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BHUBANESWAR: The state government will soon roll out a new Agro-forestry policy to move forward with its commitment to carbon ...
BHUBANESWAR: With the state government bringing critical changes to the existing Wildlife (Protection) (Orissa) Rules - 1974, the Forest department has asked the territorial and wildlife divisions ...
You have to credit SciDev.Net — where possible include our logo with a link back to the original ... Sourav Mohapatra, assistant professor in the Department of Forest Biology and Tree Improvement at ...
Malkangiri: In a significant crackdown on wildlife trafficking, forest officials in Odisha's Malkangiri district seized 473 rare turtles during an anti-smuggling operation in the Motu area early ...
Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on illegal poaching, the forest department of Komna Range in Odisha’s Nuapada district raided Sirli village and seized a cache of explosives and hunting gear ...
Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on illegal poaching, the forest department of Komna Range in Odisha’s Nuapada district raided Sirli village and seized a cache of explosives and hunting gear ...
An elephant care centre will soon come up in the Chandragiri reserve forest area in Odisha's Ganjam district ... land have been earmarked by the forest department for the facility near Beruabadi.
BHUBANESWAR: The Forest department is planning to use Avenza ... to 13,000 km of fire lines being created and maintained in Odisha every year, Biswal said use of the application is expected ...
This first ever leopard estimation released on Thursday was conducted by the Odisha Forest Department. The estimation exercise spanned across 47 Forest Divisions of the state. The state forest ...
Under scrutiny for the death of over 40 elephants so far this fiscal, the Odisha forest department has reassigned protection squads from forest divisions to circle levels for more effective wildlife ...
and Chief Wildlife Warden said despite having 397 squads deployed in different forest divisions for protection and conservation of wildlife, more than 40 elephant deaths have been reported during ...
Odisha forest ... of forests, the department has deployed seven ODRAF teams in Baliguda, Phulbani, Rayagada, Bonai, Kalahandi South, Similipal South, Paralakhemundi forest divisions to douse ...