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 …
Two female captive elephants of Byculla Zoo, Laxmi and Anarkali, may soon be free of their enclosure measuring 4,000 square feet to roam in the dense forests of Chhattisgarh, giving a ride to forest officials on patrol duty. On Monday, the elephants had a visitor from Chhattisgarh, conservator of forests, …
Almost after a century of experimenting, Kaziranga National Park is now a well-known example of the success of wildlife conservation. Conservationists have no hesitation in ascribing the success of this story to the careful application of the science of wildlife conservation. A large section of the Assamese middle class would …
The establishment of protected areas had negative consequences on local communities. The shift in conservation resulted in restriction of access to resources, disruption of local culture and economies by tourists, increased predation on crops and livestock and displacement of inhabitants. A survey was undertaken to determine relationship between respondent
The politics and the underlying reasons behind the recovery of the Scandinavian wolf population are increasingly contested. According to official policy, wolves should be guaranteed a place in the Swedish natural world. However, the conflict over whether Sweden should host a wolf population sets views on biodiversity and sustainable development …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: To prepare a management and conservation plan for all sanctuaries in Gujarat, the state government is mulling to set up a forest management cell in Gandhinagar. Officials in the forest department have proposed to start the cell which will be responsbile for the management planning …
This note relates to observations made with respect to the issues relating to Wildlife Conservation during a site visit to the mining site at Lanjigarh Bauxite Mining lease area, which was carried out in pursuance of the Order issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests vide …
The committee is expected to give a comprehensive plan, which will help manage all the issues related to elephants THE government had set up an expert committee on `Project Elephant' a week ago to look into all is- sues pertaining to elephant popu- lation and th- reats in the coun- …
Coimbatore: Considering the fast dwindling population of tigers across the country as well as the increasing man-animal conflicts owing to elephants in four States, Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh on Thursday reiterated the need for visible and objective implementation of Project Elephant on the lines of Project …
Project Elephant was conceived and launched as a milestone initiative in the year 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests with an objective to protect and conserve the population of Wild Asian Elephants in India. However, following the years of its inception Project Elephant faced a number of challenges …
The government has constituted a task force to provide detailed recommendations to upgrade Project Elephant and bring about a more effective conservation and management of wild as well as captive tuskers in the country. The 10-member task force will give a fresh impetus to the existing project, said officials, adding …
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking proper rehabilitation of a King Cobra that is under the care of the Solapur Municipal Corporation (SMC). The cobra was rescued from a monk and handed over to SMC by forest department officials in 2007. Petitioner …
BHUBANESWAR: With man-animal conflict assuming disturbing proportions in Orissa, Wildlife Wing has a job at hand. The ongoing elephant depredation which has triggered angry reactions in Dhenkanal is just a case in point. With animal depredation becoming a major problem, the Nandankanan Zoological Park on Tuesday embarked on a novel …
An Associate Laureate of the 2004 Rolex Awards, Jo Thompson was selected for her pioneering efforts to save the bonobo, an endangered ape that dwells only in the Congo Basin region of Africa. During the Congo's war years (1998-2002), Thompson's wildlife project maintainted an active presence within the country. In …
It's a new year gift to nearly 1,000 elephants and other wild species who can now wander freely without any human interference through the Kollegal corridor in Karnataka. This has been made possible by an NGO, Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) supported by its partner
BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has asked for a specific wildlife management plan in view of construction of a 400 KV Baripada-Mendhasal transmission line. Rising incidence of electrocution of elephants being a major concern in the State, MoEF has asked for preparation of a site specific wildlife …