Numbers of the Kashmir markhor, a wild goat of the north Kashmir mountains, have risen about 71 per cent since 2005, although the latest count adds only a handful of animals to the 2023 figure, which keeps the focus on grazing pressure in its habitat.
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Researchers at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology have produced the first detailed climate-based assessment of the ibisbill in the north-western Himalayas, finding that warming could widen the area with suitable climate for the bird while boulder mining eats away at its breeding rivers.