Survival of tigers is dependent on conservation and management efforts. To gauge the success of conservation efforts as well as to guide management inputs, it is important to assess the effectiveness of management of Tiger Reserves. This publication aims at compiling management issues and key recommendations evolved from different cycles …
The Sundarban of India and Bangladesh (about 6000 km²) are the only mangrove forests inhabited by a sizeable population of tigers. The adjoining area also supports one of the highest human densities and experiences severe human-tiger conflicts. We used GPS-Satellite and VHF radio-collars on 6 (3 males and 3 female) …
Tigers could soon be making a roaring comeback, according to the latest forecast by experts. Scientists say the endangered animal's global population could almost treble in the next two decades if sufficient action is taken to restore its habitat. In the past century, tiger populations have been decimated as a …
Satellite maps show tiger habitat is being lost but still adequate for meeting international goal of doubling tiger numbers by 2022 Forests that harbour tigers are being lost but are still large enough to take double the world’s tiger population in the next six years, according to a study using …
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday inaugurated the world's maiden 'White Tiger Safari' at Mukundpur in Satna district in the state's Vindhya region where the feline was first discovered more than 100 years ago. The first of its kind safari has cost Rs 50 crore and is …
The rich natural heritage of the geographically-diverse West Bengal has now become a motif for the Election Commission to attract voters to polling booths. Each of the districts in the state have launched varied election mascots like tiger, red panda, rhinoceros, dolphin or even rivers like Teesta. Sporting a typical …
This publication highlights the unique contribution of ten GEF financed, UNDP supported projects in six tiger range countries (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand), demonstrating how conservation activities in tiger habitat can accomplish more than the preservation of one iconic wildlife species. The comprehensive approach our projects employ, based …
Two tigers in core area and four to five in the buffer zone. Hyderabad: The Telangana government does not seem to be serious about taking long-term measures to conserve the tigers residing in the state's two tiger reserves — Kawal and Amrabad. Last year, the Forest department had announced with …
DEHRADUN: A day after the special task force (STF) of Uttarakhand police seized the skins of five big cats from a gang of poachers, a red alert was issued in the entire Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). It also emerged that the state forest department, which went into a huddle soon …
NEW DELHI: Out of 96,000 animal species in the country, more than 50 have been assessed as "critically endangered" and 310 as "endangered", the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. "Studies conducted by Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have recorded 96,000 species of animals from India. "Among these, International Union …
Hundreds of Bangladeshis began a four-day march on Thursday from the capital to the Sundarbans in a last-ditch protest against plans to build a coal-fired power plant near the World Heritage-listed forest. Preliminary work has already begun under an India-Bangladesh joint venture on the massive plant which will provide electricity …
Bengaluru: That the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve is home to a good number of big cats was always known. But did you know that the forest area has a density of 8.6 tigers per 100 sqkm? Providing such insights is a scientific journal brought out by the Karnataka forest department. This …
Jaipur: A Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) would now be established for Sariska Tiger Reserve and the Mukundara Hills Tiger Project. So far this was only functional for the Ranthambhore Tiger Project. For these two, new STPF now instead of police force, forest guards and forest watchers would be appointed. …
DEHRADUN: Forest officials in Uttarakhand have denied permission for a mega yoga gathering that would likely have seen over 1,000 participants from 70 nations converge on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Chaurasi Kutiya, more famousas the 'Beatles ashram', over concerns about possible disturbance to the area's rich wildlife. The ashram, reopened a …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given in-principle approval for creation of four new tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and Chhattisgarh, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. "The in-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for creation of four new tiger reserves …
Biggest Boost For Feline In Recent Years In the biggest budgetary boost for the tiger in recent years, the Centre has hiked its allocation for Project Tiger by nearly 80% for the coming fiscal year, utilising funds collected from the cess on coal, lignite and peat. The Union Budget has …
Demand compensation for crop, cattle loss The residents of Shanthalli staged a protest outside the office of the Forest Department on Monday, demanding a solution to the elephant and tiger menace near the village. People from Garvale, Bettadahalli, Haraga, Shanthalli, Kikkaralli, Mankya, Soorlabbi, Heggadamane, Kundalli, Kumaralli, Mallalli and other villages …
DEHRADUN: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recommended Nandhaur Widllife Sanctuary to be the third tiger reserve in the state. This area of 270 sq km has shown images of 21 tigers after it was declared WLS in 2012. It is also part of the Terai Arc lanscpae, the world's …
India, home to nearly 70% of the world's tiger population, will host the next Asia Ministerial Conference on tiger conservation. The three-day conference will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on April 12. All tiger range countries (TRCs) will participate in the conference where their representatives would …
Final decision after receiving reports about the big cat’s presence; Forest Department currently undertaking tiger census which will end in 2017 PANJIM: With the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) pitching for a tiger reserve corridor along Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra, the Goa government has finally expressed its desire to declare …
DEHRADUN: In a report unprecedented in its detail, the Wildlife Institute of India finds out that among 44 tiger reserves of the country, Corbett Tiger Reserve has the maximum number of 215 tigers. Corbett is followed by Bandipur and Nagarahole reserves in Karnataka with 120 and 101 tigers respectively. Leopard …
