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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 (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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …