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 …
NEW DELHI: In order to protect and increase wild tiger population, nearly one million acres of protected habitat in India and Bhutan will be covered under a new private conservation efforts. The 'Project C.A.T - Conserving acres for Tigers' by Discovery Communications and NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF) aims to …
The Gujarat forest department conducted a census in mid-2016 which revealed some staggering figures; a great number of lions have died due to infighting in the Gir wildlife sanctuary. The census also reflected a similar trend for leopards housed in the sanctuary. In all 11 lions and 35 leopards were …
That it provides relief to Delhiites from tiresome drudgery is well known, what is not is that the National Zoological park here has also branched into research, offering internship and field training in wild life and environment conservation. "Delhi zoo is providing internship training to Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc) …
Not just Mhadei, but all wildlife sanctuaries to be tiger reserves; Camera trap method has captured five tigers in Goa’s forests; proposal will be moved to National Tiger Conservation Authority PANJIM: The State Wildlife Board on Wednesday decided to declare all of the State’s protected areas – its wildlife sanctuaries …
A new report from TRAFFIC and WWF finds no evidence of a decline in tiger trafficking across Asia, with parts equating to a minimum of 1755 tigers seized between 2000 and 2015 – an average of more than two animals per week. Published ahead of a critical debate on the …
A new report from TRAFFIC and WWF finds no evidence of a decline in tiger trafficking across Asia, with parts equating to a minimum of 1755 tigers seized between 2000 and 2015 – an average of more than two animals per week. Published ahead of a critical debate on the …
Nagpur: After remaining in deep slumber for over nine years, the forest department seems to have woken up and has convened state tiger cell meeting on October 1. The last meeting of the cell was held on February 14, 2007. Interestingly, as per the GR issued in 2002, state tiger …
The “controversial” Ken-Betwa river-linking project proposed in poverty-ridden Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh has found its first victim in Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), robbing the national park of its first inmate, a 3-year-old female big cat. A 3-year-old tigress was tranquillised and translocated from PTR to Satpura national park on …
Lao PDR’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, H.E. Mr Sommad Pholsena, announced last Friday that the country will shut its commercial tiger farms. Lao PDR, with its weak laws and law enforcement and its strategic location close to China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, has emerged as a key transit …
JAIPUR: Tigers should be reintroduced at the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) in Kota to decongest the tiger population of Ranthambore, opined wildlife experts during the seminar, 'Tiger reintroduction in Mukundra Hills - past experiences, opportunities and challenges' organised by Green Core in Kota on Sunday. Established in 2013, MHTR …
JAIPUR: Even as wildlife enthusiasts are exploring the possibilities of relocating tigers at the Mukundra Tiger Hills in Kota, which was once a tiger habitat and declared as a reserve in 2013 but is now bereft of tigers, experts highlight the importance of genetic study of tigers before they are …
NAINITAL: Over 140 leopards and tigers have been declared maneaters in Uttarakhand in just 15 years, according to the state forest officials. In the latest case, a leopard attacked and killed two people near Ramnagar a few days ago, after which a team of government licenced hunters has been deputed …
Responses to illegal wildlife trade need to be more nuanced and not only focused on high-profile species if we are to truly tackle the problem, say researchers. Across the globe, the illegal wildlife trade threatens thousands of species, including fish, fungi and plants, along with the more familiar 'charismatic' animals …
Endangered Amur tigers and Amur leopards are staging a modest recovery in China’s remote northeastern provinces. Thirty tigers and some 42 leopards now roam the region’s forests. The big cats’ habitat remains threatened by human encroachment and experts say the amount of forest currently protected is insufficient to support their …
Bias against plants is widespread, and seriously limits conservation efforts, scientists say. While some studies suggest that people’s attraction towards animals may be due to biologically based visual and cognitive processes, others have shown that cultural practices play an important role in shaping people’s relationship with plants. Plant blindness can …
Forests in and around Madhya Pradesh capital lack caring capacity and necessary prey base, forcing the tigers to move out of their natural habitat and come close to human habitations in cities, according to a letter written by a top forest official to his senior. The observation has been made …
JAIPUR: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has shot down the proposal from the state forest and wildlife department for the translocation of one sub adult male tiger from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to Sariska Tiger reserve. In his reply to the proposal from the principal chief conservator of forest …
Some wildlife activists have taken exception to Forest Department officials leaking highly sensitive information related to camera trapping tigers showing their presence in a specific location, to the media. Activists, while requesting anonymity, told The Hindu here last week that the leakage of information had come at a time when …
Worried over the declining number of Royal Bengal tigers in Odisha forests, former Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take steps to save the tiger population in the state. "It would be a calamity if the Odisha tigers were to …
The first ever Zoohackathon will convene this October 7-9 across six zoos in the US, Europe, Asia and Pacific. Organized by the US Department of State, Association of Zoos and Aquariums and World Wildlife Fund, the hackathon will address the increasingly rampant global challenge of wildlife trafficking. “The idea is …
