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
Panna NP
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Ken-Betwa gets wildlife go-ahead before site visit report
The Rs 10,000-crore project requires diversion of 5,258 hectares of forest land, including 4,141 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve. The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) Tuesday
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Rio Tinto's diamond mine in MP up for green clearance
Despite dense forests, protected parks & villagers' refusals, project could get nod today The Forest Advisory Committee, the statutory authority of the environment ministry, is slated to appraise the
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Environment clearance for Ken-Betwa project to get delayed
Expert committee asks why opposition of MP wildlife officers was overruled The Centre's wait for Ken-Betwa river linking project's environment clearance (EC) has got longer as the Union environment
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NTCA awaiting Defence nod for drone monitoring of tiger reserves
Hoping that they will get the approval in the next couple of months, project in-charge Ramesh said flying missions can start operations in the next six months. The National Tiger Conservation Authority
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India has ‘too many’ tigers!
As India is home to nearly 70 per cent of world’s tiger population, the Union Environment Ministry is planning to relocate some of the big cats to Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar, where they have either
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MP undertakes first ever count of vultures in state
BHOPAL: Amid reports of depleting number of vultures from Indian skies and proposed submergence of its habitat in Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh is carrying out its first ever vulture population estimation
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Ken-Betwa river linking project will hamper tigers in Panna, says former director of Project Tiger
Veteran conservationist and former director of Project Tiger Hemendra Singh Panwar has critiqued the ambitious Ken-Betwa river linking project for the impacts it will have on tigers and Ken River's biodiversity
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Ken-Betwa river link project to impact Panna Tiger Reserve: EAC
The Centre's ambitious Rs 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa river interlinking project will impact "very significantly" the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, a green panel has said while suggesting that the issue
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60% habitat of Egyptian vulture to be submerged in Ken Betwa project
BHOPAL: Besides tiger habitat, 60% habitat of vultures, especially endangered Egyptian vulture, will be submerged in proposed Ken Betwa (KB) river link project in Panna tiger reserve of Madhya Pradesh.
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MP starts work on tiger safaris sans CZA, NTCA sanction
The Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Board's (MPETB) decision to set up three tiger safaris in the buffer zone of Pench, Bandhavgarh and Kanha tiger reserves has no mandatory sanction from National Tiger Conservation