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 …
Madhya Pradesh that is in loggerhead with Gujarat over translocation of lions is now confident to reclaim its 'tiger state' tag in the next census. Forest minister of Madhya Pradesh Sartaj Singh on Thursday said numbers of tigers have increased significantly and state is all set to emerge number one …
Assam’s smallest national park, the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park spread over 78.81 square km, has recorded an impressive increase in its big cat population, with 24 Royal Bengal Tigers found to roar in the protected area. The latest census figure indicates an increase of 17 tigers in the park …
Census finds 24 big cats in Assam’s smallest national park, beating Corbett Orang has recorded the highest Royal Bengal tiger population ever with 24 tigers being found during the census carried out this year at the smallest national park in the state. The figure was made available exclusively to The …
NAGPUR: Taking serious note of the TOI report on Thursday about suspected killing of 11 tigers in Vidarbha and neighbouring Madhya Pradesh in the last two months by organized poachers belonging to the notorious Baheliya community of Katni, the rattled National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) sought factual report from the …
State is not averse to allowing 'green resorts' Karnataka would soon bring out a new eco-tourism policy aimed at decongesting tourism hot spots and attract private investments. Vinay Luthra, CEO, Karnataka Eco-tourism Development Board (KEDB), said the proposed policy is being finalised as per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) …
Karnataka wants to avoid over-dependence on tiger reserves and is planning to develop its reserve forests to promote sustainable eco-tourism. Speaking at a conference on formulating guidelines for eco-tourism policy, Vinay Luthra, CEO, Karnataka Ecotourism Development Board, said “Karnataka which is a leader in eco-tourism in the country through Jungle …
The decision of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to send a two-member team to Satkosia tiger sanctuary to study the feasibility of shifting the wild tiger, which fled Nandankana zoo a week ago, has left the zoo authorities bemused. "We are not sure how the team plans to go about …
Seven tigers have been reported dead in Uttarakhand this year, three of them in the renowned Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) and its adjoining areas just in the last one week. Highly placed sources said the three CTR animals may have been poisoned or become victims of "revenge killing" as preliminary …
RANCHI: The establishment of a Tiger Conservation Foundation, a legal prerequisite under the Wildlife Protection Act, is likely to become a reality soon in Jharkhand during President's rule. The foundation which is believed to be the core establishment for the protection and conservation of big cats has been facing the …
Camera-trapping helps big cat census, conservation The Forest department is all set to implement the camera-trapping method of keeping a track of tigers in the Yelandur range of the Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve. The method is already in place, with 30 cameras keeping an eye on the movement …
Files Review Petition In SC; Says MP Misled Court Ahmedabad: The battle over the translocation of lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh is back in the Supreme Court. The Gujarat government on Tuesday moved a petition challenging the April 15 order which directed the state to translocate lions to Palpur-Kuno …
Amid raging controversy whether to release or to house the wild tiger that strayed into Nandankanan zoo on April 30, a technical committee is likely to seal the fate of the tiger on Wednesday after a detailed discussion. The committee comprises chief wildlife warden, zoo officials, a member nominated by …
Attempt to retain it as a captive animal opposed Biswajit Mohanty, Secretary of Wildlife Society of Orissa, on Wednesday demanded immediate release of the wild tiger that walked into the Nandankanan Zoological Park here recently. Pugmarks sighted In a letter addressed to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Mr. Mohanty …
The Orissa forest department is holding on to a wild tiger that strayed inside Nandankanan Zoo over a week ago, saying they don't know its original habitat and therefore cannot release it. Sources in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), however, said Nandankanan authorities planned to use the tiger for …
PANJIM: The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed the Goa government to submit its proposal to declare Mhadei wildlife sanctuary as a ‘tiger reserve’. The demand has come at a time when wildlife enthusiasts~ particularly those working for tiger conservation~are up beat about the sighting of a tiger …
Survey Part Of Countrywide Study At Tiger Reserves For Exact Count Of The Cats Pune: The state forest department has captured images of more than 141 fully grown tigers in Maharashtra’s four tiger reserves and their surrounding areas. The ‘camera-trapping survey’ that is going on across protected areas in the …
Most translocation efforts by Forest Department have been successful The Forest Department has embarked upon a challenging task of mitigating animal-human conflicts in the periphery of forest areas by capture and translocation of wildlife responsible for such conflicts. Translocation is the transport and release of wild animals from one location …
The authorities of the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) have started the process to undertake an annual sign survey of wild animals in the national park in Mayurbhanj district from Monday. According to STR Deputy Director Bikash Ranjan Das, the survey, being conducted from April 22 to April 27, would help …
Government will put in place safeguards including 'e-surveillance' of tiger movement for preventing the death of big cats due to train hits. The decision was taken at a recent meeting of senior officials from railway board and environment ministry convened by environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan in the wake of such …
The contentious issue of notifying buffer areas around tiger reserves came under sharp debate when the Supreme Court issued interim directions to stop tourism in core or Critical Tiger Habitats (CTHs) and notify buffer areas. However, after the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) filed comprehensive guidelines on tiger conservation and …
