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 …
The old pugmark is transforming into a digital footprint. With real time information available through observation of tigers fitted with satellite collars, GPS collars and radio VHF collars, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is for the first time creating a system for a central database on tiger movement and …
Two years after an amendment in the Wildlife (Protection) Act that makes formal notification of tiger reserves mandatory, The Indian Express has found that three states in the country are yet to notify their tiger reserves. A 2006 Amendment in the Wildlife (Protection) Act said tiger reserves should be notified …
The authors refer to the correspondence on the use of tiger farms for conservation by Xavier. There seems to be an over-simplification of several points raised about the management of tiger farms and other issues related to tiger conservation. In the following discussion, the terms
BHUBANESWAR: The State Forest Department and Dehra Dun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) may have a huge difference of opinion over exact number of tigers in the State, but the agencies are unanimous over presence of melanistic tigers in Similipal. Even as the State and WII continue to be at …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Wildlife biologist Ullas Karanth has emphasised on immediate recruitment of the pending forest staff as the first measure for conservation, but the problem seems to continue as the State Forest department says that the Government has not permitted them to recruit more than a 100 front …
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI European Union and India will not just be deliberating on free trade and world food situation at the EU-India Summit next week at Marseille. Issue of India
Tigers attack people. People impatient, they are second priority. What is the way out? July 24, 2007. Hungry and exhausted after fishing all day on the Bidyadhari river, Amirul Naiya, his two brothers and three other fishermen pulled up their country boat into a creek in the dense Sunderbans mangroves, …
In A fillip to tiger conservation, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has given in-principle approval for four more tiger reserves in different states in the country. Arrested poacher claims he killed Corbett tiger near parkTwo Asiatic bears killed in Nagaland park. Two wildlife rescue centres being built in Uttarakhand
Neha Sinha Corbett, August 8: Tourism and its ensuing commercialisation are gradually emerging as big threats to the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Around 40 resorts have come up in the tiger corridor leading up to the reserve and just last month, a tiger was hit on this corridor by a tourist …
The main objective of Project Tiger is to ensure a viable population of tiger in India for scientific , economic , aesthetic , cultural and ecological values and to preserve for all time, areas of biological importance as a natural heritage for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people. …
WWF and Nokia join hands to save the tiger Conservation Need of the hour Mobile communications company Nokia India, has announced its partnership with conservation organisation WWF-India, that it will be involved in WWF-India's Tiger conservation programme. This announcement was jointly made by Ravi Singh, Secretary General and CEO, WWF-India, …
Sariska's gain may be the army's loss. A field firing range near the tiger reserve is likely to be closed down following the relocation of big cats from Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan's forest department has refused to give a
A heated debate has recently emerged between tiger farmers and conservationists about the potential consequences of lifting the ban on trade in farmed tiger products in China. This debate has caused unfounded speculation about the extent of the potential market for tiger products. To fill this knowledge gap, the authors …
The local extinction of the tiger (Panthera tigris) from the Sariska National Park (NP) in India triggered a series of reactions, actions and policy prescriptions. The Tiger Task Force of the Government of India considered this to be a failure of the state machinery in controlling poaching. The Government of …
RAKHEE ROY TALUKDAR The tiger after it reached Sariska. Picture by Gopal Sunger Jaipur, June 28: The tiger has landed in Sariska at last. In an air force helicopter. After three long and barren years, Sariska regained its stripes as a tiger reserve today, carrying out what experts said was …
Fitted With GPS Collar As Safety Measure; Two More Big Cats To Be Flown In Sariska (Alwar): Sariska almost missed its date with history. Around 3 in the morning, it began to rain. By daybreak, it was bucketing down. You would have had to be a die-hard optimist to believe …
