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Basai Wetland of Gurgaon in Haryana, one of the important bird areas of country, is facing threat of being lost forever. Located close to national capital Delhi, migratory bird count of this wetland has shown a decline, mainly because of habitat loss due to human encroachment.

More than 60 years after its last confirmed sighting, a strange deer with vampire-like fangs still persists in the rugged forested slopes of northeast Afghanistan according to a research team that confirmed the species presence during recent surveys.

Almost half of the nearly 300 endemic species of plants that are found only at Saputara - Gujarat's most popular hill station - are facing the threat of extinction.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Monday decided to lift the over two decades long ban on forest harvesting besides managing forests along scientific lines in line with a working plan made by the government.

Despite being a biodiversity hotspot, since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, Tajikistan has remained a poor country. Around 45 percent of people are living in poverty, with the majority in rural areas, making native varieties of food extremely important for survival.

Snakes, butterflies, and a number of exotic fish are on the brink of extinction, according to the latest list of the world's most endangered species.

Global forest conservation measures meant to mitigate climate change are likely to drive massive cropland expansion into shrublands or savannahs to satisfy the ever-growing hunger for arable land. The consequent changes in land use could cause substantial greenhouse gas emissions, a new study in the journal Nature Climate Change shows.

The habitats of nearly 140 of Australia’s most threatened animals, including the hairy-nosed wombat and the green sawfish, remain unprotected despite recent growth in the country’s network of nature reserves, a new report has found.

Call for Papers; Invites research papers for International Conference in J.N.U., New Delhi. All selected papers will be published in International Journal having ISSN No. in print version and online version and that will be released on the day of conference. Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 28 November, 2014 

The first aim is to provide opportunities for academics from a range of disciplines and countries to share their research both through the conference podium and IJAS’ double –blind refereed publications. All IJAS conferences are inter- and multi-disciplinary. Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 3 March, 2015 

The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.Deadline for submission of papers: 3 June, 2015