहफा है। भोपाल के आसपास के जंगलों की हर बार की सैर रोमांचकारी होती है। बाहर से आने...