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 …
Fifty-three cases of tiger poaching and 160 cases of killing of leopard are being tried in various courts in Madhya Pradesh, some for over four decades. A case of tiger death registered on May 17, 1975 in Kanha National Park in Mandla district is still pending decision in the court. …
The country lost 63 tigers in 2013 with Karnataka alone losing 16 big cats. The data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority states that poachers accounted for the death of 48 tigers in different parts of the country last year. In comparison, 72 tiger deaths were reported in 2012. …
Projects falling within wildlife zones back in the reckoning Several project proposals which were taken off the list for forest clearance as they fell within wildlife zones or were awaiting comprehensive assessment will be considered afresh by the Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests in January. …
Environmentalists are sceptical of the new institution’s power to expedite projects After the Supreme Court ruling on Monday, it is now clear that India will soon have an independent environmental regulator. What is less clear is whether this regulator will be a watchdog with teeth or without. In environmental circles, …
Poaching was the cause of most deaths, says National Tiger Conservation Authority The country lost 63 of its wild tigers in 2013. The first tiger death of the year was reported from the South Brahmapuri forest range of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, on January 6, 2013 caused by suspected poaching. The …
Even though we may celebrate increased number of tigers in the country, there is disturbing news on conservation front. A report released by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, says that tiger occupancy area in the country shrunk by 12,000 sq km, or more than …
With a large chunk of the funds remaining unutilised till the end of the fiscal, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has asked the two tiger reserves of the State to send in their annual plan of operation (APO) before March 31 beginning this year. Two senior officials of …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has constituted a six-member committee to review the proposal of the Assam Government on safeguarding wildlife in relation with the National Highway-37 passing along the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. The committee has also been assigned the task of reviewing the proposed …
About 600 Sqkm Of Reserve Will Be Monitored Bangalore: In a month’s time, almost every inch of Nagarahole tiger reserve will be monitored and photographed 24x7 with 400 cameras set to be installed in different parts of the reserve.It is for the first time in the state that an entire …
Having completed the field work of tiger census for a week in the Sathyamangalam forests, the Forest Department is now in the process of compiling data for submitting it to the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. There were a number of positive indications implying the presence of elephants, spotted deer, …
Four rare melanistic (black) golden cats (Captopuma Temminckii) and rare Chinese pangolins were sighted at Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh, forest officials said here on Tuesday. The images of the cats were captured during recent camera trapping survey in 57 locations of the rainforest area …
The second phase of the tiger enumeration exercise will commence in the first week of January and entail camera-trapping of tigers and leopards in Bandipur. The first phase of the census concluded on Monday with the volunteers dispersing after six days of data collection pertaining to carnivores, herbivores, and the …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has refused to give its nod for reintroduction of white tigers in Madhya Pradesh saying they have no "conservation value", a decision that may come as a setback to the state's efforts to secure these rare species. The decision was taken sometime ago during a …
As many as 371 tigers have died in the country in the past five years — 119 of which were victims of poaching, a report published on the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) website stated. The NTCA, in association with some international organisations, is striving to ban the trade in …
It demands the iron ore miner’s right to mine in land that MoEF says is a tiger corridor The National Green Tribunal’s powers to take up cases about wildlife have been challenged. The question of the tribunal’s jurisdiction has cropped up in a petition filed by an iron ore miner …
'Huli,' developed by Forest department helps consolidation of data on the trail: A Forest department official with the tablet used for tiger census in BRT Tiger Reserve, Chamarajanagar district. The tiger census in Karnataka has gone hi-tech with the Forest department making use of indigenously developed “Huli” software for the …
Poaching of tigers in 2013 has been the highest in the past seven years, data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) shows. The seizure of two more tiger skins from Bijrani area of Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Monday has taken this year's figure to 39 …
2,000 Officials Deployed As Part Of Nation-Wide Exercise A team of 50 forest department officials, scouting for the presence of tigers, entered the dense forests of the Periyar Tiger Reserve on Monday morning and were in the reserve till sun down. They will begin afresh on Tuesday, foraying into the …
The third synchronized all India tiger census that is held once in every four years will begin on Monday. For the next seven days, wildlife activists and forest lovers will traverse tiger habitats across the country and collect images and pug marks of big cats. Volunteers and forest staff would …
Maharashtra government on Thursday issued notification of Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR). This is the fifth Tiger Reserve in the state after Melghat, Tadoba, Pench and Sahyadri. The 656.36 sq km reserve comprises Navegaon National Park (129.55 sq km), Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary (122.75 sq km), Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152.58 sq km), …
