Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
An assessment of the task force report, both in terms of the value of its recommendations and implementability and a comparison with the implementation of the Tiger Task Force recommendations of 2005.
The adivasi people living near the Orissa-Andhra Pradesh border face the challenge of having to live with elephants which, according to the Elephant Task Force, have been
Ahmedabad: The decision of the environment minister to release zoo-bred lions in the Wild of Kuno Palpur will not be a cake walk for forest authorities. Experts feel that it will not be easy to implement the idea as it will pose a major challenge. However, officials from the state …
Large carnivore conservation is akin to a multi-billion dollar riddle. Scores of researchers, activists, bureaucrats, politicians, livestock herders, and hunters each hold a clue to the solution, but cannot seem to be able to agree on how to bring it together. The large carnivores themselves are far from cooperative be …
A hundred years ago, humans almost exterminated all large mammals in Norway. Government protection has since ensured the overwhelming return of species, only to result in a newer problem: CONFLICT.
As we hurtle headlong into the twenty-first century creating technologies, breathing development, and grabbing land and resources, most of us will readily acknowledge that we may be harming the natural world by our actions and that we must do what we can to correct this. Judging from the enthusiastic response …
Wildlife is the backbone of tourism in Kenya, one of the leading foreign exchange earners for the country. Although wildlife is declining, poverty among communities hosting this wildlife remains endemic. Using field data and secondary literature, this article examines the extent to which the existing wildlife conservation regime must be …
Elephant owners and festival committees in Kerala have come out openly against the Elephant Task Force’s recommendations to the Central government. Stating that the task force has not taken into consideration the state’s cultural and religious traditions, the Kerala State Elephant Owners’ Federation and the Kerala State Pooram-Perunnal Festival Coordination …
ELEPHANT owners and festival committees in Kerala have come out openly against the Elephant Task Force’s recommendations to the Central government. Stating that the task force has not taken into consideration the state’s cultural and religious traditions, the Kerala State Elephant Owners’ Federation and the Kerala State Pooram-Perunnal Festival Coordination …
Ghazala Shahabuddin With most of the attention being focused on tiger reserves, the other protected areas are facing neglect, to the extent that they may no longer be serving the purpose for which they were created The problems can be linked to lack of professional management, poor involvement of local …
Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the death of elephants due to electrocution, the Odisha government on Tuesday said that it has prepared an elephant management plan and identified specific corridors for the pachyderms. Death of human beings due to elephants and death of elephants due to human activity and electrocution are matters …
BHUBANESWAR: Concerned over the death of elephants due to electrocution, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today said that the State Government had prepared an elephant management plan and identified specific corridors for the pachyderms. Addressing a function to mark the 56th wildlife week here today, the Chief Minister said death of …
A city based non-governmental organisation (NGO) named Wing of Research in Local Development (WORLD) has chalked out a programme to save wild animals, especially panthers, in urban and agricultural farms. The organisation started a signature campaign on Monday. The conservation drive was formally launched by the chief minister Ashok Gehlot …
This new UNDP report looks at how changing 21st Century expectations on roles and functions of protected areas are beginning to shape protected area management around the world & identifies emerging best practices under a new paradigm that views protected areas as part of a planetary life support system.
Populations and diversity of major species of concern in the park has provided somewhat robust. Several species, especially antelope, chinkara and sambhar are at critical risk. Maintenance of biodiversity at the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary is made difficult by a range of forces, including forest degradation, grazing, road accidents, forest fire …
Anindo Dey | TNN Jaipur: The proposal to revive the extinct cheetah population in the country has received a setback with some quarters opposing the animal
The conservation broth has got eager hands to stir it. Some throw in extra spices to experiment with the taste. But that sometimes spoils the broth. For instance, the forest department’s prescription to tackle the dearth of prey base for tigers in the Sunderbans: release deer in the mangroves. The …
