Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
NAGPUR: The machan(waterhole) census carried out in various sanctuaries, national parks and tiger reserves in Vidarbha thrilled the volunteers with a record 66 individual tiger sightings apart from other wildlife. Of the total tiger 66 sightings, 29 were in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), 24 in parks under Pench Tiger Reserve …
AJMER: After continuous terrorizing of residents by panthers in border villages of Ajmer district, the forest department on Wednesday started a 24-hour census on eighty water holes to spot the actual number of wild cats in the area. Different teams in the morning moved to the spots for the census …
The wildlife department will carry out a 24-hour-long census of animals in Gautala Wildlife Sanctuary in the Kannad taluka in Aurangabad from Wednesday. As part of the exercise, about 100 foresters will keep an eye on animal movement from 'machans' that have been set up close to waterbodies in the …
Buoyed by the presence of tiger's pug marks during census of wild animal in Indore-Choral forest range, forest department is now waiting for final approval from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to drive home its point on the presence of big cats. In the past few years, the prey base, …
The Forest department is eyeing the money available under corporate social responsibility funds (CSR) of various companies to develop forests. The new CSR Rules which came into effect from April 1, 2014, as part of the Companies Act, 2013, provide that every company, private or public limited, which has a …
Ahmedabad: The two-day annual census of herbivores in Gir Forest and National Park began on Monday. The count will determine the prey base for the lions in the area. A year later (in May 2015) the main census of Asiatic lions in Saurashtra will be conducted. The herbivore census is …
A year after their pilot camera trap survey shot the big cat in the Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, a team from the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore, led by their trustee-founder Ullas Karanth, will string up this 'refined protocol' once again this May, for another spot of tracking the tiger. Principal …
The wildlife division of North and South Goa from April 21 to 23 conducted a wildlife census for carnivorous animals wherein pugmarks of tigers were recorded in various sanctuaries. Inside the Mhadei sanctuary at many places pugmarks and scat of tigers were recorded by the volunteers who participated in the …
Number of swamp deer has increased at the Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in the last five years. Chief of the Reserve Office, Yubraj Regmi, said that the number of swamp deer has increased by 131 this year as compared to the last year. According to the statistics of the Office, the …
Nepal Birds’ Association has started counting Bengal Floricans, one of the world’s rare bird species, at Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Kanchanpur. The counting, which will continue till May 8, began for the second time yesterday. Census of the endangered birds was conducted for the first time at the Reserve last …
The Forest Department has assured to conduct research and census of wildlife in a more transparent manner with the involvement of NGOs and students of various institutions from the State. According to Deputy Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Ramesh Gauns Desai, the research and census of wildlife, which will be conducted …
Counting of swamp deer and one-horned rhino has begun at Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Kanchanpur from today. The tiger census was completed at the wildlife area a month ago. Chief Protection Officer Yubaraj Regmi at the reserve said head count of the animals would be carried out in three phases. …
PANJIM: The Forest Department will conduct a wild animal census and also assess the existence of tigers in wildlife sanctuaries. The Wildlife Census 2014, will be conducted from April 21 to 26. The census will assess animals and their habitat as well as study whether there is proper fodder available …
Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the 2011 tiger census. Analysis of camera trappings suggests increase in the number of tigers in 204 sq km of the sanctuary that forms Dudhwa's core zone. Sensor-enabled cameras were installed at 65 locations of the sanctuary to click tigers. “Analysis so …
The forest department will conduct rhino census at Gorumara National Park spread over an area of over 88 square kilometres and other adjacent forestlands on Wednesday and Thursday. More than 100 groups comprising three persons each would conduct the census on Wednesday morning. On Thursday the process will be repeated. …
A census of rhinoceros will begin at the Gorumara National Park in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district from Wednesday. The objective of the exercise is to assess their population and the male-female ratio, and monitor changes in the habitat of the animal listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation …
The head counting of the Bengal tiger s in the Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve has completed. The number of tiger s in the reserve is expected to be higher this year compared to the last year. The counting process had begun a month ago and it was carried out in collaboration …
Kerala has about 7,000 wild elephants and 100 tigers as per the latest survey on the animal population in the forests, State Forest Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said here today. The number of other wild animals has also gone up in the state, Radhakrishnan said at a function on 'Wildlife day'. …
Even though there is euphoria over a minimum 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a new study shows the prey abundance is supporting not more than 30 big cats in the mangroves. While the foresters have pegged a presence of at least 13,000 spotted deer, considered a hoofed prey for tiger, …
Gujarat has lost 46 lions and 37 cubs in the Gir forest area in the last two years, the State Assembly was informed today. All these deaths, barring one, in the protected area which is the last abode of Asiatic lions, were due to natural causes, Forest and Environment Minister …
