UP's 4th tiger reserve proposed in Chitrakoot
LUCKNOW: The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing
LUCKNOW: The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing
From 2001 April to March 2009 different Field Directors have given priority to different things forgetting the basics of management of tiger reserve that security was the most important item as Panna Tiger Reserve is surrounded by large number of villages indulging in poaching. Monitoring of movement of Pardhis and bahelias who thrive basically on poaching has not been properly done.
Starting this year, an evaluation of tiger reserves by independent wildlife experts like Belinda Wright, Valmik Thapar and Ullas Karanth besides a host of others could become an annual feature. The Environment and Forests Ministry is expected to take a final decision on the issue along with the dates for the Tiger Census 2009 in the next few days.
The Centre has slammed the Madhya Pradesh government for its
New Delhi: A Day after The Indian Express reported that all tigers in Panna have been poached as found by a Central Special Investigative Team (SIT) probe, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said
New Delhi: It
New Delhi: Desperate to hold on to its monopoly as the last wild habitat of the Asiatic Lion, Gujarat has come up with new reasons to stall sharing its
The fast disappearing big cat The elegantly-worded and detailed website of the Madhya Pradesh Government
Government sets up panel to set norms for relocation THE National Tiger Conservation Authority has set up a panel to formulate guidelines for translocating tigers from one reserve to another. The need for the guidelines was felt after tiger conservationists raised concerns when a tigress from Bandhavgarh tiger reserve was tranquillized and taken 200 km by road to Panna tiger
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was in Panna Tiger Reserve for probing the causes behind the mysterious disappearance of tigers, has claimed that the big cat community has been wiped out from Panna from January onwards this year. This statement has opposed the consistent claims of the State Forest Department, regarding the presence of tigers in Panna after January this year.
New Delhi: They were put into use after a lot of hype and budgetary allocations. However, collars