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 …
All 13 tiger range countries in Asia and partner organizations of the Global Tiger Initiative deliberated on a Global Tiger Recovery Program, the first-ever coordinated, range-wide and international effort to save the world
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 …
Proactive action on the part of the Forest Department could place Assam in the forefront of the tiger conservation programme in the country. This would be possible due to the advantages that the state already possesses, which include a stable and growing population of the highly protected species. A well-placed …
Tiger conservation in the Manas Tiger Reserve will now get help from the cyberworld with the development of a web-based Geographical Information Software on the world-famous nature park bordering Bhutan Himalayas. The software, titled Manas Tiger Reserve Information System or MANTRIS, was developed by a prominent conservation organisation, Aaranyak, in …
Guwahati: Tiger conservation in the Manas Tiger Reserve will now get help from the cyberworld with the development of a web-based Geographical Information Software on the world-famous nature park bordering Bhutan Himalayas. The software, titled Manas Tiger Reserve Information System or MANTRIS, was developed by a prominent conservation organisation, Aaranyak, …
Big cats of Bandipur Tiger Reserve can now prowl about in peace. The Karnataka government has decided to speed up its 2008 plans to set up a unique task force to protect tigers of the reserve. But before that, they got an earful from New Delhi-based National Tiger Conservation (NCTA) …
May 5 2010 will probably go down the annals of wildlife history as the first major step taken by the government of Maharashtra for the protection of tigers that are dwindling faster than the receding forest that protects them. In a boost in and around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the …
Tiger numbers in the wild continue to decline throughout most of their range with only around 3,500 wild tigers remaining in the whole world. With an estimated 300-500 tigers, the Bangladesh Sundarbans has an opportunity to contribute significantly to the conservation of tigers and biodiversity that they represent. However, to …
The advertisement campaign that there are only 1411 tigers left in India has attracted wide attention. It has also moved a large number of hearts. People from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh want to know the root of the problem. They are perplexed how such a …
A total of 83 tigers May 2: A total of 83 tigers were poached during 19992004 as forest guards in various reserves were illequipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers, a parliamentary panel has said. An audit examination revealed that nine tiger reserves
Nearly half of the total of 173 tigers, which died between 1999 and 2004, had fallen victim to poachers. And this, since forest guards in various reserves were ill-equipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by BJP MP Gopinath Munde, has come up with …
Notwithstanding the unusually high tiger concentration in Kaziranga National Park as revealed in a recent camera-trap exercise, experts feel that the development also has darker shades which, if left unaddressed, could imperil the park
LUCKNOW: The State Bank of India (SBI), Lucknow formally adopted the royal inmates of Lucknow zoo. The bank adopted a royal Bengal tiger and a white tiger on Thursday. The cheque for Rs 3,20,000 was handed over to the zoo director Renu Singh by BV Chaubal, CGM, SBI, Lucknow circle. …
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government will shortly enact a law to constitute a special tiger protection force with its office based at Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur Kheri district. The force will have all the police power under CrPC like proceedings of prosecution, seizure of contraband goods and issuance of warrants …
With a view to ensure accountability of forest guards in patrolling tiger reserves and to enhance transparency in their functioning, the Government has launched a unique software monitoring system. Called M-STrIPES, it will be implemented in six tiger reserves to begin with within two months. Launching the Monitoring System for …
