Posted by: Suresh K L on
May 31, 2012
According to a report on 30-May-2012 in a reputed regional Kannada newspaper "Prajavaani", officially as much as about 6000 Blackbucks are running freely in the district of Gadag in northern Karnataka, causing heavy loss to farmers.
For location of Gadag district, check the following link
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
May 24, 2012
Its bad enough that India's economists are doing a terrible job of managing our fragile nation. Its worse that they are trying to cover their inefficiencies by plundering our ecological vaults (exporting cheap coal to China from under critically important forests, including our Tiger Reserves). This will end up by turning India
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
May 09, 2012
Can petitions, emails, blogs and comments on the internet help protect wildlife? Well, remember that even a small act done on the ground is magnified by the impact of collective, public opinion. Besides, the issue today is that irrespective of the different problems confronting us, social or environmental, possibly just one per
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
May 05, 2012
I wrote this piece in my GreenTalk column that used to be published in the Deccan Herald, Bangalore's leading news paper in 2003. The 'Vanishing Wildlife' I wrote about is vanishing even faster today.
Virtually nowhere in India is our wildlife truly safe. Our national parks and sanctuaries provide some very welcome respite for
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
May 05, 2012
This is a letter I wrote as long as 15 years ago, on July 11, 1997, to Mr. I.K. Gujral, who was then India's Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Indian Board for Wildlife.
I could write almost the exact words today to Dr. Manmohan Singh and they would remain valid.
No action was taken then. Little has been learned since.
Posted by: Suresh K L on
May 05, 2012
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) in South India at the common border between Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu is praised for its conservation success but for some good reasons I feel that NBR is half successful in protecting the greater landscape. Before going further let us understand the rich bio diverse landscapes
Posted by: Bittu Sahgal on
May 03, 2012
Check out this url: http://vimeo.com/38211597
NGOs working with the Karnataka Forest Department removed over 100 wire snares from Bandipur-Nagarhole using the simplest of devices... a magnet attached to a stick to find the snares.
What a solid initiative. It is time that such quiet work was taken up by more individuals and
