The Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS), where tigers have been sighted, is also rich in bird diversity. The first-ever bird survey, recorded 19 more bird species than compiled earlier.

The Madhya Pradesh government has sought from the Centre to shift some of the near-extinct Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir Sanctuary — home to about 400 of the species.

India marked three years since its last case of polio was reported, a major public health success for a country that until recently accounted for most of the world's cases. "Proud day for all of us as Indians," Junior Home Minister RPN Singh wrote on Twitter.

WWF-India and Tata Housing launched the project 'Save Our Snow Leopards' and also an online fund raising system for conservation of this species.

An inspection team of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) identified the high concentration of industrial and domestic waste being discharged into the Yamuna in an untreated form as the major source of pollution in the river.

Researchers from India, Britain, and Bangladesh are studying the impact of climate change on livelihoods of those living in Sunderbans' mangroves— the world's largest mangrove forests.

Britain needs more everyday cyclists, the sorts who pedal a short distance in ordinary clothes with a basket on their bike, as opposed to a dedicated minority who speed along in Lycra, according to the new minister for cycling, Robert Goodwill.

An Indonesian court has found a palm oil company PT Kallista Alam guilty of illegally burning large swathes of the Tripa peat forest, which lies within Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem, the only place on Earth where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans can be found living together in the wild.

Most US consumers say they want genetically modified food labelled and believe that they do not eat GM food. Now, the first mainstream US food company has removed GM from a popular range.

A large-scale gold and copper mine in Alaska's Bristol Bay region would devastate the world's largest salmon fisheries, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

AgriDjalo, a small limited liability company is focussing on rice cultivation, are looking to start projects in Senegal that use urban biomass (primarily human waste) to fertilize rice fields. With over 40 per cent of Senegal's almost 13 million inhabitants living in urban areas, there is an abundant supply of human fertilizer.

Peru is to expand its Camisea gas project although it threatens uncontacted Amazon tribes with extinction, reports David Hill. The decision also ignores UN pleas to stop the operations.