Tag: Biodiversity

Eight cheetahs have been captured in Botswana and will soon be flown to India to join the cheetah reintroduction program in Kuno National Park. The new arrivals are expected to strengthen genetic diversity and boost long-term conservation efforts.

The Ravi River’s swollen waters in Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, have exposed alarming evidence of timber mafia activity, with massive wood logs floating downstream amid recent floods. Environmentalists warn that the scale of logs indicates systematic illegal felling, not just natural erosion, deepening the region’s ecological crisis. As flash floods devastate villages and infrastructure, activists demand a high-level probe, stricter enforcement, and community-led monitoring to curb rampant deforestation threatening Himachal’s fragile biodiversity.