Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
After scripting a success story in tiger conservation at home in the past few years, India is now planning to revive a two-year-old offer to help save the big cat in the world’s largest tiger reserve in Myanmar, which is suffering from dwindling tiger numbers. The political reform in the …
Thirteen countries, including China, Russia and India, will in New Delhi to take stock of their efforts to save the big cat, and exchange notes with each other in a global initiative for tiger conservation. The meeting will also see India and Russia signing a Joint Resolution of Agreed Actions …
Minister of environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan expressed concern that states with tiger reserves had not taken the initiative to deploy the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF). Despite providing 100 per cent Central assistance to the states of UP, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Orissa, these states have failed to enhance protection …
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has said that there is an initiative to create a ‘Special Tiger Protection Force’ for enhancing the protective cover on the wild cats and other animals inhabiting in the Tiger Reserves in the State. “The Force will see to it that no harm is …
Madhya Pradesh has bagged the highest number of awards for tiger conservation. In the two-day meeting of the Field Directors of the Tiger Reserves (TR) that began on Wednesday various conservation issues including protection, extremist threat, phase-4 monitoring and compliance of effective management were discussed at length. A book on …
The Bengal tigers living in the Sundarbans have to be saved to protect the ecosystem of the world's largest mangrove forest, said Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday. “The presence of tigers shows a healthy ecosystem in the Sundarbans. So, we've to protect our tigers,” Dr Hasan told …
As reported by the State, six tigers have been reintroduced in the Sariska Tiger Reserve. The details are at Annexure Biotic disturbance on account of cattle presence and forest resource dependency of human settlements within the core/critical tiger habitat are inimical factors for wild animals, including tiger and panther. Details …
This paper attempts to explain the wildlife science-based tiger conservation pathway that integrates the keystone-umbrella species concept, landscape ecology and geographic information systems as major components to effectively devise wild tiger conservation priorities for the Bangladesh Sundarbans.
To support the national cause of tiger conservation, Animal Planet will showcase a month-long series on the big cat. It's one of the last places on Earth where this magnificent creature walks free and feared. The Sunderbans in West Bengal is home to the wildest of cats, the tiger. But …
Over 104 families from village Jamni, located inside the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the district, received the first instalment of Rs 1 lakh, out of the total of Rs 10 lakh declared as part of their rehabilitation from the Government, a release from the District Information Office said. In …
Camera trapping method has been used for the first time in the ongoing tiger census in the Namdapha National Park in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. “This is the first time the camera trapping method has been used for tiger estimation in Namdapha. All past tiger census were carried out …
The Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) yesterday launched a five-year long mass awareness campaign through different programs from Khulna University campus on how to protect the Sundarbans. The programme under the Sundarbans Tiger Project has been launched for 26 unions of Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Pirojpur and Barguna districts -- adjacent …
Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) will launch a campaign today to raise awareness among the mass people regarding the aims and objectives of The Sundarbans Tiger Project. Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique Arefin Siddique will inaugurate the daylong programme on the campus of Khulna University (KU). …
An entire village has been relocated in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan to protect tigers, officials say. More than 350 people from 82 families in Umri village, in the Sariska tiger reserve, moved to a new location. The number of tigers in Sariska had dwindled to zero before growing …
MUSHALPUR: Eastern Himalayan region is identified as one of the 34 biodiversity hotspots in the world. Manas Tiger Reserve, which is included under Eastern Himalayan region, is also known as the habitat of flagship species like Asian elephant and Indian rhinoceros. This tiger reserve, also adorned as a biosphere reserve, …
COUNTRY’s FIRST: Fifty-four personnel were given three-month training to provide them with skills such as how to survive in the jungle and use of weapons like SLR, assault rifles, LMG and grenades, The STPF unit will be divided into three groups and will be solely responsible for taking anti-poaching measures, …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) will start conducting its annual estimation of tigers in Kawal and Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam tiger reserve (NSTR) along with other tiger reserves in southern states later this month. For Kawal tiger reserve where at least four to six tigers are known to exist, it is the …
The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 has been amended in 2006, and a separate chapter (Chapter IVB) has been provided, which interalia, provides for constituting the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), its powers and functions, reporting requirements, constitution of State level Steering Committees, preparation of Tiger Conservation Plan, explanation regarding the …
The Kawal Tiger Sanctuary in Adilabad, which is yet to be officially established, may run into a controversy with tribals unwilling to move out of the forest reserve area. About 4,000 tribals who live in 43 settlements in the area — which was declared the Kawal Tiger Sanctuary on June …
Jaipur: The state will shortly be requisitioning more trap cameras from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) as it embarks on Phase IV of the All India Tiger Estimation exercise along with other tiger reserves of the country. The Phase IV tiger estimation comprises intensive, annual monitoring of important 'source' …
