Waiting

This is the most interesting situation where you are waiting for posting. The Probationers are nobody's baby after completing their training at IGNFA. The changed atmosphere in the States has led to such a situation. The waiting will continue for some more days.

Sun set at Bhopal

Mount Everest

Jog Falls, Karnataka

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Threatened species

Threatened species

According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2007, a total of 16,306 species out of 41,415 assessed species are threatened with extinction, meaning that they are listed as either Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. These include:

• Mammals: 1,094 species (22 percent of all known mammals);

• Birds: 1,226 species, 2008 data (12 percent of all known birds);

• Fish: 1,201 species (39 percent of all assessed fish);

• Reptiles: 422 species (30 percent of all assessed reptiles);

• Amphibians: 1,808 species (31 percent of all assessed amphibians); and

• Gymnosperms: 321 species (35 percent of all assessed gymnosperms).

Source: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org

(http://www.iucnredlist.org/info/2007RL_Stats_Table%201.pdf)

Extinction threat for Primates

Extinction threat for Primates

The first comprehensive review of the world’s 634 kinds of primates in five years has found that almost 50

percent of species are in danger of going extinct, according to the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. In Asia, more than 70 percent of primates are classified as threatened, meaning they could disappear forever in the near future. “Tropical forest destruction has always been the main cause, but now it appears that hunting is just as serious a threat in some areas” says Russell A. Mittermeier, Chair of IUCN’s Primate Specialist Group. As our closest relatives, apes, monkeys and other primates are important to the health of surrounding ecosystems. The forests they live in provide vital resources for humans and also absorb carbon dioxide that causes climate change.

Source: http://cms.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/index.cfm?uNewsID=1391