BOGOTA - Colombia's parks agency, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and German fund Legacy Landscapes on Thursday launched a financial mechanism to fund Chiribiquete National Park with $1 million each year for at least 30 years.
Ben, 39, was last seen with little Roam on Sir Bertram Stevens Drive at the Royal National Park in Sydney 's south about 8.15pm on Thursday.
The Election Commission appealed to the forest department for a "one-time exception," requesting the allowance of mules within Singalila National Park. This measure aims to alleviate the arduous five-hour trek required by poll officials to reach Srikhola village in Darjeeling. Situated at an altitude of 6,900 feet, Srikhola village hosts Bengal's most elevated and isolated polling booths.
Christopher LohThe World Bank has decided to pull funding for a controversial tourism project following accusations it has led to extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and the sexual abuse of local villagers in Tanzania.Launched in 2017, the program aimed to improve the management of natural resources and tourism in Southern Tanzania, including Ruaha National Park (RUNAPA), which has been tied to a cascade of human rights abuses, according to the Oakland Institute, a California-based advocacy group.The World Bank has already disbursed $100 million of the $150 million project, known as REGROW, according to The Oakland Institute.Read more at The Daily Beast.
A recent settlement with conservation nonprofits directs the National Park Service to revise its rules for off-road vehicle use in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
Lop Buri residents are upset by suggestions from national parks authorities that they have been harassing the macaques that have become a major nuisance in the town.
Plan to expand Ruaha national park has been beset by allegations of abuse, leading bank to withhold final $50m of $150m budget The World Bank has suspended financing intended to develop tourism in southern Tanzania after allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions. The bank began investigating last year after being accused of enabling abuses around Ruaha national park, which was due to double in size as part of a World Bank-supported programme . Continue reading...
UBON RATCHATHANI: A Chinese woman was reportedly pushed off a cliff by her husband in Kong Chiam district in 2019 and miraculously survived with her unborn baby returned to thank four national park officials who rescued her.
Most parts Taroko National Park, including the famous Taroko Gorge, remain closed to visitors.
Visitors at Ranthambore National Park in India captured rare footage and images of a tigress and her three 1-year-old cubs feasting on the carcass of a crocodile after killing it.
The High Sierra Camps offer gourmet meals and showers to visitors who want an elevated experience in the wild.
The proposed designation of Bahsahwahbee National Monument would protect a religious site known for its juniper groves. The post Nevada tribes push for a monument to commemorate historic massacres appeared first on High Country News.
The law will come into force in national parks within two years and in all of the country’s marine protected areas by 2030 Greece has become the first country in Europe to announce a ban on bottom trawling in all of its national marine parks and protected areas. The country said will spend €780m (£666m) to protect its “diverse and unique marine ecosystems”. Continue reading...
Advocates delivered 800,000 signatures to the president Tuesday asking him to use his executive authority to designate the new sites and to expand two other existing monuments.
The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.
A two-year-old tigress, translocated from Tadoba National Park to Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, removed her GPS collar, prompting a massive search operation. The tigress, known as NT3, was found and plans are underway to sedate her and reattach the collar. This incident has raised concerns about the effectiveness of collaring procedures, especially after a previous tigress experienced collar malfunction.
Authorities are on the hunt for a pair of men who toppled several ancient rocks in a Nevada national park.
Bats, dolphins, National Parks and a 12-hour Zooniverse Palooza are coming up for Citizen Science Month.
Advocates have long sought to add land to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument near Los Angeles and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument north of Sacramento.
The Manitoba government says Parks Canada is considering closing a popular lake to boating this year because of zebra mussels.
[New Era] Katima Mulilo -- Residents of Katima Mulilo Rural constituency had a rude awakening with two lions. Escaped from the Chobe National Park, roaming around their villages, with one lion having now been killed after attacking a villager.
Google “America’s Best Idea” and you’ll find there’s a clear frontrunner: our national parks. The United States has 63 now, including southern swamps and deep mountain canyons and forests of saguaro cacti, a collection of beloved landscapes that stretches, to quote the familiar song, “from sea to shining sea.” But America’s preeminent property rights activist, […]
Authorities believe there are only 82 such rhinos in Indonesian national park where calf was seen.
Last year, Joy Ryan became the oldest person to visit all 63 U.S. National Parks — now she's traveling the world.
‘I kept praying and praying’, says rescued woman as search for four people missing from hiking trail set to resume following Wednesday’s quake Rescuers in Taiwan planned to bring in heavy equipment on Saturday to try to recover two bodies buried on a hiking trail, while more than 600 people remained stranded in various locations, three days after the island’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. Four people remain missing on the same Shakadang Trail in Taroko national park, famed for its rugged mountainous terrain. Search and recovery work was set to resume after being called off on Friday afternoon because of aftershocks. At least 12 people were killed by the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck on Wednesday morning off Taiwan’s east coast, and 10 others were still missing. More than 600...
This is the amazing moment that a deadly predator was spotted at the Kruger National Park in South Africa. It was captured by wildlife photographer, Henri Olckers, 36.
John Passidomo (right), 72, the husband of Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo (left), 70, died after falling during a hike in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. They had been married for 45 years.
Four others were wounded in the attack at Kafue national park, in which the animal barreled into the side of a truck An elderly US tourist was killed and four others hurt when an aggressive bull elephant charged and toppled their safari vehicle during a game drive in Zambia. The attack at Kafue national park, in which the large pachyderm ran from a wooded area and barreled into the side of the truck, was captured on video and posted to social media by ABC News. It identified the tourist as 79-year-old Gail Mattson of Minnesota. Continue reading...
The National Park Service has a cashless fee system in place at roughly 30 sites. A new lawsuit claims that system is illegal. Here's the plaintiffs' argument.
HUALIEN, Taiwan: The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with 42 workers on their way to a hotel in a national park still missing.
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) denies claims that it is moving macaques from Lop Buri to Khao Yai National Park.
Late Wednesday, the disaster management command center said the search for 42 hotel workers on their way to Taroko Gorge, a national park, was a major focus for them.
Six tourists were on a game drive in the Kafue National Park when the angry fully-grown male ran flat out to catch up with the vehicle - before the driver abruptly stopped.
Dozens believed trapped and awaiting rescue after island hit by 7.2-magnitude quake, its strongest in 25 years Taiwan earthquake – live updates Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed nine people and injured at least 900, causing building collapses, power outages and landslides on the island, and triggering initial tsunami warnings in southern Japan and the Philippines. The fire agency said 64 people were trapped in one coalmine, and six in another, while rescue workers had lost contact with 50 people who were travelling in minibuses through a national park as the earthquake wiped out phone networks. Continue reading...
Taiwan's biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday, injuring more than 800, while 50 went missing en route to a national park, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring others to safety.
A video posted on TikTok shows an eye-watering number of vehicles queuing on the narrow roads in the picturesque Derbyshire countryside as staycationers tried to head to their Easter getaways.
Venturi Astrolab Inc, led by a veteran spaceflight robotics engineer, unveiled the FLEX rover, designed for Nasa's Artemis program. The rover, comparable to a car, offers enhanced capabilities and versatility for lunar exploration and site construction. Successful field tests near Death Valley National Park demonstrate its agility and potential.
A local farmer says people were "defecating" in fields used to feed young livestock .
The Bureau of Land Management warned visitors to Fort Ord National Monument to stick to designated paths for their own safety.
Activists say plan to remove 200 felines near Old San Juan fortress within six months is not enough time and worry cats will be killed A non-profit organization said Thursday that it sued the US National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the US territory. The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four months after the federal agency announced it would contract an animal welfare organization to remove an estimated 200 cats that live in an area surrounding a historic seaside fortress in Old San Juan. Continue reading...
COOLIDGE — It literally stinks that visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in south-central Arizona might not be able to use the attraction’s picnic area until May.
The lawsuit focuses on the Basin and Range and Gold Butte national monuments established during the Obama administration.
Critics of the president's power to designate national monuments say they still have multiple avenues to challenge that authority.
The National Park Service has selected Lena Pace as superintendent of Arches and Canyonlands national parks according to a Feb. 26 press release.
Director of public prosecutions launches appeal against sentences handed down to Thomas Sewell and Jacob Hersant Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Prosecutors are pushing for more jail time for two neo-Nazi leaders who attacked a group of hikers in a national park, arguing their original sentences were manifestly inadequate. Thomas Sewell, 31, and Jacob Hersant, 25, were sentenced in October 2023 after pleading guilty in the county court to a violent affray in Victoria’s Cathedral Ranges state park. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...
The National Park Service and Fish and Wildlife Service proposed releasing three to seven grizzly bears annually into the region of Washington state.
The National Park Service adopted a policy last year of accepting only credit and debit cards. A California woman is among those suing.
The plan was developed after talks involving the FAA, National Park Service, seven air tour operators and dozens of Native American tribes.
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks topped the list of national parks with the unhealthiest air in the country, followed by Joshua Tree National Park.
The National Park Service gleefully said Monday that the generations-old cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C. have now peaked and bloomed in what NPS called "a splendid spring spectacle."
Zion National Park officials are proposing to give the south portion of the park, which includes the visitors center, a major makeover or redesign. They will present the proposal on at an online meeting on Tuesday evening.
After his sentencing Thursday, the actor apologized and said he made "an impulsive mistake" when he walked into a restricted area at the national park to take a photograph.
James Bond star fined $500 and told to donate $1,000 to non-profit that supports park after stepping out of bounds in a thermal area Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, pleaded guilty Thursday to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a November visit to Yellowstone national park. Brosnan, who called in to the court hearing, was fined $500 and ordered to make a $1,000 donation to Yellowstone Forever – a non-profit organization that supports the park – by 1 April, court records showed. Continue reading...
The James Bond star admitted to entering Yellowstone National Park's off-limits acidic hot springs.
A measure tucked into the Interior spending bill recommends the National Park Service maintain the presence of the horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
The national parks and wildlife chief has announced plans for elephant training centres to discipline aggressive wild elephants involved in the increasing number of attacks on people.
An investigation into land encroachment in Khao Yai National Park has been launched, with authorities vowing to seize properties built on plots reserved for landless farmers and punish all officials involved.
The budget sent to Gov. Mark Gordon (R) includes a provision to block the potential sale of state land within Grand Teton National Park to the federal government if a BLM land-use plan is finalized.
In Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India, the population of Indian-born cheetahs has reached 13, with the recent addition of five cubs born to South African Cheetah Gamini. The total cheetah population, including cubs, now stands at 26, marking a significant achievement for India's conservation project. This is the first litter by a South African Cheetah in India.
The SNP /Green Government have pledged to create a new National Park in Scotland by 2026. Yet are they planning to afford the people who actually live within its boundaries a real say in this decision ?
Ben Cullen, 39, and his three-month-old son Roam were last seen on Sir Bertram Stevens Drive i Royal National Park in Sydney's south.
The Havasupai Tribe, Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation filed motions to intervene in two lawsuits challenging the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
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Wang Nan hugged and thanked the four rescuers at the office of Thailand’s Pha Taem National Park, commending their swift response to the incident.
For years, it was at the centre of a prolonged legal battle over land use planning — now, the Peel watershed region in the Yukon could become home to a new national park.
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) will start relocating macaques which have laid siege to parts of downtown Lop Buri out of the city as soon as the designated holding facility is ready, DNP chief Athapol Charoenshunsa said on Monday.
We highlight seven people who changed the way our national park system was created and managed during the past 150 years as we celebrate the 54th Earth Day.
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appears to be living carefree in Terlingua, a quirky Texas town near Big Bend National Park. Jones was ordered to pay the Sandy Hook families $1bn.
Marconi Beach in Cape Cod unveils a Cold War artifact, an RCAT from Camp Wellfleet. National Park Services, led by Bill Burke, shed light on secretive military programs for antiaircraft gunners, emphasizing defense capabilities during global tension.
The president on Friday signed a proclamation designating April 20-28 as National Park Week, saying all Americans should “find their park, recreate responsibly, and enjoy the benefits that come from spending time in the natural world.”
The saltwater crocodile will be handed over to the Department of Wildlife and National Parks.
State government and the Nature Conservancy jointly purchase Vergemont station, which contains habitat for endangered night parrots Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park which includes key habitat for the elusive night parrot has been acquired for conservation following an anonymous donation of $21m. Vergemont station, 110km west of Longreach, was acquired in a joint purchase by the Queensland government and the Nature Conservancy, which brokered the deal. The group said it is likely the single largest philanthropic contribution to land protection in Australia. Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email...
The National Park Service is seeking help from the public to find two men who were captured on camera toppling an ancient natural rock formation at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada last week, officials said Monday.
President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to add a total of 113,000 acres to two heavily visited California national monuments.
Mark Buckler, 54, captured the pair of bears mid-scrap showing off their best wrestling moves in Katmai National Park, Alaska in the US.
“That’s so beautiful, it’s one of my favorite places in the park and they’re up there just destroying it. I don’t understand that,” said public information officer at the park John Haynes in an interview with KVVU.
In this excerpt from the beautiful book "Rewild the World at Bedtime" by Emily Hawkins and illustrator by Ella Beech, we discover how one of Mozambique's most diverse national parks recovered from the devastating effects of war.
President Biden will soon expand two national monuments in California, aiming to bolster his conservation record, people familiar with the matter say.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he decided to send the gift when he heard that some of the original trees would be removed as part of a renovation by the National Park Service.
Anthonie Ruinard Jr., 38, is accused of killing League, 18, and dumping his body in a pit at Tonto National Park last year.
CCTV footage shows couple beginning their hike on the mountainous Shakadang trail just 25 minutes before the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Rescue efforts are still under way in Taiwan’s Taroko national park to find two missing Australian nationals, who have not been seen for six days after a massive earthquake hit the island . The couple, identified by local government officials as Neo Siew Choo and Sim Hwee Kok, went missing after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the island at 7.58am on Wednesday. Continue reading...
A new scorpion species about 2.5cm long has been discovered at Kaeng Krachan National Park by a research team from Chulalongkorn University's Biology Department.
The Hayduke Trail isn't really a trail, but 800 miles of bushwhacking backcountry, a route through six national parks — Utah's Mighty 5, plus the Grand Canyon — that will challenge the toughest hikers.
Mark WALPOLEMontana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, one of the GOP’s top recruits for 2024, has been telling inconsistent accounts of how he received a gunshot wound in his arm.The 38-year-old challenger to vulnerable Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has previously claimed he was wounded by a gunshot in combat, but a Washington Post story on a previously unreported incident has made the claim even more suspect.Sheehy told the paper he lied to a National Park Service ranger about shooting himself in the arm in 2015, claiming “I guess the only thing I’m guilty of is admitting to doing something I never did.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
Demolition of a leaning red building in Hualien, Taiwan, was paused due to aftershocks from an earthquake. Victims were found in Taroko National Park, with ongoing rescue operations for the stranded individuals.
The woman was severely injured during the incident and taken to a hospital, where she later died.
Minnesota resident Gail Mattson, 79, died in the attack while travelling with a friend and four other tourists on a game drive in the Kafue National Park on Saturday.
Minnesota resident Gail Mattson, 79, died in the attack while travelling with five other tourists on a game drive in the Kafue National Park on Saturday.
A further 660 people are still trapped, mostly in hotels in a national park.
The animal flipped the vehicle at Kafue National Park, fatally wounding an 80-year-old woman and injuring 4 others.
The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday though the death toll remained steady at nine, with dozens workers on their way to a hotel in a national park mostly now found safe.
Another tourist filmed fatal encounter while on safari in Kafue National Park.
President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Wednesday establishing Colorado's Camp Hale, the Continental Divide National Monument, covering more than 221,000 acres for 20 years.
HUALIEN, Taiwan - Taiwan’s biggest earthquake in at least 25 years killed nine people on Wednesday and injured more than 900, while 50 hotel workers were missing en route to a national park, authorities said, as rescuers used ladders to bring others to safety.
Pictures shared by angry residents showed a huge queue of hikers snaking up to the summit of England and Wales' highest peak after they descended on the scenic spot.
He had fallen 50 to 60 feet from a trail in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Detention of influencer Oscar Alejandro Pérez at Caracas airport en route to southern national park raises free speech concerns A popular Venezuelan YouTuber has been arrested in Caracas on terrorism charges as President Nicolás Maduro’s government steps up its crackdown on free speech ahead of upcoming elections. Oscar Alejandro Pérez was detained in the capital’s main airport on Sunday by police on accusations of terrorism, his family said. Continue reading...
Whilst out walking with its owner, the pooch slipped from the path at Aber Falls in Rhaedr Fawr in the Eryri National Park, Snowdownia.
[Nyasa Times] Resolute in helping conserve Kasungu National Park, Kasungu Wildlife Conservation for Community Development Association (KAWICCODA) is implementing a MK300 million project, seeking to enhance food and income securities of the people around the park.
The men were driving along the Arnhem Highway 90km west of Jabiru in the Northern Territory when tragedy struck.
The state government’s controversial program of shooting feral horses from helicopters continues in an effort to bring down their numbers.
The provision links Interior's purchase of state-owned lands in Grand Teton National Park to the fate of a contentious federal resource plan.
Canyonlands National Park is seeking public input on a comprehensive new river management plan for the Green and Colorado rivers.
Stuck in the dense, unforgiving bushland of Mount Royal National Park, there was one promise Michelle Pittman made to her nine-year-old son Dylan that kept them going for 10 days.
Friday’s koala summit is set for a showdown between conservationists and the government over delays in creating the Great Koala National Park and the intensification of logging within the proposed boundaries.
A baby platypus is the first of its kind to be born in Sydney's Royal National Park in more than 50 years after researches reintroduced the species to the area.
Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park, just south of Sydney, last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.
Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken during the gold rush, will get 125 acres returned after it was stolen in the mid-1800s California’s Yurok Tribe, which had 90% of its territory taken from it during the gold rush of the mid-1800s, will be getting a slice of its land back to serve as a new gateway to Redwood national and state parks visited by 1 million people a year. The Yurok will be the first Native people to manage tribal land with the National Park Service under a historic memorandum of understanding signed on Tuesday by the tribe, Redwood national and state parks and the non-profit Save the Redwoods League. Continue reading...
An 18th-century British warship was miraculously discovered by divers from the National Park Service in the Florida Keys after it sunk during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1742.
Annie Dryden boarded a train in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, on January 4, before getting off at nearby Battersby, a rural hamlet in the North York Moors national park.
Former James Bond actor, 70, who pleaded guilty to walking off trail at national park, says he ‘made an impulsive mistake’ Actor Pierce Brosnan has said he deeply regrets walking off trail in Yellowstone national park in the western US after he was fined by a court in Wyoming for getting too close to one of the delicate thermal areas Brosnan, 70, pleaded guilty to foot travel in a thermal area and was fined $500 and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, the US attorney’s office, district of Wyoming, said on Thursday. Continue reading...
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Alro) has revoked land rights granted to 10 owners after discovering that the plots are still located within Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima province.
JC Olivera/Variety via Getty ImagesActor Pierce Brosnan is being fined after pleading guilty to venturing into an off-limits thermal area of Yellowstone National Park.The 70 year-old former James Bond actor has been ordered to pay a fine of $500, and an additional community service payment of $1000 to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wyoming. Brosnan must make this payment by April 1, according to court records. Brosnan landed in hot water with state authorities after he posted a picture of himself standing at Mammoth Hot Springs, a fragile piece of land where scalding water sits just below the surface. Read more at The Daily Beast.
The James Bond actor pleaded guilty to stepping off a trail in a thermal area during a visit to Yellowstone. He was fined $500 and ordered to donate $1,000 to a nonprofit that supports the park.
Leigh Vogel/WireImageNearly 300 of Washington D.C.’s iconic cherry trees will be removed to repair crumbling seawalls.The National Park Service announced on Tuesday that it will cut down approximately 300 of the iconic trees which line the tidal basin in West Potomac Park. There are approximately 3,800 cherry trees in the park, meaning that only seven percent of trees will be affected by the construction.The announcement comes just one week away from the National Cherry Blossom Festival, commemorating the original gift of the trees from Tokyo City Mayor Yukio Ozaki in 1912. Read more at The Daily Beast.
A proposed telecom tower within the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument could improve emergency services and internet access in a remote area at the expense of protected dark skies.
What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year? One former national park ranger describes his theory.
A coalition of tribes worked with federal agencies on the proposed management plan for the Utah national monument.
Scots living within the boundaries of the area chosen to be the country's new national park should be given the chance to vote whether to approve or veto the plans in a local referendum, according to the SNP MSP Fergus Ewing.
While embarking on his inaugural trip to Kaziranga National Park, Prime Minister Narendra Modi experienced the joy of witnessing a one-horned rhino from atop the safari elephant Pradyumna. His day in Assam was further enriched by the unveiling of a 125-foot statue honoring the legendary Ahom military commander, Lachit Barphukan. During this visit, the Prime Minister dedicated and laid foundation stones for projects amounting to Rs 17,606 crore, contributing to the state's development.