Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s green power generation has increased with a high contribution of hydro power in the last two days. Heavy rain in the Nilgiris district helped contribute to the high hydro power generation. Along with wind and solar, the total green power generation crossed 38%. Tamil Nadu’s hydro power …
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 & …
Urge government to increase compensation for fatalities and crop damage Several political parties staged a protest in the Nilgiris district on Tuesday urging the State government to find a solution to the man-animal conflict. Around 140 party cadre, including M. Thiravidamani, DMK MLA from Gudalur, assembled in front of the …
With thousands of people from various parts of the country and abroad flocking to The Nilgiris to enjoy the season which is on the verge of entering its peak period, the district administration has stepped up vigil on the environment front with focus on keeping plastics out. In tune with …
Even as incidents of man-animal conflict has been occurring with alarming frequency in Nilgiris, such incidents have seen a drop in Coimbatore forest division. Five people were killed by wild elephants from April 2014 - March 2015 as against 18 deaths in the previous year. Forest authorities say that fatalities …
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 …
There is a proposal to form a Rapid Response Team to deal with situations arising from man-wild animal conflicts, said The Nilgiris Collector P. Sankar here on Wednesday. Stating that it has been sent to the government, he told presspersons that it would be trained and equipped to deal with …
CHENNAI: Electric fences are wreaking havoc in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, killing four tuskers in the last six months. Erected illegally on private estates, agricultural farms and resorts, these fences are being seen as the biggest threat to elephants in the Reserve that is home to almost 25% of the …
In keeping with its long time objectives of promoting conservation oriented development and reducing human-wild animal conflict, the 138-year-old Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWEA) organised a function here on Monday to extend financial assistance to the families of some of the victims of such conflicts. The beneficiaries were the …
The campaign by the Forest Department and conservationists to protect vultures in The Nilgiris got a boost on Sunday, with the gram sabhas in the district resolving to back the cause. Taking part at a meeting at Kookalthorai, Collector P. Sankar urged farmers not to administer diclofenac to the cattle, …
The penguins of Antarctic are not the only victims of climate change. The pipits of Nilgiris in the Western Ghats in India are also suffering the ill effects of global warming and the consequent deleterious effects on climate. Researchers in the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bengaluru have …
Wild growth of invasive alien plants such as Senna spectabilis (calceolaria shower), Lantana , Eupatorium and Parthenium is posing a threat to wildlife and indigenous plants in the forest areas of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, including the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), a major habitat of Asiatic elephants in the country. …
A major initiative by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (previously known as Project Tiger) to eliminate man-animal conflict and save hundreds of human lives as well as wildlife is coming to a naught in Tamil Nadu due to apathy and callousness of a section of junior level officials in the …
To the dismay of the wildlife lovers and all concerned citizens, a project to prevent incidences of electrocution of wild animals, mainly elephants in their corridor in Nilgiri,has failed to take off. Although about four years have elapsed since clearing of the proposal following a joint meeting between the Forest …
‘Tourists coming with cooking accessories make public areas filthy’. With the season in this hill station now in its final phase, a view gaining ground, particularly among green activists, is that the district and civic authorities should put in place a stocktaking exercise to assess the impact of the heavy …
A photo exhibition on the Nilgiris, now under way in the Horticulture Complex here as part of the 2014 Annual Summer Festival, focuses on the flora and fauna of the hilly district. Organised by the Forest Department in association with the Department of Tourism and the District Administration, the exhibition …
'Use of Diclofenac for cattle had been banned by the Drug Controller of India in 2006, but the use of drug still continues' The disappearance of vultures, which feed on carcass and act as a natural scavenger, has made Arulagam, a research organisation working in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, raise …
The unprecedented water crisis last summer posed a serious threat to the animals in the reserve forests in the district. In order to avoid such a crisis this year, the Forest Department would soon commence works to create artificial water holes inside reserve forests, said District Forest Officer A.S. Marimuthu. …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union Of India & Others dated 12/03/2014 regarding the destruction of the tropical rain forest in the Gudalur and Nilgiri areas in violation of the Forest Act, 1927, Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Tamil Nadu …
Presence of vultures in at least half a dozen areas has been recorded for the first time by naturalists in the Nilgiris North Forest Division and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) during a two-day habitat identification and population estimation that concluded on Sunday. A total of 26 groups were formed – …
