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 …
New Delhi: With the season of festivals and holidays drawing near, the Supreme Court on Tuesday served some good news for wildlife enthusiasts by indicating that it would lift the two-and-a-half month old ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves next week. After additional solicitor general Indira Jaising …
The Supreme court today allowed the Centre to notify within a week its fresh guidelines on tiger conservation and indicated that it may modify its July 24 order staying all tourism activities in the reserved areas across the country. A Bench of justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar, however, made …
Guwahati, Oct. 7: Mizoram has opposed the National Board for Wildlife’s recommendation to erect fencing inside Dampa tiger reserve, as it will restrict the movement of wildlife to and from Bangladesh. The National Board for Wildlife had asked the state forest department for its views before setting up border outposts …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has admitted that tiger deaths are on the rise: 69 of them having been killed or died naturally in the past nine months. “While 41 tigers were killed due to poaching or in road-hits and other accidents, the other 28 were natural deaths,” said NTCA …
The guidelines for tourism in tiger reserves submitted to the Supreme Court may be in violation of the Forest Rights Act and the Wildlife Protection Act, said two members of the committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority. Two members of the panel-—Swathi Seshadri of EQUATIONS (Equitable Tourism Options) and …
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government will soon recruit 112 personnel for a company of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) for more effective protection to the big cats, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said today. “The company will be deployed in Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng district and all the expenditures …
Parks Were To Be Opened On Mon, Forest Dept Move Comes In View Of SC Postponing Decision Jaipur: Tourism in the Ranthambore and Sariska tiger reserves will have to wait a while longer. The Supreme Court on Thursday postponed to October 3 its decision on the ban on tourism in …
The Union government on Wednesday pleaded in the Supreme Court for a partial lifting of the ban on tourist activities in core areas of tiger reserve forests. It sought permission to have 20 per cent of the area under tourism. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Ministry of Environment and …
New Delhi: Faced with the Supreme Court’s two-month-old interim ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves, the Union government’s expert body on tiger conservation told the apex court that public participation was critical to tiger conservation and that regulated tourism should be permitted in core/critical tiger habitats. The …
JAIPUR: Officials, wildlife enthusiasts and conservationists are waiting with bated breath for Thursday's Supreme Court verdict on tourism in the core of areas of wildlife sanctuaries. With just three days to go for the Ranthambore and Sariska national parks to re-open (October 1), this would chart the way for the …
The Centre on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to allow regulated, low-impact tourist activities in up to 20 per cent of the core/critical tiger habitat in the country as part of the exercise to promote tourism. In the fresh guidelines formulated for states following the top court’s interim ban imposed …
With decisions like the Supreme Court's interim order banning tourism inside tiger sanctuaries becoming inevitable in the face of increasing political and executive resistance to expansion of protected nature reserves on public land, the issue of tiger tourism calls for a pragmatic approach that can resolve contradictions between the burgeoning …
Uttarakhand has the third largest tiger population among 17 States with tiger population in India, but compared to other States, it receives lesser funds from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). While forest department official state that the funds depend on the number of tiger reserves in the State, wildlife …
New Delhi: Another panel has been set up by the ministry of environment and forests to decide eco-tourism guidelines in core areas and peripheral buffer zones of tiger reserves, and submit a report within 10 days. The panel’s creation comes on the back of ministry’s commitment to the Supreme Court …
1,706 tigers today, up from 1,411 in 2007 Should the approximately 1,700 tigers left in India be treated as sacrosanct, not to be exploited by India’s tourism industry? Or, should they be looked at as valuable commodities, responsible for filling the coffers of the state? This is the firestorm of …
RTI activist Ajay Dubey of Madhya Pradesh, who shot into prominence with his Supreme Court petition asking for better monitoring of tiger reserves, feels he was justified in having sought redressal from the highest court. “Madhya Pradesh had 700 tigers in 2000 but their numbers are down to 257,” said …
New Delhi: With politicians and conservationists joining the chorus against complete ban on tourism in tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday hinted at taking a relook at its interim order enforcing the restriction but asked the Centre to prepare comprehensive guidelines on commercial activity in core areas with a …
When I first started my life with tigers 37 years ago it was as a tourist. I visited the heart of Ranthambore and saw little as tigers, if they were around, just hid themselves in the forest and ignored the visitor. The late Fateh Singh Rathore was the warden of …
I have been an avid wild-lifer from childhood and now, in politics, the only solace that I derive is when I am in a wildlife park. The Supreme Court ban on wildlife tourism in “core areas” has come as a shock to me. With this ban on wildlife tourism, I …
NEW DELHI: Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the country. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar put some searching questions to the …
