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 …
Nagpur: The forest department has issued a fresh order regarding shifting of Maharajbagh tigers to the newly-inaugurated Gorewada rescue centre. The revised order, which was issued by principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) Shree Bhagwan on Thursday, states that the disabled male tiger 'Sahebrao' and one tigress from the zoo …
To commence in Anamalai from January 4 Even as officials and volunteers commenced the annual tiger census at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris, the Reserve has been declared ‘out-of-bounds’ for tourists from December 16 to December 23. Officials have roped in as many as 88 volunteers, and 36 …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) asked Madhya Pradesh government for status of all proposals sent by forest department to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) regarding Ratapani Sanctuary and the stage at which the proposals were by January 8, 2016. Among the proposals in cold storage is notification of Ratapani area …
INDORE: The Nature Volunteers organised its second annual environment lecture on the topic, 'Conservation beyond tiger: Need to take action' in the city on Saturday. Chaired by collector, P Narhari, the lecture saw Asad R. Rahmani, former director, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), delivering his address. Rahmani focused on the …
NAGPUR: The unique bicycle rally on "World Pollution Control Day" for propagating government schemes on tiger conservation and community development was organized by Satpuda Foundation in Melghat on Wednesday. The Jan Van Chetana rally was flagged off at Malakapur Gond village in the buffer of Melghat Tiger Reserve by Kishor …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Protection of Tigers, 30/11/2015. Several milestone initiatives have been taken by the Government of India for protection and conservation of tigers and other wild animals, and the same is at Annexure-I.
A recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) India Program on human-leopard interactions in India calls for a shift in management focus, from current reactive practices such as removal and translocation of leopards, to proactive measures that ensure safety of human lives, livelihoods, their property, enhance people’s acceptance of …
Nagpur: The state information commission (SIC), Nagpur Bench, rapped wildlife wing officials of the forest department for violating RTI Act by denying information to consumer rights activist Avinash Prabhune. Prabhune on May 3, 2014, had filed an application seeking details about 'estimation exercise to count tiger, co-predator prey in Maharashtra …
How would you know where a tiger claw came from? Scientists are compiling a DNA database of tigers from all over India. If there’s a match, you know where the claw came from. A database of genetic profiles of tigers from across India is not only aiding in the capture …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has raised concerns over possible 'man-animal conflict' due to three tigers that have strayed into Bhopal from Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary. The Green panel has now asked PCCF (wildlife), conservator of forest, Bhopal, director of Ratapani Sanctuary and other officials to personally appear before the tribunal for …
Nagpur: Here is one more proof of how important the Kanha-Pench, Navegaon-Nagzira, and Bor-Melghat wildlife corridors are from conservation point of view. A latest study has shown they have the highest movement of tigers in central Indian landscape. These are the very corridors that both NH7 and NH6 cut and …
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to chief wildlife warden, secretary forest department and inspector general of police (IG), Bhopal seeking details over steps taken for protection of tigers sighted recently in Kerwa and Kaliasot areas of state capital. Green panel has sought their replies in two days. Tribunal …
Among wild cats, clouded leopards are increasingly coveted—and bred in captivity—for commercial purposes, according to a new study from University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. They’re being sold into the pet trade, to tourist attractions offering cat encounters, and to other such profit-driven businesses. Researchers Neil D’Cruze and David …
More alert has been sounded for the Sunderbans tiger on the climate front. Of the 12 species that the National Geographic has highlighted in its current volume on climate change, the Sunderbans tiger has been listed as one that will struggle. "Eventually, they'll need scuba gear to live in the …
NAGPUR: In a bid to know connectivity of large carnivores at landscape level, the wildlife wing of the Maharashtra forest department has approved a mega project on scat DNA analysis of tigers, leopards, sloth bears and dholes. "The Rs74 lakh project will be implemented by Wildlife Institute of India (WII), …
Investigations by the sleuths of the Forest Department into the recent spate of cases of wildlife trafficking have revealed that the State capital is increasingly being seen as a hub of such illegal activities. There have been as many as 14 cases relating to such wildlife offences in the city …
With China being the main consumer market for tiger parts and products, a group of leading wildlife conservationists from India and other tiger-bearing countries have moved US President Barack Obama to pursue Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is at present on a six-day visit of the US. The signatories to …
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 Authority (NTCA), Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and subsequently the Supreme Court. Though a proposal in this regard has …
US has offered to help India in the country's efforts to track and protect Bengal tigers, as the two countries seek to strengthen collaboration in wildlife conservation and combating wildlife trafficking. The two sides have finalised the text of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this direction. Details of the …
JAIPUR: There is hope for an inviolate space for the tigers of Sariska Tiger Reserve STR that had lost all its tigers in 2004. Under the 'Project Tiger' of Union ministry of environment and forests, village re-location in STR seems to be back on track after a span of nearly …
