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Florida moves closer to ending 20-year-old ban on bear hunt as attacks rise

Final decision would be taken by wildlife authorities in April and June

PERU

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Net gain

Villagers around Tawa reservoir in Madhya Pradesh are finally allowed to retain fishing rights

Nightmare in Europe

The Danube river system will take several years to rid itself of the cyanide

Forced destruction

Unless affordable technology is provided to the fisherfolk, the survival of Lake Victoria in Kenya will remain under threat

Growing fences

Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …

How to increase earning from fisheries

Team from from Tripara's College of Fisheries show the way

Relief and rehabilitation is next big challenge

Cyclone Phailin leaves behind a trail of destruction; people complain they have received no relief supply

Foreign investors perpetuating poverty in Africa, says report

The Annual Progress Report of Africa says the continent is losing 6% of GDP a year, mostly due tto illegal logging and unregulated fishing

Whale of a Problem

Whale meat contains mercury and PCBs, says a new study

Tropical storm Hudhud: Odisha puts 16 districts on high alert

Residents of seaside villages start moving to safer areas; stock up rations

New fishing technique improves health safety of African fish processors

Improved design took five years and has been a hit with female workers, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire

Letters

World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF

Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …

Trouble at sea

From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused

As Hudhud approaches, coastal people move to safer areas

Many people hit by Phailin last year yet to overcome food and water shortages, find source of livelihood

Subansiri dam: green tribunal issues notices to NHPC, government

Petition seeks minimum flow in the river to protect Gangetic dolphins and other life forms

Pollution killing freshwater species of Western Ghats: IUCN

16 per cent fish, plants and other freshwater species threatened; 2 per cent near threatened

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Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds