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tiger reserves going Sariska - Panna Way
We
had about 40 000 tigers at the beginning
of the 19th century. Today we have about
1400. Which means, on an average, we have
lost one tiger every single day for the
last 108 years !! Listen to experts and
forest staff. The answers are so common,
it is shameful we can convert them into
workable solutions.
Read a special feature
covering views of tiger experts
Dugongs
In
south-east India, the last stronghold
of the Dugong in the country, this animal
is reported threatened by illegal hunting,
the extent of which can only be guessed
at. The Dugong is caught and killed to
meet a local demand for its meat.
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More
Whale
Sharks
Interestingly
it is only Gujarat that has the largest
sighting of whale shark. In the year 1999-2000
when a survey was done by traffic India
when the hunting was not banned there
were about 564 odd whale sharks that were
hunted in that particular region
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River dolphins
River
dolphins are endangered species widely
found in the Brahmaputra and Barak River
Systems in the State of Assam. Platanista
gangetica is the scientific name of dolphins.
There are about 200 dolphins Brahmaputra.
Read
about key challenges of dolphins in Bramhaputra
Snow Leopard
Globally,
there are between 3,500 to 7,000 snow
leopards. With 60% of them in China, rest
of the 11 countries - all in Central Asia
- have a major balancing act to do.
Read the challenges of snow leopards in
J&K
Asiatic Elephants
The
Asian Elephant tends to grow to around
7–12 feet in height and 3,000–5,000
kilograms. Today,
there are about
26,000 elephants in India but the population
faces challenges like shrinking forests,
man animal conflict
Read the challenges of asian elephants
Turtles
Oil
drilling, port construction or simply
fishing. Turtles are killed in thousands
every year & over 1.29 lakhs turtles have
died in the country in the last 13 years
even as Ridley Turtles are Schedule One
specie under 1972 Wildlife Protection
Act & entitled to protection similar to
tigers & elephants.
Read
the challenges of turtles
Vultures
Vultures
are found on every continent except Antarctica
and Oceania. Over the past few years,
the vultures are vanishing from the Indian
skies and flying towards extinction.
Read
the challenges of vultures
Butterflies
Insects
dominate the world; they constitute more
than 75% of the population. Now their
population is dwindling because of the
use of pesticides in agriculture. We are
loosing most of the useful insects.
Read
the challenges of butterflies
Coral
Reefs
Coral
reefs are one of the Earth’s most
beautiful, ancient and complex ecosystems.
They are actually animals with plants
living inside them. In India we can find
Coral reefs in Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep,
Gulf of Mannar (Tamilnadu), Gulf of Kutcch
Read
about the importance of coral reefs to
the ecosystem
Biodiversity
One
may think that maintaining balance in
biodiversity is environmentalist's focus.
In reality, right from your buying decisions
to using electricity at home, everyone
everywhere can participate to maintain
biodiversity balance.
Read about you and biodiversity
Decarbonising
India
These
days’ cities are becoming very important.
People are migrating to cities and there
is a large force on the green cover and
this leads to carbonization. So we need
to focus on how to de-carbonize them,
and how to do it is the big challenge
Read
how to decarbonize India
Read
about mangroves in Mumbai
Read
about how to generate awareness
Zero
Garbage and Green Areas
The most important aspect
of waste management at individual level
is to reduce the waste one produces. Do
not buy things just for their packaging.
Do not buy small cheap pouches because
the more waste you generate, the bigger
culprit you are towards global warming.
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Some of the questions media should raise
Everyone
we have interviewed on environment, has
acknowledged the role of media in raising
voice about the declining numbers of tigers
in India. Tigers are an important part
of the web of life. They depend on prey,
which in turn depends on grass, which
in turn depends on water....
Man
animal conflict plays a key role in maintaining
eco balance. Man has been killing animals
not just for money - poaching, but just
to protect himself and the cattle. e.g.
the snow leopards kill the yaks and horses
and the herder has no choice but to kill
in economic defence. Therefore, issues
like economic development, livelihood
opportunities, insurance of cattle...are
part of a larger strategy.
This will give media multiple angles to
influence common people.
HSBC's Environment & Life Forum would
be happy to share rights of using the
interviews on the forum and also share
names of experts media can and should
interview. For any information, write
to Datacentre@IndianNGOs.com
Members
of Parliament are the key
Every region has its own environmental
issues. e.g. Mumbai has man animal conflict
issues related to tigers in Borivali National
Park, stray dogs in most of the wards,
mangroves in east and west, air pollution
across....MPs have greater opportunities
to sit with their voters to understand
the issues and share successfull solutions
with communities from other parts of the
country and the world. More importantly,
environment & life gives opportunities
for MPs to create national impact by raising
voice about issues beyond their constituency,
issues which are of state, national and
global significance.
We
will be sharing a feed on national environmental
issues to MPs
For any information, write to Datacentre@IndianNGOs.com
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