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The black bucks were shifted to the Reserve with the purpose of their long term protection in the natural habitat. Black bucks, which the National Park and Wildlife Protection Act-2029 BS has kept in the list of protected mammal, are on the verge of extinction these days due to smuggling and destruction of habitats.

Taking a serious note of the death of tigers in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in Lakhimpur district, the Lucknow bench of Allahabad HC has directed strict implementation of its order of considering constitution of a special tiger protection force.

Four Indian species feature in a list of the '100 most threatened' species in the world. The disappearance of the four species is of concern as all four they once occurred in great abundance in India. The Gooty Tarantula (also metallic tarantula or peacock tarantula), was plentiful in Ooty, Tamil Nadu.

Under this arrangement IUCN will restore 500 hectares of the degraded mangroves in the jurisdiction of Port Qasim Authority.Nurseries would also be established in the project area to raise 60,000 container plants to meet the plantation needs. 

The SOS-Save our Species-supported project implemented by IUCN Member the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, is proud to report a remarkable rebound in the markhor population. These results are largely due to conservation efforts focused on strengthening local institutions.

Scientists of the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germany have discovered a new snake species in the highlands of western Panama.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress elected Zhang Xinsheng of China as the new President of IUCN, during the Congress held in Jeju, Republic of Korea. Before closing, the 2012 Congress also approved the IUCN Programme for 2013-2016, adopted several other motions, and adopted the Jeju Declaration on "nature-based solutions."

In 2012, in response to a request from Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC), IUCN established an independent advisory panel to provide science based recommendations for the remediation and rehabilitation of biodiversity and habitats of oil spill sites in the Niger Delta.

A new report finds that protected areas are growing in number and coverage of the earth's surface. The First Edition of the Protected Planet Report was compiled through a collaborative effort between the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and released during the fifth World Conservation Congress, on 7 September 2012.

Indonesia’s President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, declared an International Year of the Rhino, starting on June 5 2012. This declaration took place at the request of IUCN. The hope was it would stimulate action for the long-term conservation of the Javan and Sumatran rhinos, but also promote rhino conservation in other range states in both Asia and Africa.

Call for Abstracts: Forestry Graduate Student Association of the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia in collaboration with Academy of Sciences Malaysia will be organizing this event. Deadline: 30th November 2012 

Call for Abstracts: The conference focusses on the interaction between biological and hydrological systems, including positive impacts such as water harnessing and flood mitigation, and negative aspects including threats to food production, water repellency and environmental degradation through unsustainable land use practices.Deadline: 31 Jan 2013

Call for Proposals: The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars from the energy and environment science community to interchange knowledge, to discuss and to disseminate new ideas towards a low-carbon, sustainable future. Deadline: 29th December 2012 

The World Forests Summit will assemble a leading group of experts from around the world: CEOs, government ministers, scientists and activists will meet to agree the framework for future sustainable management of a precious global resource.

Call for Proposals: Organisation, Universities and Institutes are invited to be official partners of the EBI 2012.Abstracts must be written in English not exceeding 300 words (along with six keywords) typed in A4 size paper (MS Word).Deadline: 30th September 2012