Odisha government is hopeful of getting the Bhitarkanika National Park, the country’s second largest mangrove forest after the Sundarbans in neighbouring West Bengal, included in the list of Unesco World Heritage Sites. “A meeting of the International Union for Conservation…
According to a report in NewIndianExpress, endangered Irrawaddy dolphins have found a second home in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha. While the total dolphin count across seven coastal divisions has shown a decline, the number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika Wildlife and Rajnagar…
The forest department has recently outsourced seven eco-friendly luxury catamaran boats to Kerala based Samudra Shipyard Private Limited. The boats will ferry tourists from Gupti to Dangamala within the Bhitarkanika National Park. “The outsourcing was necessitated by the lack of…
Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary’s contention for the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) tag would have a defining moment when the two-member technical evaluation mission team of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reaches Odisha on November 3. Accompanied by…
Bhitarkanika, the one of its kind estuarine biosphere is all set to give tourists some unique experience. Meet the world’s largest crocodile ‘Kalia’ there. Have a wonderful day at the cruise on the serene estuarine waters. Bhitarkanika, the country’s…
Authorities of the Bhitarkanika National Park have introduced environment-friendly, battery-operated electronic rickshaws to take tourists to the park.A three-month-long prohibition was clamped from May 1 to avoid human interference as it caused disturbance to the animals. “We have introduced battery…
After 40 years, India’s only captive white crocodile Gori finally laid eggs at Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha’s Kendrapada district. Gori, who was born at Dangamala crocodile breeding center in 1975, had grabbed the attention of the world for being a whitish crocodile…
In July 2014, Odisha forest department had procured the boats, designed by the naval architect division of the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, at a cost of Rs 4 crore under the ICZMP. After lying idle for over a year-and-a-half finally it has…
India has a population nearly four times that of the United States. And as a visitor from the west, it often seems like all of the people want to talk to you. What is your name? Where are you from?…
The stage getting set for Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapada district to be declared a World Heritage Site. Unesco’s Natural World Heritage Management and Training for Asia and the Pacific Region (NWHMTAPR) centre at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun,…