National Tiger Conservation Authority

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

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 …

Govt May Skip Radio Collaring during Tiger’s Release in Similipal

A year after a wild tiger walked into Nandankanan Zoological Park here, the Forest and Environment Department is toying with the idea of releasing it into Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) without arranging its radio collaring. Reliable sources informed that Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray has issued an order for …

NTCA Proposal for Linking State's 2 Tiger Reserves

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has proposed that jurisdiction of the Similipal landscape should be expanded to include parts of Keonjhar so as to improve the wildlife corridor connecting State’s two tiger reserves - Similipal and Satkosia. To enhance the tiger population and their genetic health, this corridor needs …

Govt seeks SC nod for cheetah project

Seeks recall of 2013 order against its re-introduction plan. A year after the Supreme Court stalled its ambitious cheetah re-introduction project, the government moved the court yet again on Wednesday with an assertive petition to let them go ahead with the plan in the interest of wildlife conservation. The National …

NTCA Team in Odisha to Decide Tiger Conservation Plans

A two-member team of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), headed by its chief Rajesh Gopal, arrived here on Monday to finalise the Tiger Conservation Plans (TCPs) of State’s two tiger reserves (TR) in Similipal and Satkosia. Gopal, accompanied by IG of NTCA HS Negi, proceeded to Baripada from where he …

Machan wildlife census on May 14

The annual waterhole (machan) census to count herbivores and carnivores will be taken up on May 14, the Buddha Pournima day, when visibility is good owing to full moon, in all the national parks, sanctuaries and tiger reserves in the state. "We have issued instructions to respective chief conservators of …

Lion-tiger conflict in Kuno can’t be ruled out

Says NGO In Its Petition Will Gir lions shifted to Kuno-Palpur sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh come into conflict with tigers that may have strayed from Ranthambore reserve in Rajasthan? For the first time, an NGO, Wildlife Conservation Trust- Rajkot, has joined as a party to the petition filed by the …

Lifeline for tigers: status and conservation of the Kanha-Pench Corridor

The Kanha-Pench complex harbours around 120 tigers along with several important floral and faunal assemblages. The landscape also supports diverse land use, forest protection regimes and traditional forest dwelling tribal communities. The conservation significance and potential for long term viability of the tiger population in this landscape has been recognized …

Madhya Pradesh govt's reminder to environment ministry on Gir lions' translocation to state

BHOPAL: State government has shot off another reminder, the second in two months, to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to take urgent measures to shift lions from Gujarat to Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Shivpuri district. Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had refused to entertain the request of the …

Similipal tiger reserve battles rampant poaching

Every year, about hundred animals are rescued by the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) authorities in Mayurbhanj district. A majority of the animals are rescued from villagers, indicating rampant poaching. Official sources said every third day, an animal is rescued. "We rescue animals like sambar, spotted deer, wild boar and elephant …

Tiger reserves put on high alert

Conservation authority cautions against outbreak of CD disease The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued a “most urgent” technical note (advisory) to all tiger reserves on the need to take effective steps, exercise vigil and surveillance to prevent the likely outbreak of Canine Distemper (CD) disease among tigers and …

Russian team being trained in Panna to boost tiger conservation

In a bid to boost tiger conservation efforts globally, International Fund for Animal Welfare-Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) in collaboration with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) has hosted a two-member team of Russian forest officers in India under the 'Tiger Watch Programme' that kicked off on February 24. It will …

State’s third tiger reserve to bolster population of big cat

In a move that would bolster tiger conservation in the country, the UP government has approved plans of a tiger reserve in Pilibhit, the third in the state after Dudhwa and Amangarh. Under the planned Pilibhit reserve, the Mala, Mahof, Barahi, Deoria and Haripur forest ranges will be developed as …

Stung by tiger poaching, Special Tiger Protection Force proposed for Melghat

In bid to check menace of poaching and provide better protection, the Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), which turned 40 last year, has proposed setting up of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF). MTR chief conservator of forests (CCF) and field director Dinesh Kumar Tyagi said a proposal in this regard was …

Panel for curbing human settlement along NH-37

The Review Committee set up by the National Tiger Conservation Authority of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to review the Assam Government report on the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) stretch of the National Highway-37, has underlined the need to arrest the growth of human settlement along the …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding mining leases in Mandla District laying between Kanha National Park and Bandhavgarh National Park, 13/02/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tribunal at its own motion v. Ministry of Environment and Others dated 13/02/2014 regarding mining leases in Mandla District. The NGT order noted that since the area in question has mineral deposits of low silica dolomite …

Odisha Okays Smaller Satkosia

The Odisha Government on Tuesday gave its official stamp of approval to de-notify 159 sq km from Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary which forms a large part of the Satkosia Tiger Reserve. The move to reduce the area could prove disastrous for the tiger habitat. The State Board for Wildlife (SBWL), in …

101cr spent, but relocation nowhere

After spending Rs 101.6 crore on village relocation, the Ranthambore tiger reserve has still not been able to create inviolate space for the tigers. While three villages have been totally shifted, 17 are still eating into the tiger space besides the 44 villages in Kailadevi that forms part of the …

Tiger count begins at Ranthambore

The Ranthambore reserve is embarking on phase IV of tiger monitoring as part of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) protocol for all tiger reserves for a national figure on big cats. Flush with a baby boom since the past couple of years but equally at the receiving end for deaths …

State tiger reserves yet to wake up to deadly virus

A deadly virus is stalking the big cats, but the State Forest department is yet to wake up to the warning. Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) has reportedly affected tigers in the northern and eastern parts of the country, killing two cubs in Patna Zoo, a couple of months ago. Member …

Tiger census in Sahyadri nears completion

Kolhapur: The first national census in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) is halfway through as experts completed the transect line observations and began the carnivore census from Tuesday. The count, which began on Friday last week, will conclude on Thursday. The national tiger census is conducted every four years and …

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