Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Forest Dept. objects to operating flights over protected areas" appearing in the Times of India dated 31.12.2023 The application has been registered on the basis of the news item titled "Forest Dept. objects to operating flights over …
Order of the Madras High Court regarding relocation of Thengumarahada village in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. The court said that the guidelines for preparation of the Tiger Conservation Plan itself mandates relocation of human settlements affecting the core area of tiger reserves. The Supreme Court in Ajay Dubey …
With the Wayanad forest turning into a virtual tinderbox, Forest Department officials in Kerala have joined hands with their Karnataka and Tamil Nadu counterparts to chalk out various strategies to curb forest fire. B.N. Anjan Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forest, Wildlife, Palakkad, along with senior personnel visited the Mudumalai and …
The devastating fire that ravaged more than 90 hectares of forest land in the buffer and core zones of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) has been brought under control, said Deepak Srivastava, Chief Conservator of Forests-Coimbatore, holding additional charge as Field Director, MTR. Talking to The Hindu , Mr. Srivastava …
The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with clause (v) and clause (xiv) of subsection (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) is hereby published, …
An amended Wildlife Act would be formulated soon by incorporating stringent rules against poaching of animals, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said here on Sunday. Considering the increased incidents of poaching and hunting the the Forest and Environment Ministry would incorporate amendments to the Act to prevent such crimes, he told …
Chennai: He is a concern those concerned with reducing man-animal conflicts in the state on the eve of International Tiger Day (July 29). As many as 4,000 families still live in the core areas of Anamalai, Sathyamangalam, Kalakkad-Mundanthurai and Mudumalai tiger reserves in Tamil Nadu. Worse, only in the Mudumalai …
They are natural scavengers once abundantly found across Tamil Nadu but in the past three decades the introduction of an anti-inflammatory drug for cattle proved fatal for them. Now with the ban on the drug, the population of vultures is steadily on the rise. Southern India is home to four …
To commence in Anamalai from January 4 Even as officials and volunteers commenced the annual tiger census at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris, the Reserve has been declared ‘out-of-bounds’ for tourists from December 16 to December 23. Officials have roped in as many as 88 volunteers, and 36 …
CHENNAI: From the ancient Chinese to kingdoms in ancient Europe, Africa, and Britain, otters have for more than a thousand years helped humans fish and been a source of wonder for their industry and resilience. They may not have been put to the same use in the country or the …
WORST JUMBO CARNAGE SINCE VEERAPPAN RUN Kunjumon has lived most of his adult life in the forests of Kerala -as a government watchman and then as a cook for poachers.That transition made little difference, he told cops. It was the killing of a baby elephant last year that changed his …
Parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests urges the environment ministry to give funds to Tamil Nadu to rejuvenate all the lakes including the one at Ooty under the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & …
Focus on number of predators and prey base, besides health of forest vegetation. The biannual monitoring exercise to ascertain the headcount of predators, the prey base and the quality of the habitat began on Wednesday at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, one of four reserves in Tamil Nadu. The last census pegged …
Wildlife activists are up in arms after a group of tourists entered the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in the Nilgiris and took out a night safari with the help of forest officials on Wednesday. They continued their stay in the reserve, taking shelter in an anti-poaching camp …
CHENNAI: Researchers examining elephant dung in the Nilgiris have found plastic, tetra packs and small cups made of thermocol in the poop, leading to concerns about enforcement of rules for visitors to forest areas. Founder of vulture conservation group Arulagam S Bharathidasan said his team had found non-biodegradable plastic waste …
The Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here is in a state of high alert following bush fires breaking out in some parts of the reserve. Dry conditions which have been a source of concern for the past few weeks have worsened. Consequently speculation over the closure of the reserve till …
COIMBATORE: One in every four tiger deaths reported across the country this year has been from Tamil Nadu. The state has recorded 11 tiger deaths till date, including the one on October 5 at Masinagudi in Mudumalai. This is the second highest number reported in the country this year. Madhya …
Global change is impacting forests worldwide, threatening biodiversity and ecosystem services including climate regulation. Understanding how forests respond is critical to forest conservation and climate protection. This review describes an international network of 59 long-term forest dynamics research sites (CTFS-ForestGEO) useful for characterizing forest responses to global change. Within very …
The third synchronized all India tiger census that is held once in every four years will begin on Monday. For the next seven days, wildlife activists and forest lovers will traverse tiger habitats across the country and collect images and pug marks of big cats. Volunteers and forest staff would …
Due to their secretive habits, predicting the pattern of spatial distribution of small carnivores has been typically challenging, yet for conservation management it is essential to understand the association between this group of animals and environmental factors. We applied maximum entropy modeling (MaxEnt) to build distribution models and identify environmental …
