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 …
Uttarakhand has space for just 100 more tigers. The state already has 340 tigers as per the latest 2014 All-India tiger census report. The shrinking of space for tigers can also lead to rise in territorial struggle among them and also in incidents of man-animal conflict in the state. Tiger …
New findings published in the journal BMC Ecology reveal that a chimpanzee population in Uganda has been found to be three times larger than previously estimated, suggesting that the animals may adapt to degraded habitats better than expected. Deep in the forests of the Budongo and Bugoma Forest Reserves, one …
The Central Government may simultaneously launch an elephant census in West Bengal and the north-eastern States in 2016 to prevent repetition and avoid errors in counting, an official said on Monday. “We have conveyed this idea to the Central Government in a recent meeting and when the approval comes, the …
Bhutan is home to an amazing 103 wild tigers—an increase from a previous estimate of 75 that was not based on actual field surveys—according to the country’s first-ever tiger survey released on Global Tiger Day [July 29]. Conducted entirely by Bhutanese scientists, the survey spanned habitats ranging from snowy, cold …
Conservation researchers have increasingly begun to use drones to conduct population counts of animals or study changing habitats. But new research suggests that wild black bears may be disturbed by a drone’s presence, prompting questions about the appropriate use of these devices in the field. Here, a brown-coated cub born …
National parks in Banke, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve have witnessed a dramatic surge in Tiger numbers, recent surveys conducted by park officials suggest. The number of big cats have nearly doubled in the past few years in these protected areas. “At least seven tigers have been observed in Banke …
Report: Bhutan has 103 tigers roaming in the wild, the National Tiger Survey report that was launched yesterday found. The figure is a significant rise from the previous estimate of about 75 tigers in 1998. Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay launched the report as Bhutan observed the Global Tiger Day themed …
On the occasion of Global Tiger Day today, wildlife experts said the majestic big cat emerged as the ambassador of India's conservation efforts. "Tiger symbolises our overall conservation efforts. It is a vehicle and an ambassador of how we can take care of the conservation of our forests," Sundarban Biosphere …
Himalayan country’s first nationwide survey finds 103 tigers, but WWF warns big cat was facing a crisis elsewhere south-east Asia Bhutan is home to more than 100 tigers, a rise of more than a third on the previous population estimate, a survey has revealed. The first national tiger survey in …
The population in the mangrove forest is far less than believed, officials say, after a census uses cameras hidden in trees to record numbers Only around 100 tigers remain in Bangladesh’s famed Sundarbans forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, according to a census. Some 440 tigers …
The forest department has set itself a target to double the population of tigers in the state by 2022. Currently, there are 190 tigers in the state. "Forests will survive only if tigers will. So we have decided to spread awareness among people residing near tigers reserves. Without public participation, …
Despite natural habitats of elephants gradually getting shrunk in Odisha over the years, the elephant population was found to have increased marginally to 1,954 this year from 1930 in 2012. As per Odisha’s elephant census released here on Monday, there has been increase of 24 elephants in the population in …
BAGERHAT : Tiger population in the Sundarbans may fall from the previous 2004 census, according to a preliminary analysis of Bangladesh-India Joint Tiger Census Project, reports UNB. Experts from both Bangladesh and India are currently examining about 1,500 images and footprints of big cats taken from the Sundarbans through camera …
In an effort to prevent lion deaths in rail accidents, the state forest department has decided to fence both sides of the 70km railway tracks connecting Pipavav to Bhamar in Amreli district. Since 2013, at least 12 lion deaths have been recorded. In most of these, the big cats were …
The population of the Amur tiger in Russia has increased to as many as 540 individuals over the last ten years, according to figures released by the Russian government. “I am pleased to see that the number of Amur tigers in Russia has increased in all the key areas where …
Bengaluru: When the national tiger census report was released in January this year, Karnataka had every reason to feel proud. The state is now home to 406 tigers, the highest in the country. There is 35% rise in the number of big cats compared to the previous 2010 census. And …
Uttarakhand is all set to conduct leopard census in December. The last census in 2008 revealed the presence of 2,343 leopards in the state. Taking into account the rise in large number of cases of man-leopard conflict in Uttarakhand in the recent years, the census is expected to reveal a …
Population of lions in Gir forest and other protected areas has gone up by 27 % as compared to 2010 Days after lion census 2015 concluded that population of Asiatic lions in Gir forest and other protected areas has gone up by 27 per cent as compared to 2010, state …
Census finds 27% increase in number of endangered lions found in their only habitat in the world – the Gir forest of Gujarat Wildlife experts have welcomed census figures showing India’s population of endangered Asiatic lions has increased in the last five years in the western state of Gujarat. Gujarat …
OPEN TO REVIEW Buxa and other reserves may see recount of tigers Days after some experts questioned the methodology adopted for conducting the 2014-15 National Tiger Survey , a state government has raised question marks about the veracity of the census count. The West Bengal government has written to the …
