Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
A high-level committee that went into mining activities in the State, has found that there is no mining activity in or around wildlife sanctuaries in the State. The chief conservator of forest Dr Shashi Kumar today said that the committee in its reports has not found any such mining activity. …
Dharamsala: Newly elected Kangra BJP MP Rajan Sushant today held a meeting with district officials for the first time. While talking to mediapersons, he said people were facing problems due to stringent forest and wildlife sanctuary laws. Unmindful of the fact that felling in notified forest areas and the wildlife …
Dera Mandi forest is all set to earn carbon credits for Delhi Government which plans to develop 727 hectares into a zone that will help mitigate the growth in concentration of greenhouse gases. The Delhi Government
Some of the most important habitats likely to support tiger populations in Assam would be mapped by remote sensing in a project envisaged by a conservation group. Areas in and around Kaziranga, Laokhowa, Orang, Manas, Nameri, Pobitora and Dibru Saikhowa would be scanned from space, under a project planned by …
LUCKNOW: The villagers living on the fringes of Kishenpur sanctuary in south Kheri forest division are demanding relocation. The demand is coming forward from village clusters in Kamp Tanda. The hamlet was in news after a stray tiger from Kishenpur had killed three of its natives in between December and …
Himalayan Black Bear: Threat to survival Darjeeling, May 21: For the first time in India, heat sensor cameras will be used in a survey to count Himalayan Black Bear in a wildlife sanctuary here. The two-year survey, started recently by the WWF-India and the state forest department in Senchel Wildlife …
SULTHAN BATHERY: The wildlife census which concluded at Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) here on Monday is a giant step towards continuous monitoring of tiger population, predator indications and strengthening of the habitat management strategy. Talking to
The only wildlife sanctuary in India named after a non-human primate, the Hoolock Gibbon, the Gibbon Sanctuary was going to adopt a project to connect both sides of the forest separated by the railway line to cross by the Hoolock Gibbons. But the experiment is now not working to the …
The Goa forest department is groping in the dark over the death of a tiger reported from Mhadei Wild Life Sanctuary dotting Goa-Maharashtra. The investigation, which began after a photograph of a tiger trapped and dead appeared in some media, has not seen much headway even after the arrest of …
Unabated encroachment in vast tracts of reserve forests (RFs) has posed a danger to long-term conservation prospects in the State. Official figures alone put the encroached area at approximately 3,396 sq km. Another 159.69 km of forests under protected areas (wildlife sanctuaries and national parks) continue to be under encroachment. …
Birds no more: Eight bird species have vanished from the 25 sq km Salim Ali sanctuary in Ernakulam district, Kerala, said a study by Nirmala College in Ernakulam. Changes in their environment, teak plantations for example, may have caused this. The study also recorded the number of bird species increased …
Residents File PIL Against Memorial Megha Suri & Neha Lalchandani Noida: When the Mayawati government started building a wall along four adjacent parks next to the Yamuna riverbed opposite Sectors 14-A and 15-A early last year, residents had thought it was just meant to protect the area. The parks, however, …
