Tag : Conservation

New Delhi(The Hawk): The MoU facilitates development of a mutually beneficial relationship to promote wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilization based on the principles of mutual respect, sovereignty, equality and the best interest of both India and Namibia. The main thrust areas of MoU are: * Biodiversity conservation with specific focus on conservation and restoration of cheetah in their former range areas from which they went extinct, * Sharing and exchange of expertise and capacities aimed at promoting cheetah conservation in two countries, * Wildlife conservation and sustainable biodiversity utilization by sharing good practices in * Technological applications, mechanisms of livelihood generation for local communities living in wildlife habitats, and sustainable management of biodiversity. * Collaboration in areas of climate change, environmental governance, environmental impact assessments, pollution and waste management and other areas of mutual interest. * Exchange of personnel for training and education in wildlife management, including sharing of technical expertise, wherever relevant.   Cheetah has a very special significance for the national conservation ethic and ethos. Bringing the cheetah back to India would have equally important conservation ramifications. Cheetah restoration will be part of a prototype for restoration of original cheetah habitats and their biodiversity, helping to stem the degradation and rapid loss of biodiversity. Among large carnivores, conflict with human interests are lowest for cheetahs, as they are not a threat to humans and usually do not attack large livestock. Bringing back a top predator restores historic evolutionary balance resulting in cascading ...