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 …
India has 2,967 tigers, a third more than in 2014, according to results of this tiger census titled released on July 29, 2019 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Madhya Pradesh saw the highest number of tigers at 526, closely followed by Karnataka (524) and Uttarakhand (442). On the …
India has achieved its 2022 target of tiger population in the country. The country now has 2,967 tigers, declared the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 released . India now has 2,967 tigers and the growth in the 4th cycle of the Tiger Census has been a 33 per cent. …
More hamlets in Umred Pauni Karhandla sanctuary seek inclusion into it In a boost for tiger conservation, four villages in the Umred Pauni Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary (UPKWLS) will now be rehabilitated. This will enable better wildlife management in the sanctuary, which is populated by breeding tigers. In addition, more villages …
Wildlife Institute of India (WWI) scientist Habib dismissed the crossing saying that it was “a question of behaviour” as perhaps he crossed the highway possible due to no traffic. In a departure from the observations of wildlife activists pointing out that that nine underpasses on the NH-44 in Maharashtra were …
Running Out of Time examines the fast-growing role of Vietnam as a hub for illegal wildlife trade and the country's failure to respond to the crisis. Despite the rapid proliferation of organised Vietnamese wildlife trafficking networks driving illegal wildlife trade globally, the response from the Government of Vietnam has been …
Through A Lens: WII to study lifestyle of tigers & apprehend reasons behind man-animal clash Why have incidents of man-animal conflict seen a steady increase in the past few months? What is the reason behind the substantial increase in tiger population? To answer such questions, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) …
As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which keeps records of tigers and leopards, there have been 141 cases of poaching, while 84 seizures have been made between 2012 and 2018, Prakash Javadekar said. Over 9,000 people have been arrested for wildlife poaching across the country during 2012-2018, the …
Conservationists have accused the World Health Organisation (WHO) of rubber-stamping the extinction of endangered species by adopting hundreds of traditional Chinese remedies in its international guidelines. Many such remedies make use of animal parts and this has long put pressure on endangered species such as jaguars, pangolins and rhinos. On …
Conducted over the course of a year in 2017-18, the All Kerala Tiger Monitoring Programme identified a total of 176 individuals, 75 of them within the confines of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) alone, based on camera-trap images. Kerala’s forest cover may be extremely fragmented and prone to recurrent human-animal …
Climate change and rising sea levels eventually may wipe out one of the world’s last and largest tiger strongholds, scientists warned in a new study. The cats are among 500,000 land species whose survival is in question because of threats to their natural habitats, according to a UN report published …
AHMEDABAD: It's officially confirmed now. A tiger has indeed entered the lions' den in Gujarat - which is home to the Asiatic lion's last abode. Six days after a school teacher clicked a tiger on his mobile phone, the striped big cat was captured on Tuesday morning in the advance …
Nainital: In some cheer for wildlife conservationists, the tiger population in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has likely shot up to 250, a substantial rise from 215 big cats in the reserve in 2014, according to preliminary estimates from this year’s tiger census. The census is being conducted in 50 tiger …
As habitats shrink, country nears its capacity to manage the big cat, say experts While conservation efforts are aimed at increasing the tiger count in India, global experts and officials in the government suggest that India must also prepare for a new challenge — of reaching the limits of its …
Farmers are eagerly awaiting their crop compensation in villages falling in and around Palamu tiger reserve. Standing crop and harvested crop both are destroyed and damaged by herd of elephants. Standing crop is raided by herd of pachyderms in the fields while harvested crop stored in barns which are always …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in “The Times of India” Authored by Vijay Pinjarkar Titled “String of new road projects in Maha to cut off tiger corridors” dated 20/12/2018 regarding new road projects being taken up in the State of Maharashtra which …
The government on Wednesday said in the assembly it was contemplating financial aid of Rs 15 lakh instead of Rs 10 lakh for the kin of people killed by tigers. Forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar made known the plan in reply to a debate on the shooting of tigress Avni, said …
The Tiger Panthera tigris is a large and wide-ranging cat that occupies a variety of habitats, where it generally serves as the top predator. The tiger is also a flagship species(Dinerstein et al. 2007), and attention to protecting tiger populations and their habitats in Asian eco-regions has increased over the …
NAGPUR: In perhaps a first, animal rights and wildlife activists have moved the Supreme Court to stop the shooting of a problem tigress (named T1) from Pandharkawda in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. From June 1, 2016 to August 28 this year, tigers have killed 13 villagers in the Ralegaon tehsil …
Calcutta: Five hundred pairs of all-weather night-vision cameras will be installed across the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve and South 24-Parganas division for the second round of tiger census in the mangroves post monsoon. The cameras will be installed in the western part of the national park and Sajnekhali range in the …
Nagpur: Casting aspersions on committee headed by Brahmapuri deputy conservator of forest (DyCF) Kulraj Singh on capture of Sindewahi tiger (C1), the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court held that National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) standard operating procedure (SOP) was not followed while caging the so-called problem animal. The two-year-old …
