'Residents of protected area' can visit other protected areas without permit: Ladakh govt directs officials

Aug 06, 2021

Leh (Ladakh) [India], August 7 : Ladakh Home Department, in its official notification, directed the Superintendents and Deputy Superintendents stating that 'residents of the...

UAE: AlQurm Protected Area in Khor Kalba joins IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU

Jul 01, 2024

The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) announced that the AlQurm Protected Area in Kalba City has joined the Indian Ocean's South-East...

Maharashtra: Ashish Shelar urges Gajendra Shekhawat to transfer all forts looked after by ASI to State

Mar 25, 2025

The Maharashtra government has identified 54 centrally protected and 62 state-protected forts, including iconic ones like Raigad, Rajgad, and Pratapgad, which are proposed to...

Peru reports death of 585 sea lions due to bird flu

Feb 08, 2023

Following the discovery of 55,000 dead birds in eight protected coastal areas, rangers found the bird flu that killed them had also claimed 585...

Israel evacuates protected animals from endangered areas

Oct 23, 2023

Dozens of protected wild animals were evacuated from the animal corner in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, located near the border with Lebanon in the north...

92 Eco-Sensitive Zones, 2 Ecologically Sensitive Areas notified in 13 states

Mar 23, 2023

"As part of the wildlife conservation strategy, in the year 2002, it was decided that an area around each protected area requires to be...