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 …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: The volunteers who have been entrusted the responsibility of the vulture count in the state cried foul over the exclusion of the volunteers from the Girnar area. This has raised doubts on whether the census would cover the Girnar region at all. The area is …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: Several volunteers and NGOs involved with vulture conservation in the state have decided to stay away from the official vulture count beginning May 29. The volunteers, who are associated with such government projects and refused to be identified, said that the government had done two …
The three-day-long elephant census programme, which will commence on May 15, should be conducted scientifically and systematically, said Kodagu Circle Conservator of Forest K B Markandeya. Speaking as a resource person at a workshop organised for the enumerators, officials and NGOs at Dubare Elephant Camp near here, he said that …
Forest officials of the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district boycotted the tiger census fearing danger to their live as they suspected a large number of Maoists have entered the area. "That the Maoists are roaming freely inside the sanctuary area was alleged by forest personnel, who boycotted the tiger …
BARIPADA: Rains and inclement weather marred the first day of tiger census today, Similipal Tiger Reserve sources said. The PIPs (Pug Impression Pads) laid on footpaths and tigers
Enumeration of tigers through camera trapping method is underway in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. Around 100 sophisticated cameras have been installed at previously selected areas within Dudhwa to count the big cats in the reserve, Deputy field director, DTR, Sanjay Kumar Pathak told PTI. The enumeration process started on Monday. …
Elephant census will be conducted in Bhadra reserve Forest between May 15 and 17, informed Deputy Conservator of Forest (Bhadra Wildlife Division) Vijay Mohanraj. Speaking to Deccan Herald, Mohanraj said that the elephant census will be conducted adopting the line transit method, which was used during the tiger census recently. …
A total of 1,14,500 members would visit door-to-door to collect of household in the first phase of the Census 2011 from May 7 to June 22 in the State. Along with the census questionnaire, enumerators will collect information for the National Population Register (NPR). One supervisor has been deputed on …
As the wildlife census is entering last few hours of its edition, the forest department has decided to lay camera traps covering four square kilometers with each camera to track the movement of tigers in that area. A senior forest department officer stated that the camera trap would be laid …
Gandhinagar: The 2010 census has found 74 lions in the revenue areas of Amreli, Bhavnagar and Junagadh. Forest department officials said that the figure could have gone up to about 85-90 as those in the revenue area around Sasan were included in the count for Gir National Park. They said …
The Gir forest, the last surviving home of Asiatic lions in the subcontinent, has finally brought some cheer to wildlife conservationists. According to the 2010 lion population estimate, there are 411 lions, an increase of 52 over the last count in 2005. The announcement was made by Gujarat Chief Minister …
While the official number of Asiatic lions in the Gir sanctuary will be known on Friday, local people involved in the process of collecting and collating data estimate the figure at around 400. Census of the Asiatic lions in its last natural habitat was conducted between April 25 and April …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The Kaziranga National Park, famous for one-horned rhino, has the highest density of tigers in the world. This was revealed in a report titled
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: Gujarat, the last abode of the Asiatic lion, has added some more to the big cat pride. Forest officials involved in the lion census in Gir and surrounding areas said an increase of 12-15% has been recorded in the number of lions compared to the …
I have often been to the Sunderbans islands on assignments. Despite obsessing over seeing a tiger on each trip, I have never really had the opportunity. Imagine my excitement when the forest department of West Bengal, seeking volunteers for the tiger census 2010, wrote to the non-profit I work for. …
A joint study carried out by Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in Northeast India, and the Assam Forest Department, has shown that Kaziranga National Park has the highest density of wild tigers in the world. The report is the result of a study carried out during January-March 2009.
