Taxonomically, Big Cats are members of Felidae family represented by three genera viz. Panthera (included Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Leopard and Snow Leopard), Acinonx (includes Cheetah) and Puma (includes...
‘Hangul’ (Kashmiri stag) is the only surviving species of the red deer family in Kashmir. The rare animal’s strength fell from 5,000 in the beginning of last century to...
Taxonomically, elephants belong to family Elephantidae. There are ONLY two genera extant from this species viz. Elephas and Loxodonta. Genus Elephas is of the Asian Elephants. There is...
Taxonomically, snow leopards belong to the family of cats called Felidae. However, until few years ago, it was not kept in the genus of Big cats (Panthera) and...
Project Tiger was launched in 1973 with nine reserves in 1973-74. The project was first started as a central scheme. Later, it was transformed into Centrally Sponsored Scheme,...
Around 70% of tigers of the world are in India. As per official data of Tiger Census-2014, there are more than 2200 tigers in India. States and Landscapes...
The Critical Wildlife Habitats have been envisaged in Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. This act defines the Critical Wildlife Habitats...
India enacted Biological Diversity Act in 2002 for giving effect to the provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Objective of this act is to regulate the access...
The Bonn Convention, also known as the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), is an environmental treaty under the United Nations Environment Programme....
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) also known as Washington Convention, is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is...
