The buffer zone at last
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31/05/2010
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Green Hope
May 5 2010 will probably go down the annals of wildlife history as the first major step taken by the government of Maharashtra for the protection of tigers that are dwindling faster than the receding forest that protects them. In a boost in and around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the state government finally issued an notification for a buffer zone around Tadoba. The state government also approved rules to run the Tiger Conservation Foundations (TCFs) in the three state tiger reserves of Melghat, Pench and Tadoba-a move that effectively curtails the implementation of all kinds of projects that would be detrimental to the conservation of wildlife and forests.