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 …
Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT), an NGO engaged in conservation of tigers and other wild species across the country, has planned to equip the anti-poaching camps of the forest department in Khanapur forest, by providing different handy, useful and eco-friendly materials, which can help them to do their job more efficiently. …
A sign survey, in which pugmarks, scraps and other marks are recorded to ascertain the density of herbivores and number of carnivores, will be carried at Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) on May 11. The information obtained from the one-day survey will be collated to make a final assessment of the …
The winner of a major conservation prize has called on the Indonesian government to halt a road-building plan that threatens the last place on Earth where elephants, rhinoceros, tigers and orangutans live together. The plan for the Ladia Galaska road network has been approved by the Aceh government, but requires …
Minister of State (Independent Chage) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar informed Rajya Sabha that the news item that was published regarding the disappearance of 15 tigers and their cubs is factually incorrect. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve is operating at its carrying capacity level because of which old/weak/injured …
Delhi announces three new reserves in central and eastern states following survey result that showed 30% rise in tiger population India is planning to create three more tiger reserves in the country, environment minister Prakash Javadekar announced in the parliament on Tuesday. The development comes in the wake of a …
Paper questions the methodology used by govt to show 30% rise in tiger population The debate over the 30% rise in the number of India's tigers -as estimated in the latest national tiger census -has taken a new turn.Days after a research paper was published in an international scientific journal, …
BHOPAL: With four cubs in its sixth litter, Collarwali - the tigress fondly called to by visitors to Pench Tiger Reserve because of her radio collar - has apparently set a record of giving birth to highest number of cubs in wild in Madhya Pradesh. "Yes I think it is …
Several initiatives have been taken by govt for conservation and protection of tigers and other wild animals in the country. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded final approval to two national parks for being declared as tiger reserves, the Lok Sabha was informed today. "The NTCA has accorded …
The world famous Rajaji National Park has been notified as Rajaji Tiger Reserve, making it the second tiger reserve in this small mountain state and the 48th in the country. Chief Minister Harish Rawat today issued a notification in this regard in the Chila range of Yamkeshwar block in Pauri …
Uttarakhand, the State with the second highest tiger population after Karnataka, now has a second tiger reserve, besides the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The Rajaji National Park has now been notified as the Rajaji Tiger Reserve by the Centre. The tiger reserve (1075.17 sq-km) includes the 255.63 sq-km area of Rajaji …
Poachers are using photographs taken by safari tourists to hunt down and kill incredibly rare lions, tigers and elephants by downloading digital data attached to the images revealing the exact locations of animals. Many modern cameras and smartphones automatically record the exact time and location where an image is taken …
GULARIYA, APR 08 - In a bid to combat rampant poaching, Banke National Park (BNP), which is located in the mid-western region, has proposed to relocate a human settlement near Banke and Bardiya National Parks. The BNP, where tiger population is reportedly decreasing, has proposed to relocate the Khote village …
Forest officials on Monday busted a case of tiger poaching carried out inside the buffer zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). Officials of buffer and territorial forest nabbed a gang of tiger poachers in intelligence-based raids in Mul town and Bhadurna village inside the buffer zone. Five tiger nails …
The Odisha government has courted controversy by claiming that the number of tigers in the state is around 60. The All India Tiger Estimation Report, 2014, released in January 2015, reported a fall in Odisha's tiger population to 28 from 32 in 2010 and 45 in 2006. "We are yet …
Trashing speculation following the spate of recent incidents of human-leopard conflict which indicated that leopard numbers were on the rise, a study conducted by three wildlife scientists has found that the leopard population, on the contrary, has declined by a whopping 70-80 per cent over the past 100 years. The …
Protected area governance has witnessed a shift from a strict-nature conservation model towards a seemingly more participatory approach in Nepal. Despite some progress, top-down and non-deliberative processes characterise policy making in protected area. However, many civil society actors have increasingly challenged the government to provide space for local people in …
Conservation experts meeting in Botswana on Wednesday issued dire warnings over the booming illegal wildlife trade that threatens the survival of elephants, rhinos, tigers and other endangered species. Stressing that poaching was "growing problem", delegates from 30 countries underlined their commitment to pledges made at a conference in London last …
Five tigers have disappeared from Rajasthan’s Ranthambhore National Park in last six months. MLA Kirori Lal Meena alleged this in the state Assembly on Tuesday. Expressing doubts over tracking system of tigers, Dr Meena demanded that tigers should be tracked from Jaipur instead of Sawai Madhopur. Dr Kirori Lal Meena, …
Madhya Pradesh forest department on Monday translocated a tigress from Ghorela enclosure in Kanha Tiger reserve to Satpura tiger reserve that has about 40 tigers in its 1,400 sq km core area. This tigress was rescued by forest officials from Kisli area in July 2012 and reared by them in …
