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 …
CHITWAN, Oct 13:Incidents of tigers mauling local people in the buffer zone of Chitwan National Park (CNP) have been on the rise over the past few months. Of late, as many as five local people have lost their lives in tiger attacks. Of them, two were killed by tigers in …
COIMBATORE: One in every four tiger deaths reported across the country this year has been from Tamil Nadu. The state has recorded 11 tiger deaths till date, including the one on October 5 at Masinagudi in Mudumalai. This is the second highest number reported in the country this year. Madhya …
Accusing Chhattisgarh government of turning a blind eye to human-elephant conflict, Greenpeace India, a global NGO, urged the Centre and state government to avoid auctioning forest land for mining activity. Such conflicts claim almost 25 human lives every year. Greenpeace alleged Chhattisgarh government was keen on mining in forests, rather …
It has been observed that the number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish across the globe are declining in numbers day by day due to various reasons. According to a recent survey by World Wildlife Fund (WWF), over 3,000 animal species have plunged by more than half in just …
The national animal, tiger, has all but disappeared from the newest state in the country. The situation is so alarming that wildlife officials say there is a very real danger of the tiger going locally extinct in Telangana in the next two or three years. In the latest census conducted …
NAGPUR: Poaching, prey depletion and habitat destruction have decimated the world's wild tiger population to fewer than 3,200. Poaching continues to be the key threat to tigers in India - home to more than half of the world's tigers, finds a latest study conducted by Wildlife Protection Society of India …
This report presents information on the ecology and status of tigers and wild ungulates in a portion of the Terai Arc Landscape that lies between the town of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and Suhelwa WLS in Balrampur District of Uttar Pradesh, referred to as the Central Terai Landscape. The study …
The Sunderbans tiger population may have reached its carrying capacity . The scientists of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), who are compiling data as part of the all-India tiger census, have revealed this. The carrying capacity of a population is the maximum number of individuals that can live in …
A report titled "Tigers of the Trans-boundary Terai Arc Landscape" was released on Wednesday at the second stocktaking meet of the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP), being held in Dhaka from 13-16 September 2014. A culmination of collaborative action between the governments and forest officials of India and Nepal with …
A total of 239 individual adult tigers have been identified from camera-trap photos in a study on the status of tiger and population of ungulate prey species in around 5300 sq km trans-boundary Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). It documents the movement of tigers between forests in India and Nepal. Predominant …
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has urged the government to cancel coal-based thermal power plants at Rampal in Bagerhat and Orion Power Plant near Sundarban to save the world’s largest mangrove forest from destruction. The national committee in a statement on Monday said that …
A four-year “Bengal Tiger Conservation Activity (Bagh)” has been launched to protect the Bengal Tiger, one of the critically endangered species of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. During the 2014-2018 period, Bagh scheme will work on making the relationship between the Sundarbans and the adjacent people stronger and …
Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed on Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are left and improve policies to protect them. Experts say that although the tiger population is thought to have remained stable over the last …
The forest department on Tuesday unveiled a scientifically-improved cage to trap tigers in the Sunderbans and leopards in north Bengal. The new cages are much lighter than those being used now and the officials said it would be safe for both the animals and department staff who use it. “The …
Some 140 tiger experts and government officials from 20 countries met in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday to review progress towards an ambitious goal of doubling their number in the wild by 2022. The nations, including the 13 where tigers are still found in the wild, had vowed at …
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed on Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are left and improve policies to protect them. Experts say that although the tiger population is thought to have remained stable over …
While the conservation of tigers is emphasized in protected areas throughout their range countries, the species continues to be distributed in forests of varying protection status, and in habitats that span international borders. Although India and Nepal share a long border in the Terai belt, this area that was once …
Bangladesh Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forests is organizing the three-day conference in cooperation with Global Tiger Initiative, Global Tiger Forum and development partners, including the World Bank aimed at saving the big cat from its extinction. The main objective of the conference is to review the …
DHAKA : Bengal Tigers, one of the critically endangered species, face extinction as their habitats in the Sundarbans are going to be severely affected due to the growing extreme climate events and sea-level rise, warned biological scientists, reports UNB. “Of course, Bengal Tigers living in the Sundarbans will be hit …
No survey has been conducted after 2004 for counting the tiger population in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. A survey using the pugmark method in 2004 counted 440 Royal Bengal Tigers in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, said Yunus Ali, chief conservator of …
