-Down to Earth A total of seven Great Indian Bustards have died in 2022 due to electrocution A Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud asked the Union government December 1, 2022, if a ‘Project Bustard’ could be launched on the lines of ‘Project Tiger’. The bench was hearing petitions throwing light on the critical situation of Great Indian Bustards (GIB) and their deaths due to electrocution from...
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Gene hope in bustard revival outside Rajasthan -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph Study reveals higher genetic diversity in the estimated 100 to 140 bustards in the state Wildlife scientists have discovered unique versions of genes in the last surviving Great Indian Bustards outside Rajasthan and recommended their introduction into the bustard breeding programme aimed at pulling back the iconic bird from imminent extinction. The unique gene sequences would enrich the gene pool available for India’s conservation breeding efforts underway in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, and...
More »Supreme Court seeks update on power cables at Great Indian Bustard’s habitat -Shuchita Jha
-Down to Earth Supreme Court seeks update on power cables at Great Indian Bustard’s habitat The Supreme Court of India sought an update April 1, 2022 from the committee formed for making power lines underground in Rajasthan and Gujarat ordered a year ago. The habitat of the state bird of Rajasthan — the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) or Godavan — is under threat due to the zigzag web of high-tension power lines through...
More »Forest fires have become more frequent this year as compared to the past
Forest fires are not just confined to countries like the United States of America (California, 2020), Brazil (Amazon forest, 2019-2020) or Australia (2019-20); they happen every year across many states in India too. Media reports suggest that forest fires have taken place in the recent months in Odisha's Simlipal National Park, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, among other states. Forest fires have also been reported this year in Nagaland-Manipur border (Dzukou...
More »Supreme Court steps in to protect Great Indian Bustard -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Suggests underground cables to prevent bird deaths due to collision with power lines The Supreme Court on Monday swooped-in to intervene on behalf of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards over the birds falling dead after colliding with power lines running through their dwindling natural habitats in Gujarat and Rajasthan. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde will examine on a priority basis whether overhead power cables...
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