Today's Top Environment News Alert

◆ The Telangana forest department’s week-old ‘Catch The Trap’ drive to locate and remove snares and traps laid in the forests to catch wildlife for poaching is yielding shocking results that are indicating the true extent of attempts to poach wild animals and birds in different parts of the state.

Turck Loads of Snares to Trap Wild Animals Being Found in Telangana

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/081223/turck-loads-of-snares-to-trap-wild-animals-being-found-in-telangana.html

◆ The Meghalaya police have seized more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, seven deer antlers, one deer skull and a lower jaw of a wild boar apart from other contraband in the 9th Mile Baridua area along the Assam-Meghalaya border.

Decisive blow to forces of darkness, says Conrad K Sangma after cops seize ammo

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma in a post on X, formerly Twitter, showered praises for the operation conducted on a tip sent by the military intelligence

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/decisive-blow-to-forces-of-darkness-says-conrad-k-sangma-after-cops-seize-ammo-101702050500709.html

◆ Dasara jumbo Arjuna had assisted the team in capturing six out of nine elephants in the operations held at Aalur, Belur, Sakleshpur and Yesalur ranges within Hassan Wildlife Division, before his death in a wild elephant attack.

Dasara jumbo Arjuna assisted in capture of six out of nine elephants in operation before his death

https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/dasara-jumbo-arjuna-assisted-in-capture-of-six-out-of-nine-elephants-in-operation-before-his-death-2803173

◆ The new Nature Interpretation Centre, a separate section at the recently-inaugurated Eastern Ghats Biodiversity Centre near PM Palem, Visakhapatnam is an immersive experience of traversing through the diverse ecosystems of the region, that has long awaited a systematic documentation.

A first-of-its-kind Eastern Ghats Nature Interpretation Centre in Visakhapatnam

A unique blend of Nature and art welcomes visitors at the first-of-its-kind Nature Interpretation Centre located at the Eastern Ghats Biodiversity Centre in Visakhapatnam

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/a-first-of-its-kind-eastern-ghats-nature-interpretation-centre-in-visakhapatnam/article67613748.ece

◆ Speaking at an event on Youth Actions on Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) at the India Pavilion at COP28 summit venue in Dubai, UAE, Shri Yadav said that the youth and the children care deeply about the environment when the older generation has been found lacking.

Sense of superiority over nature a fundamental mistake, harbinger of all environmental woes for humanity: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav has today said that the youth of today will be the custodians of Planet Earth tomorrow and their participation in atte…

https://indiaeducationdiary.in/sense-of-superiority-over-nature-a-fundamental-mistake-harbinger-of-all-environmental-woes-for-humanity-union-environment-minister-bhupender-yadav/

◆ The state government has urged DRDO authorities to restrict missile testing off Odisha coast during the mass nesting period of Olive Ridley sea turtles that usually takes place during February-March.

Restrict tests during nesting season: Odisha govt to DRDO

The state government also asked collectors and SPs of coastal districts to cooperate with DFOs concerned for protection of Olive Ridley turtles.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2023/dec/08/restrict-tests-during-nesting-season-odisha-govt-to-drdo-2639708.html

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