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 …
"Leopards prefer to live in tea estates and forested areas but mainly prey on livestock in human-shared spaces," said Aritra Kshettry , research associate, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru. He studied leopards in northwest Bengal, where they live in close quarters with humans. He found that tea estates and forest …
The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) is even more endangered than tigers. There are just 200 individuals of this bird species left in different parts of the country. For the first time, an experiment funded by the Union environment ministry is being attempted to bring the species back from the brink …
The beat of the `thase' drums brought tigers out of their lairs in Mangaluru and coastal Karnataka over the weekend. They roared, prowled and stalked prey but these weren't big cats from the forests. Pilivesha or tiger dance performers, painted with the stripes of tigers or the spots of leopards, …
Tigers from Ranthambhore National Park move through degraded and fragmented forest patches and agricultural fields to reach Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary and Madhav National Park—two of the most important corridors in the Western India Tiger Landscape. We present the challenges and possible solutions to mitigate threats for these corridors, often …
MANGALURU: A new scientific study by the Wildlife Conservation Society India Program has assessed seasonal distribution patterns of five wild herbivores in human-use areas adjoining Tiger Reserves in Karnataka. The five target species of this study included elephants, and gaur, sambar, chital and wild pig which form the principal prey …
Uttarakhand has space for just 100 more tigers. The state already has 340 tigers as per the latest 2014 All-India tiger census report. The shrinking of space for tigers can also lead to rise in territorial struggle among them and also in incidents of man-animal conflict in the state. Tiger …
Specially-trained forces for each of two tiger reserves of Telangana have been sanctioned by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and they are likely be deployed before 2017, a senior forest official said. "With approval from the Centre for deploying Special Tiger Protection Forces (STPF) for tiger reserves of Amarabad and …
AHMEDABAD: The news that the tiger, T-71, from Ranthambore National Park (a tiger reserve) in Rajasthan, was sighted on the periphery of Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh (MP) has again proved that a natural corridor for the big cat exists between the two sanctuaries. Further, a research paper, 'Tiger …
Bhopal/Ahmadabad: Even as Madhya Pradesh's forest and water resources department (WRD) spar over 5,258 hectares of land that Panna tiger reserve is likely to lose in Ken-Betwa river-linking project, International Union for conservation of nature (IUCN) in its latest report has pointed out that Madhya Pradesh and other states of …
KOLKATA: To track the movement of tigers and encroachers in protected forest areas, a drone would soon be flying in the Sundarban delta. "Sitting at one point we would be able to scan a forest area of 15-20 sq km. It will be a force multiplier for us as we …
Bhutan is home to an amazing 103 wild tigers—an increase from a previous estimate of 75 that was not based on actual field surveys—according to the country’s first-ever tiger survey released on Global Tiger Day [July 29]. Conducted entirely by Bhutanese scientists, the survey spanned habitats ranging from snowy, cold …
Announcing the decision to give wildlife clearance to NH7, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said, "The process of four-laning NH7 has moved ahead. Tiger The petitioner in the case has argued that the project will hit Kanha-Pench tiger corridor PTI After repeatedly submitting before National Green Tribunal (NGT) and through its …
Bangladesh wildlife officials are mulling a ban on access to the Sundarbans after an alarming rise in poaching of tigers that live in the world's largest mangrove forest, rangers said on Tuesday. Five skins of endangered Royal Bengal tigers have been seized so far in 2015, compared to an average …
PUNE: Tiger deaths persisted in the country despite the Union and state governments' efforts towards conservation. The country lost close to 41 tigers from January until August 9 this year, similar to the count in the same period in 2014, reveals fresh data from National Tiger Conservation Authority and TRAFFIC-India, …
State claims it has a tiger population of 202, forest dept exercise sponsored by NGO captures them all . TIGER population estimates based on line-transact and mark capture-recapture method always give a range of population, with the claims often being contested for accuracy. However, possibly for the first time anywhere …
Bangladesh Forest Department is going to install tracking devices in the Sundarbans in September next to catch poachers as wildlife hunting, particularly that of tigers, has taken a serious turn in the mangrove forest. "Initially, the tracking devices would be installed in 15 boats of fishermen and five of the …
Indonesian police have arrested four men for allegedly killing a Sumatran tiger and trying to sell its body parts, an official said on Monday, in the latest case of the critically endangered animals being targeted. Acting on a tipoff, a group of police officers posing as potential buyers arrested the …
AHMEDABAD: BJP-ruled Rajasthan government is likely to come to Gujarat's rescue over the issue of lion translocation from Gir to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh. The neighbouring state that had offered no opinion on the issue so far is planning to oppose the translocation citing conflict threat between lions and …
Population of wild animals like lions, tigers and elephants have increased over the years across the country, Rajya Sabha was informed today. "Estimates of population of major wild animals indicate that there has been an increase in their numbers. The number of Asiatic lion has increased from 304 in 1995 …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) informed the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday that they will be submitting a plan on the mitigation measures for movement of animals across NH7 in two weeks. The NGT has been hearing a matter …
