Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
The National Green Tribunal has stated that apparently “the laws were thrown to the winds” for construction of flood protection wall along the Song river in the Motichur range of the Rajaji National Park to protect the Gohri Mafi village from the threat of flood. Hearing on an application filed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Environment (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Others dated 26/08/2014 regarding construction of a wall in Rajaji National Park which would prima facie obstruct the Elephant Corridor along the Song river.
DEHRADUN: The relocation of around 181 families from Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS) in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) is likely to increase the tiger density there. The process of shifting these families has already started and 16 of them have been moved to Sambhalgarh in Haridwar Forest Division. Experts feel that …
DHERADUN: Permission for commercial activity for the benefit of pilgrims taking part in the month-long Shravanmas Kanwar mela, which starts from July 13, on an 8 km stretch between Swargashram and Neelkanth temple in the Gohri range of Rajaji National Park (RNP), has been denied by RNP director SP Subudhi …
Lansdowne division corridor, which connects Rajaji National Park with Corbett Tiger Division and facilitates movement of big cats and elephants in between these two protected areas, has become a haven for poachers due to lax patrolling. There is no provision for patrolling by forest guards in the corridor as it …
The Rajaji national park authorities have started installing camera traps as part of an annual exercise undertaken for keeping an eye on the wildlife and wildlife criminals in the rainy season. It is worth mentioning here that about 13 tigers are estimated to be living in the national park which …
With leopard-human conflict rising in some of the villages bordering the Rajaji national park, the field director of the national park has stressed on the need for policy decisions to ensure a proper solution to this problem. A leopard was killed in the Aurangabad village bordering Rajaji by villagers earlier …
Various measures like formation of armed 112-member Special Tiger Protection Force in Corbett tiger reserve, increasing the number of beats and incorporating Global Positioning System into the patrolling are being taken to further strengthen wildlife security in Uttarakhand. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, the State Forest Minister Dinesh Aggarwal …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 12/05/2014 regarding illegal and unauthorised mining activity being carried on within the 10 Kms of Rajaji National Park. Previous Orders
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court has directed the Uttarakhand forest department to stop any construction work that is in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act. The Uttarakhand irrigation department was constructing an RCC wall on the right bank of Song river to reportedly protect a …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued an interim stay on construction of a wall inside the Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand as it found that the concrete structure would obstruct the elephant corridor along the Song river in the state. The construction was planned by the state irrigation department, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Social Action for Forest & Env. (SAFE) Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 28/04/2014 regarding permission granted to construct a wall by the Conservator of Forest/Director, Rajaji National Park. The wall permitted to be constructed would prima facie obstruct …
With new tigers, some of them man-eaters, being sighted everyday in west UP, the debate around tiger corridors has gained more immediacy than ever. Human encroachment in and around 13 corridors of Terai region - referred to as the Terai Arc Landscape -- is taking a heavy toll on the …
Victims of ill-conceived policies governing forest resources and environmental conservation, the Van Gujjars, a pastoral nomadic community residing in the Rajaji National Park, are struggling to get their forest rights and entitlements under the FRA Act, 2006.
Uttarakhand's famous Rajaji Park which recently got the status of a National Park is likely to become a tiger reserve in a month, a senior forest official said. "With a long-pending notification giving it the status of a national park already issued, we are now focusing on getting the tiger …
Decides to open regional office in Dehradun, which will serve until permanent steps are taken The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday decided to open a regional office in Dehradun, which will serve the State until permanent steps are taken. At a meeting with Minister for Environment …
A committee set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to probe the death of five elephants in Orissa's Ganjam district due to a speeding train has recommended that the Railways should restrict the speed of trains passing through identified vulnerable tracks in forests to a maximum 40 …
GUWAHATI: The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has completed 10 years of working in Assam. It has now decided to introduce two annual scholarships for young journalists interested in working for environment conservation and wildlife protection. It will also give an annual award for best news story/photograph/documentary on wildlife protection …
Occupying only 7% of their historical range and confined to forested habitats interspersed in a matrix of human dominated landscapes, tigers (Panthera tigris) typify the problems faced by most large carnivores worldwide. With heads of governments of tiger range countries pledging to reverse the extinction process and setting a goal …
A special Tiger Protection Force (TPF) will be set up in the Rajaji National Park soon. The force will focus on the protection and security of tigers in the National Park and will be dedicated in solving cases of wildlife offenses, including those against tigers in the park, officials said. …
