India's mixed green bag
The wrath of Kosi, Kolkata's pollution, death of Baba Amte... Sunil Kumar M reviews the year gone by, and hopes 2009 will be cleaner and greener.
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The fate of smaller organisms were no better. The Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats have become prime hunting grounds for smugglers of rare Indian butterflies and beetles. The insects are in great demand internationally for private collections, butterfly parks, traditional medicine, and also to be encased into jewellery. This came to light when Czech duo Emil Kucera and Petr Svacha were caught possessing rare and endangered insects by forest officials in north Bengal's protected Singhalila National Park in June.
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The fate of smaller organisms were no better. The Eastern Himalayas and Western Ghats have become prime hunting grounds for smugglers of rare Indian butterflies and beetles. The insects are in great demand internationally for private collections, butterfly parks, traditional medicine, and also to be encased into jewellery. This came to light when Czech duo Emil Kucera and Petr Svacha were caught possessing rare and endangered insects by forest officials in north Bengal's protected Singhalila National Park in June.
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Labels: 2008, Eastern Himalayas, poaching, Singhalila National Park, West Bengal, Western Ghats
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