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) …
Dry conditions cause concern With dry conditions becoming a source of concern at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near Udhagamandlam, a proposal has been sent to the government to close it. Deputy Director, MTR, Ameer Haja, told the The Hindu on Wednesday that a detailed report with inputs from Range …
The fourth phase of the intensive ‘Tiger Monitoring Programme,' envisaged by the Tiger Task Force of the Union Government, began at the Kalakkad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Tirunelveli on Friday. Giving details about the programme H. Malleshappa, Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, KMTR told The Hindu …
An ailing tiger found by passerby under a tree at Kurumbar Pallam near Bokkapuram adjoining the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) was provided medical help at forest veterinary centre on Friday. Though the area is part of the tiger habitat, spotting the animal early in the morning was unusual. As word …
Young Ecologists Talk and Interact (YETI), the largest student-organised academic conference on ecology and conservation, brought together over 300 students and researchers of ecology on a single platform at IIT-Guwahati here on Tuesday for a three-day-long deliberations on latest biodiversity and conservation issues. The conference kick started with Professor S.K. …
Conservation measures in the Nilgiris are satisfactory, observed the Conservator of Forests, Coimbatore Circle, V.T. Kandasamy here on Wednesday. He was inaugurating a workshop on “Conservation Strategies for Vultures in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve”, organised by the Forest Department, the Nilgiris North Division and the Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association …
It is viewed as a big step before declaring it as a tiger reserve In a significant step towards protecting the varied wildlife and as the next big step to declare it a tiger reserve, the State Government has expanded the Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary to 1.41 lakh hectares. Through a …
The spores survived and germinated after being exposed to 115 degree C for two hours Can the mesophilic fungal spores that normally grow at 20 degree C to 35 degree C survive higher temperatures and still be able to germinate when the conditions are right? Believe it or not, laboratory …
The Supreme Court has temporarily stayed an order of the Madras High Court, asking resort owners near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu to vacate the land. In April, the high court had given resort owners three months to hand over the land with them to the state to pave …
THE Supreme Court has temporarily stayed an order of the Madras High Court, asking resort owners near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu to vacate the land. In April, the high court had given resort owners three months to hand over the land with them to the state to pave …
Bombay Natural History Society has conducted the survey in wildlife sanctuaries in and around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve A field survey on the vulture population in the wildlife sanctuaries in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and adjacent sanctuaries, conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), has found that the number …
Udhagamandalam: A wild elephant is battling for life near here and those who have seen it or heard about its plight are hoping that death would come to its rescue soon. Enquiries made by The Hindu revealed that some forest staff perambulating Athimund Shola, a part of the Sigur reserve …
Conservation efforts set in motion in 1973 paying rich dividends now Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiri landscape is ideal for conserving wild animals, observed the Field Director, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Rajiv K. Srivatsava, here on Monday. Presiding over a workshop on
Bush fire threats should not be treated lightly, say wildlife enthusiasts and green campaigners During 2010-11, Rs. 7 lakh collected as fine from tourists and others for violating rules Udhagamandalam: Tourists are disappointed, wild animals are happy. This sums up the situation at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) which has …
The first district-level consultation meeting of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel held here on Tuesday ran into rough weather with green activists from various parts of the Nilgiris district and Coimbatore staging a walkout. Consequently it ended abruptly. The protest was triggered by certain observations vis-
Tarsh Thekaekara's response (4 September 2010) to our article "Can a Tiger Change its Stripes? The Politics of Conservation as Translated in Mudumalai" is welcomed for opening up in public a debate on tiger reserves that has remained regrettably confined to the corridors of power.
R Haldorai|ENS THE government is likely to clip the wings of the operators of tourist resorts warning against late night activities such as booze party, music, dance, heavy lighting and movement of vehicles near the elephant corridors in the Nilgiris. According to highly-placed sources, the State government has given a …
Several studies on the functions and nature of ecosystems, particularly in the tropical rainforest, highlighting rich diversity with high deforestation rates have been found in the global carbon literature. The tropical forests of India and its vulnerable carbon stocks have been inadequately studied.
The notification of Mudumalai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu as a tiger reserve in 2007 has resulted in a contested politics between activists, non-governmental organisations and conservationists with regard to the future of protected area management. This paper presents an account of how these actors positioned themselves around not only the …
