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 …
Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world's rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors that, if protected, can help the great apes move between sites in search of mates, according to the North Carolina Zoo, the …
The results of the vulture census in the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) will definitely provide wildlife enthusiasts with a reason to cheer. The count in the third annual estimation exercise that concluded on Monday has registered an increase of 39 per cent over the last year's figures. While the maximum …
During a three-day long census conducted at the Panna National Park recently, 1,700 vultures were counted within the periphery. The avian scavenger is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Madhya Pradesh Minister of State for Farmers' Welfare and Development Brajendra Pratap Singh made this announcement on …
Census of birds in Krishnagiri district was conducted by the Forest Department at the seven forest ranges in the district from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. for the second year in succession on Friday. The survey was part of the Integrated Water Bird Census conducted across all wetlands and bird …
BHUBANESWAR: The number of Irrawaddy dolphins in Chilika has dropped to 145 from an estimated 156 last year and 158 in 2010, according to the latest census data. Dolphin census was conducted in the brackish water lake on Monday and Tuesday. Chilika, a Ramsar site (i.e. a wetland of international …
KOLKATA: The first ever crocodile census was kicked off in the Sunderbans on Sunday. The exercise to be conducted in the daylight, will help track the behavioural pattern of the apex predators of the aquatic system. A fund of Rs 10 lakh has been sanctioned. It may be noted that …
For inhabitants of the Sundarban islands, the fear of crocodiles lurking in the estuaries is second only to that of tigers. But while there are some estimates about the number of the big cats in the Mangrove forests, no one knows how many crocodiles prowl the waters. To rectify this …
Scourge a major cause for depletion of species Karnataka was crowned the ‘Tiger State’ of the country after the recent tiger census. But, it has now come to light that the State has accounted for the most number of poaching cases in the last four years. A total of 63 …
Bhubaneswar: The annual bird census in Chilika lake was conducted on Sunday. Like every year, the census was conducted by many as 80 experts and 17 voluntary organisations, including ornithologists from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bombay Natural History Society and National Board of Wildlife were engaged in direct …
There is good news for vulture enthusiasts and bird watchers as the Panna Tiger Reserve will be initiating a three-day “vulture estimation” exercise in the reserve from January 21. The avian scavenger is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife protection Act, 1972. Nine vulture species are found in the …
The number of elephants in two wildlife sanctuaries in Tanzania has fallen by nearly 42 percent in just three years, a census showed on Tuesday, as poachers increasingly killed the animals for their tusks. The census at the Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park revealed elephant numbers had plunged …
In a bid to ensure greater accountability, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to conduct an annual tiger census from 2012 in all 39 tiger reserves of the country. This will continue in tandem with the ongoing practice of conducting the tiger census every four years. The objective …
As timber concessions in Central Africa open remote areas to hunting activities, methods for monitoring and measuring wildlife populations bear review.
Elephant population has increased by 2,000 in the past 15 years in the country taking their number to 28,000, as per the latest data provided by Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Ministry, however, said it does not maintain statistics on the death of elephants and their disappearance. According to …
The Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) has started preparations for conducting the tiger census which will begin in December. Sanjayankumar, PTR Deputy Director, said that the census will be taken for three months and the officials of the forest department were being given training to conduct the census. He said that …
Jaipur: The state will shortly be requisitioning more trap cameras from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) as it embarks on Phase IV of the All India Tiger Estimation exercise along with other tiger reserves of the country. The Phase IV tiger estimation comprises intensive, annual monitoring of important 'source' …
ITANAGAR: In keeping with the new policy to conduct tiger census annually instead of every four years, the National Tiger Conservation Authority will start the exercise in the two tiger reserves of Arunachal Pradesh along with 37 others in the country this month. The number of tigers in the two …
The wild elephant population in the Kerala forests has remained stable and healthy between 2007 and 2010, according the 2010 wild elephant census results received by the Forest Department this week. The 2010 census, according to what is called ‘block count method’ of enumeration, puts the number of wild elephants …
A census of snow leopard has started in Mustang district. Conservationists say this is the first time a snow leopard census is being conducted in the country. Nine video cameras have been installed in several areas, including Jomsom, Muktinath temple and Lubra, to count the endangered species. The moderately large …
SHILLONG: Meghalaya Additional PCCF and Chief Wildlife Warden has said that the State has 47 tigers. He has said this based on the survey conducted in the State through a conventional method in the past three years. He further said: “We have been putting pressure on the Wildlife Institute of …
