Tahrcountry Musings

A blog dedicated to wildlife conservation

Monday, December 23, 2013

Sunda leopard

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Pic Credit:  Danau Girang Field Centre.   Sunda leopard ( Neofelis diardi ) is Borneo's largest predator, but very little is ...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

4th edition of Global Reintroduction Perspectives

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Re-introduction is acquiring an increasingly important role in conservation. This latest edition of Global Reintroduction Perspectives fro...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Powerful software Carnegie Landsat Analysis System developed by the Carnegie Institution for Science is now available at no cost

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Hi guys,              Here is a golden opportunity for you to get to know and become proficient in the use of use Landsat Analysis Syste...
Wednesday, October 02, 2013

Wildlife Comeback in Europe study

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                                                        The Eurasian beaver, European bison and White-tailed eagle are among the species...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

A new book for protected area professionals

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Social and Economic Benefits of Protected Areas An Assessment Guide Edited by Marianne Kettunen, Patrick ten Brink Routledge –...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Message from IUCN - Masters in Conservation Leadership - Applications and scholarship support for October 2014

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Masters in Conservation Leadership  -  Applications and scholarship support for October 2014 This course is a full-time, one year Maste...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Novelist Thomas Pynchon shows that science and art can mesh beautifully

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Novelist Thomas Pynchon, in his latest book Bleeding Edge (Penguin) underlines the fact that science and art can mesh with mutually b...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

2013 Champions of the Earth award winners

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Here is the list of, UN's flagship environmental award winners POLICY LEADERSHIP Ms. Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment, B...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

The urgent need for transportation biologists in India

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In India when a new road or bridge project is planned, there is only perfunctory reference to impact on wildlife. An EIA (Environmental im...
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Friends,             After several months break, I am back on this blog. I will be blogging on all related matters of wildlife conservatio...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Scientific monitoring of Tigers gets a boost in India

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WCS/CWS India under the leadership of Dr Ullas Karanth has been developing new monitoring methodologies for tigers and prey species for o...
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Comprehensive landscape assessments of protected area networks

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Dynamic performance assessment of protected areas Christopher P. Barbera, Mark A. Cochranea, b, , Carlos Souza Jr.b, , Adalberto VerĂ­ss...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Estimating the population of Emperor penguins using a single synoptic survey

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In this piece of path breaking research, the researchers attempted to estimate the population of emperor penguins ( Aptenodytes fosteri )...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

Opportunity to work in Periyar Tiger Reserve

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Young wildlife biologists, here is an opportunity for you to hone your skills in Periyar Tiger Reserve, India’s finest Tiger reserve. Per...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Rare image of a lynx using a highway wildlife-overpass in Banff National Park, Canada

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                                                            Photo courtesy: Highwaywilding.org Here is a very rare image of a Canada...

Assessing age from colour of coats – A case study involving Thornicroft's giraffes

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Here is an interesting piece of research done on giraffes . Prof Fred Bercovitch from the Primate Research Institute and Wildlife Resear...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Vehicular traffic and the use of highway edges by large mammals – Urgent need for holistic EIA

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Impact of vehicular traffic on the use of highway edges by large mammals in a South Indian wildlife reserve Sanjay Gubbi, H. C. Poornes...
Monday, April 09, 2012

Book Recommendation

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The other day Girish from Karnataka, one of the regular readers of this blog, wanted a recommendation of a book on Population Genetics...
Saturday, April 07, 2012

The Diversity of Sacred Lands in Europe – IUCN WCPA news release

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‘The Diversity of Sacred Lands in Europe’, provides a unique insight into Europe’s often forgotten sacred natural sites. It looks into ...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Taking into account uncertainties should be a mandatory aspect to include in the viability analysis of populations

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Disentangling effects of uncertainties on population projections: climate change impact on an epixylic bryophyte Alejandro Ruete , Wei ...
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