Conservation drones top wish list of tiger reserves

K.S. Sudhi KOCHI,   TheHindu, May 26, 2015 The Periyar and Parambikulam tiger reserves and the Eravikulam National Park are planning to procure conservation drones to step up their conservation drive. While the Periyar reserve will get one drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) at a cost of Rs.25 lakh, the Parambikulam reserve hopes to get three such aerial vehicles. This is the first time the managers of three protected...

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Eco-tourism brings succour to tribespeople

K A Shaji Palakkad, The Hindu, May 13, 2015   The community-based eco-tourism now being practised at the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve with the active involvement of 234 members of six tribal settlements within the reserve has become a model to emulate in tiger conservation, said B.N. Anjan Kumar, deputy director of the reserve. In...

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Ghats yields new limbless amphibian

T. Nandakumar Thiruvananthapuram,   The Hindu, May 5, 2015   The new species, named Gegeneophis tejaswini after the Tejaswini river in north Kerala, is the 12th Gegeneophis species discovered from the Western Ghats. A team of scientists from the Government College, Chittur, Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB),...

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