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 …
There was no good news for Odisha in the latest national tiger population report released in New Delhi on Tuesday. The report, released by Union environment, forest and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar, estimated 30.5% increase in tiger population from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 by 2014. Odisha, which once …
Uttarakhand is now second only to Karnataka in tiger density, the new tiger census released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday has revealed. With 340 tigers, the state left Madhya Pradesh (308) behind at number three. With an increase of 113 animals between 2010 and 2014, Uttarakhand …
India’s tiger count has gone up by more than 30 per cent in the past four years, according to a latest study on tiger population which was released on Tuesday. The study put the number at 2,226, up from 1,706 in 2010 when the last such tiger-counting exercise was undertaken. …
A single ecological continuum spread across three states of India in the biodiversity rich Western Ghats region holds the world's single-largest tiger population, according to a government report. A single ecological continuum spread across three states of India in the biodiversity rich Western Ghats region holds the world's single-largest tiger …
Big scope for increasing big cat population in new areas: Experts A tiger at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (National Park) in Chamarajanagar district. dh file photo The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), on Tuesday, approved the tiger conservation plan for Karnataka, which has the highest number of 406 tigers …
India's tiger population has increased by nearly a third to 2,226, a government survey showed on Tuesday, boosting conservation efforts in the country with the biggest population of the endangered big cats. The 2014 Status of Tigers in India report said tiger numbers rose by 30.5 percent in four years, …
India's tiger population has increased by nearly a third to 2,226, a government survey showed on Tuesday, boosting conservation efforts in the country with the biggest population of the endangered big cats. The 2014 Status of Tigers in India report said tiger numbers rose by 30.5 percent in four years, …
Even as the state forest department is happy with the marginal rise in tiger numbers from 169 in 2010 to 190 in 2014, are these numbers arrived at by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) indisputable? In 2010, in Maharashtra, WII had given a …
Rajasthan too has kept pace with the increase in tiger numbers nationally. If according to the 2010 census, the total number of tigers in Rajasthan was 36, now the number stands at 52, which is almost 44% increase. Ranthambore is brimming with tigers, while Sariska with larger geographical area is …
The latest tiger census results showing a 30% increase in Big Cat numbers in four years throws up a crucial question for conservationists and policy-makers: how many tigers can India's forests hold without large scale man-animal conflicts coming into play? Experts say although more than 5,000 tigers can be accommodated …
Western Ghats Landscape complex holds world’s single largest population India now has 70 per cent of the tiger population in the world with the latest assessment estimating 2,226 big cats, up 30 per cent from 1,706 in 2010, show preliminary estimates in “Status of Tigers in India, 2014.” The largest …
A day before the release of the all-India tiger census report, wildlife buffs in the state have a reason to rejoice. While the big cat population inside the Sunderbans' tiger reserve area is believed to be stable, photographs of at least three cubs from outside the reserve area indicate that …
This is the third round of the country level assessment of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey, using the refined methodology. As a country having the maximum number of tigers and their source area, India also has the unique distinction of embarking on this refined methodology across all forested habitats and tiger …
Alarmed by the critically endangered status of vultures in the country, the forthcoming tiger census will also include the count of raptors from the respective States along with big cats. The report of the tiger census is expected to be released by January 20. The initiative has raised hopes for …
Prof. ABM. Mosharraf Husain, Bagerhat :The very existence of Royal Bengal Tiger in Sundarbans is threatened. The Forest Department could not take any effective measure for the safety and security of Royal Bengal tigers , the main attraction and the virtual guards of Sundarban forest. According to the latest statistics, …
A population-estimation exercise for migratory and residents birds in wetlands in and around the city will commence on January 11. The bird count will be a part of a state-wide project to estimate bird numbers and is being carried out by the State Forest Department and the Bombay Natural History …
LUCKNOW: The tiger census report to be released this month will not only give the final count of tigers in the country but also the number of endangered scavengers - vultures and the state of biodiversity in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has received the …
PILIBHIT: Taking cognizance of the matter related to rapid decrease in number of tigers in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in three years, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has decided to set up an enquiry in the matter. Special secretary to the chief minister, GS Naveen Kumar, has referred the matter to the …
The Nature Conservation Foundation, in collaboration with the Forest department, has begun a study to ascertain the population density of leopards in the State, as Karnataka lacks scientific data on leopards. The project on leopard ecology and conflict, will be covering five protected areas and five territorial divisions, spread over …
Kanpur: Amidst dwindling population of Gangetic river dolphins as only 2,000 are left in the country, the state government is gearing up to undertake Dolphin census in major rivers next month. Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is likely to flag off the campaign. Principal chief conservator forest (wildlife) Rupak De said …
