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 …
GUWAHATI: Assam has reason to cheer. A census of one-horned rhinos at the renowned Kaziranga National Park (KNP) recorded an increase of 242 animals over a three-year period. This was disclosed by State Forest and Environment Minister Rockybul Hussain today. The last census in 2009 recorded 2,048 rhinos in KNP, …
Madhya Pradesh, once famous as the “Tiger State,” lost 453 animals over the last decade. And how many culprits did the government bring to book? Just two. Recently accessed documents reveal only two cases of poaching reached their logical conclusion of conviction during this period, as of March 2012. Sample …
Rhino counting will start on Saturday at Kaziranga National Park, home to about two-thirds of the world population of the endangered one-horned rhinoceros. The quadrennial census will take two days, will be supervised by senior Assam wildlife wardens, and will involve nearly 300 people from various non-governmental organisations. The park …
Ahmedabad: In the last three years, 139 lions including 54 cubs have died in the state. Of the 139 deaths, 42 are males and 43 females. This information was tabled in the state assembly in a written reply to the question of Bhavku Unghad said that about 42 animals died …
Guwahati: Assam has recorded a remarkable growth in its elephant population, according to the recently concluded elephant census in the state. The elephant census this year recorded a total of 5,620 elephants in Assam compared to 5,246 elephants in the 2009 census year, state Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain said and …
Good news for wildlife lovers! The tiger population in Madhya Pradesh is on rise. This central State, which is striving hard to regain its lost 'tiger State' tag, is full of reports of tiger cub births from all its corners. This has raised hopes that it would soon acquire its …
This paper provides an introduction to the practice of community-led enumerations as conducted by Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI). It sets out the historical context for enumerations, which came out of a need in India in 1975 to find a more long-term solution to evictions, and charts its subsequent evolution and …
IUCN Shifts Asiatic Lions From Critical Category To Endangered Species Ahmedabad: The roar of Asiatic lions in Gujarat just got louder. The conservation efforts of the state are now reflected not just in the growing numbers of the big cats but also in the Red List of the International Union …
More than a month after the first-ever camera-trapping tiger census was launched at the Namdapha national park in Arunachal Pradesh, encroachers and poachers — the latter suspected to be from Myanmar — have posed a challenge to the operations. Namdapha, with an area of 1985.23 sq km in Changlang district, …
Sri Lanka Census and Statistics Department says that collecting data of the homeless persons for the island wide census will begin today. Accordingly, the officials will count the persons staying in bus stands, sidewalks, tree shades, parks and other public places. The Department has given a special training for the …
A set of motion-sensitive cameras fitted with automatic sensors that was part of the ongoing tiger census inside the Kaziranga National Park recorded two poachers early this morning, once again bringing to light the vulnerability of the one-horned rhinoceros there. “While our forest guards heard two gun-shots in the early …
MANGALDAI, March 18 – Much to the delight of nature lovers in the State, the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park in Darrang district recorded a total of 100 rhinos in a census conducted by the State Forest department on March 15. The figure, informed SK Dyla, DFO, Mangaldai Wildlife Division, …
BHUBANESWAR: A team of scientists from Japan arrived here on Monday to study the migratory behaviour of the threatened Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika lagoon. One of the less-studied cetacean species, Irrawaddy dolphins’ dropping numbers in the brackish water lagoon had prompted Chilika Development Authority to set up a permanent station …
GUWAHATI, March 7 – The total cultivable area of the State extends to 30,15,392 hectares, and as per the 2005-06 agri census, the State has a total of 27,50,114 farmer families. The break-up of the agricultural families includes 23,44,420 families of small and marginal agriculturalists and 4,902 families of big …
The Assam forest department has set up a team of wildlife experts to look into the frequent incidents of leopard straying into the residential locality of Guwahati and claimed that the tiger population is increasing in Assam. Informing that Assam may have the highest number of tigers soon, Assam forest …
Siliguri, March 1: The forest department will conduct a census to find out the number of red pandas in two national parks in the hills. The first phase of the study will begin on Saturday. The survey will cover the Neora Valley National Park in Kalimpong subdivision and Singalila National …
Guwahati: Tiger census in underway in all the four forest ranges of the world famous Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and is expected to be completed within 45 days. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has sanctioned Rs 20 lakh to conduct the census in the Park which is being conducted …
For the first time, the forest department is using the the line transect method — used in tiger reserves in the country — to estimate population of animals at Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the nearby Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary. The nine-day survey began on Thursday and is aimed at helping …
The fourth phase of the intensive ‘Tiger Monitoring Programme,' envisaged by the Tiger Task Force of the Union Government, began at the Kalakkad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Tirunelveli on Friday. Giving details about the programme H. Malleshappa, Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, KMTR told The Hindu …
KOLKATA: Rhino census in West Bengal will begin from March 12, forest minister Hiten Barman said. "Authorities concerned have already been asked to take appropriate steps in this regard," he said here. Besides, there could be an amendment to the Bird Conservation Act to save winged species, he said. To …
