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India, China set to ratify pact of tiger conservation
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010 |
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India and China will ratify a key pact on tiger conservation and combat of poaching.A five-member Indian delegation of Indian forest officials headed by A K Shrivastava were engaged in talks with their Chinese counterparts on these issues. They aim to ratify the 1995 protocol, reports MSN. |
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Tigers and Economies
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
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This is the Chinese year of the tiger and people are interested in saving the tiger from extinction more than ever. Several conferences are being held, and a lot of money is being thrown at saving the tiger, but all this can't work if the Government can't mitigate the conflict between locals and wild animals. The lack of agricultural productivity forces farmers to encroach on the habitat of the tigers. This has to be resolved. China and India can save the tigers by cooperating with each other, writes Barun Mitra in The Wall Street Journal. |
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Save the tiger: Environmental dividend from economic development
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 |
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This is the Chinese year of the tiger and people are interested in saving the tiger from extinction more than ever. Several conferences are being held, and a lot of money is being thrown at saving the tiger, but all this can't work if the Government can't mitigate the conflict between locals and wild animals. The lack of agricultural productivity forces farmers to encroach on the habitat of the tigers. This has to be resolved. China and India can save the tigers by cooperating with each other, writes Barun Mitra. |
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Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Changing climate in China India relations
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 |
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The winds of change between the two giants could impact not only the environment but also politics. In this article published in the special issue (July-August 2010) of the "India China Chronicle", Barun Mitra looks at the possible implications of the cooperation between these two countries at the climate conference in Copenhagen, last year. Possibly, a much bigger opportunity lies in the field of wildlife conservation, particularly in saving the tiger. |
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Dhaka, Delhi to join global move to save the tiger
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Friday, July 30, 2010 |
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Delhi and Dhaka to join the global move to save the tiger. Both countries will attend the 13-nation Tiger Conservation Summit in St. Petersburg in September to plan the urgent measures to be taken to save the species.People treat the tiger as one of the most critically endangered animals which are fast disappearing from the world, reports Sify News.
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Cheetahs will find a home in India again
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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Cheetahs will find a home in India again. The move will help restore grasslands and protect many endangered animals. heetah will be obtained from Middle East, where North African Cheetah are bred, Iran, Namibia and South Africa.Jairam ramesh said that Cheetah will need a distinctive status, reports The Hindu. |
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Cheetah will run again in India
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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The cheetah, eradicated in India by hunting nearly a century ago, will run again in the country, as three sites are earmarked for its reintroduction. The Indian Government approved recommendations of two sanctuaries in MP and Rajasthan, reports BBC. |
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Plan to return Cheetah to India, three sites identified
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Thursday, July 29, 2010 |
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A plan to raise 18 cheetahs at three sites — six in each — in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan at 300 crore Rupees was cleared by The Ministry of Environment and Forests today. Cheetah's were extinct in India since the 1960's reports The Indian Express. |
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Destroying biodiversity
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 |
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The collapse of Soviet Union has ushered in climate change as the biggest problem facing mankind. The agenda of environmentalists killed competition have led to even more unemployment and poverty. They have been pushing a new campaign on biodiversity. But, environmentalists are the biggest enemies of biodiversity, writes Paul Driessen in CFACT. |
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