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 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/09/2022. An Application was filed in the Supreme Court seeking clarification of the judgment, June 3, 2022 (IA No. 1000 of 2003). NAREDCO West Foundation (Maharashtra) …
Purpose is to place monetary value on services — absorption of carbon dioxide, cleansing oxygen and supplying water Authorities at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) have started a study to assess how much the park contributes to the ecosystem of Mumbai and the well-being of its residents. The aim of …
The estimated cost of the project is Rs 2,000 crore and it would require the diversion of forest land of 21.5 ha, the area under the SGNP. IN a first step towards the construction of the Goregaon Mulund Link Road (GMLR), an expert panel of the Ministry of Environment and …
Mumbai: To carry out a headcount of leopards inhabiting Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, camera traps will be placed across the forested part. This sanctuary stretches from the fringes of Sanjay Gandhi National Park and extends beyond Virar. The camera traps will be positioned at least at 30 locations across the stretch …
MUMBAI: In a landmark order, the National Green Tribunal in Pune has restrained the government and other planning authorities from granting any permissions for new projects within 10 kilo meters from the boundary of Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The bar on such new sanctions would remain until the National Board …
A sudden flash and she glares in the direction of the camera. She struts past and returns and another flash goes off. And this goes on four days. L5, a female leopard at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali, is the leopard most frequently captured by cameras in Mumbai. …
It takes less than an hour from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus to reach Thane, the low profile neighbour of glitzy and glamorous Mumbai. But you sure are in for a shock by the end of that 45-minute train journey, and another few minutes in a taxi or an auto-rickshaw: far from …
For the first time, the roughly 104 sq km Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) at Borivali will have a watershed management plan, set to improve the park’s water-retaining capacity. The plan will involve increasing the capacity of lakes Vihar and Tulsi, sources of drinking water for the city, by “stabilising …
The 33-member state wildlife board, headed by chief minister Prithviraj Chavan, will meet in Mumbai on Thursday to clear a hosts of irrigation, mining and road widening projects under eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) and buffer zones of various wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Interestingly, the first meeting of the reconstituted board …
Cyclists at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park hardly use the waste collection bag while pedalling inside the park. Not many know that they will get a reimbursement of Rs5 for the garbage they bring back from inside the park. The scheme was launched in 2011 along with the rent-a-cycle scheme …
Hardly a fortnight after the Madhya Pradesh government scuttled the Jal Satyagraha against submergence by dams, it has again come down hard on activists in Sidhi protesting against diversion of forest land for a cement factory. On the intervening night of September 30 and October 1, 22 protesters in Sidhi …
SC Greenlights 26,000-Cr Plan Mumbai: Wildlife activists said the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) project, which received clearance from the apex court last week, should not “disrupt movement of animals” in sanctuaries. Campaigners feel that the railway network, which will cut through Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and Tungareshwar sanctuary, …
A knowledge series on 'Leopards in our backyards' is powered by Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SNGP) in Borivili. Many regard leopards in and around SGNP as a safety hazard for humans. A study, therefore, attempts to understand the leopard's biology and the roots of the perceived conflict. Asked if there …
Sanjay Gandhi National Park, located in Mumbai shares its boundary with many richly inhabited areas like the Aarey Colony, Tansa Area and Bhandup area. Since long it was observed that people in these areas thought of leopards to be posing a real threat to their lives. The leopards were sometimes …
AHMEDABAD: Madhya Pradesh is a major poaching ground with a strong gun culture. This was the finding of Empower Foundation, a Mumbai based NGO working on Sanjay Gandhi National Park's man-animal conflict. The NGO in its report submitted to the forest department has stated that lions should not be translocated …
AHMEDABAD: The international market value of lion bones range between $ 300 and $ 500 for every kilogram. The bones are used in China for traditional Chinese medicines. Lion bones are being used as substitutes for tiger bone potions, finds Empower Foundation, a Mumbai based NGO working on Sanjay Gandhi …
Forest officials at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), Borivali, conducted a manual census for 2013 Saturday. As many as 20 machaans (watch towers) were allocated to two forest officials each. Spread over 103 sq km, SGNP is home to animals such as spotted deer, sambhar, leopards, flying fox and langur, …
A severe drought across Maharashtra is forcing leopards out of their forest habitats and pushing them into areas inhabited by people, leading to human-animal conflict. According to forest officials leopards are straying out of forests as water bodies dry up and often enter agricultural areas. So far, incidents of leopards …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved the proposal of constructing a stretch of the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) paving the way for bids to be called for the construction of the infrastructure project. State government officials confirmed here that …
The multi-crore rupees dedicated freight corridor (DFC) has received the environment clearance for the section running through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in what is possibly the shortest time in such cases ever. The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) gave the clearance …
