Affidavit by HPCL Shapoorji Energy Pvt Ltd. in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, February 12, 2020 in the matter of Protection of Environment and Public Service Committee Vs Union of India & Others. The matter related to an all-weather deep-draft port at village Chhara Sarakhadi in taluka Kodinar …
The government has reviewed progress of the lion safari project and directed forest department to complete the project in a year's time. While the department has to complete the lion breeding centre this year, the safari project should be complete in 2014-15. The breeding centre is to be constructed in …
Madhya Pradesh officials once again tried to mislead the 12-member committee formed by the Union ministry of forest and environment for translocation of Gir lions. During a key meeting held in Delhi on Monday, members of the committee were told by MP officials that villagers living within the sanctuary area …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s objections were brushed aside by the 12 member-committee formed by the Ministry of Forest and Environment for the translocation of lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh. The panel, which met in Delhi on Monday, formed a two member team comprising pro-shifting experts Ravi Chellam and Y V Jhala …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat may be not willing to part with its lions for the Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, but Madhya Pradesh is getting ready in a big way to welcome the big cats from Gir. The forest department of MP has roped in trainers from World Wildlife Fund …
Gujarat To Pitch Arguments Against The Translocation In 1st Panel Meeting Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to pitch its arguments against the translocation of the Asiatic lions before a 12-member committee at a meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi on Monday. The government will point out technical …
New Guidelines May Hinder MP’s Lion Shifting Plan The latest guidelines of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on translocation of wildlife could prove to be a major roadblock for Madhya Pradesh’s lion dreams. The world’s oldest and most trusted global environmental organization says shifting animals outside their …
Nearly 53 lions were spotted in the area A separate lion conservation reserve has been proposed by forest authorities in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat after over 50 big cats were spotted in the area. Dr Sandeep Kumar, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Sasan-Gir, said the proposal was submitted to the state …
Have Asiatic lions found their own homes within the home around the Gir forest? State forest department officials said over the last two decades, lions have dispersed from the Gir forest, which was a core area of Asiatic lions, and have settled down in respective areas and made their permanent …
Environmentalists on Tuesday slammed Gujarat's attempt to halt the relocation of some of the country's endangered lions, saying it was undermining efforts to boost their dwindling numbers. The country's top court ruled in April that some of the 411 Asiatic Lions found only in the Gir forests of the western …
The Narendra Modi government has moved the Supreme Court seeking review of its April 15 judgment directing translocation of a small population of Asiatic lions from their only habitat in Gir forests to Kuno Palpur sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh and proposed a second home for them within Gujarat. Reluctant to …
A report submitted by an NGO, Empower Foundation, to the forest department has stated that lions should not be translocated and the big cats should be allowed to migrate naturally only. The report has suggested that even if the need arises, the lions should be given a safe passage and …
Not only the translocation of lions to Chandraprabha wildlife sanctuary has failed but ten other translocations across the world have also failed, the latest one being the Indian Rhino's translocation in 2013. Atleast three incidents of translocation of lions have been taken up across the world including two in India …
No Need To Shift Big Cats To MP, Says Report A report submitted by an NGO, Empower Foundation, to the forest department has stated that lions should not be translocated and the big cats should be allowed to migrate naturally only. The report has suggested that even if the need …
Madhya Pradesh that is in loggerhead with Gujarat over translocation of lions is now confident to reclaim its 'tiger state' tag in the next census. Forest minister of Madhya Pradesh Sartaj Singh on Thursday said numbers of tigers have increased significantly and state is all set to emerge number one …
AHMEDABAD: The international market value of lion bones range between $ 300 and $ 500 for every kilogram. The bones are used in China for traditional Chinese medicines. Lion bones are being used as substitutes for tiger bone potions, finds Empower Foundation, a Mumbai based NGO working on Sanjay Gandhi …
AHMEDABAD: The forest department has ordered random tests on Gir lions for detection of possible presence of dangerous viruses, to prevent Madhya Pradesh from using possible outbreak of viral disease in Gir as a reason for shifting some of the big cats to the sanctuary in Kuno Palpur. The tests …
A month after Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav himself wrote a letter requesting speedy approval for Mulayam's dream project of setting up a Lion Safari in Fisher Forest at Etawah, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given permission to start construction for the project. On July 1 last …
Files Review Petition In SC; Says MP Misled Court Ahmedabad: The battle over the translocation of lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh is back in the Supreme Court. The Gujarat government on Tuesday moved a petition challenging the April 15 order which directed the state to translocate lions to Palpur-Kuno …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government will file a review petition on Tuesday to stop Gir lions from being translocated to Madhya Pradesh. Officials are set to file a review petition against the Supreme Court's April 15 order which said some Lions should be sent to the neighbouring state's Palpur Kuno Sanctuary. …
THE results of the 2013 census of herbivores in Gir forests are likely to be declared on Friday with officials hinting at an increase in the population of the wild animals that Asiatic lions in the forests prey on. "We are collating and analysing data collected from all the 19 …
