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 …
Following the Supreme Court order, State wildlife authorities on Wednesday, banned tourism in the three tiger reserves of Mudumalai in Udhagamandalam, Anamalai near Pollachi, and Kalakkad – Mundanthurai in Tirunelveli district. Officials in the forest headquarters said the field directors of the three tiger reserves have been asked to instruct …
Supreme Court warns gives three weeks to States that are yet to issue notification To protect tigers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday banned all tourism activities in the core areas of the tiger reserve forests. A Bench of Justices Swatanter Kumar and Ibrahim Kalifullah passed the order on a petition …
Concerned that the tiger is “on the verge of extinction” in India, the Supreme Court today imposed an absolute ban on tourism in core (critical) areas of tiger reserves. Slamming the “failure” of states to segregate core and buffer (peripheral) areas in their reserves, the court ordered that the core …
States to notify core, buffer areas The Supreme Court today clamped a ban on tourism in the core areas of all the 39 tiger reserves across the country, giving a major boost to efforts for protecting and increasing the population of the endangered species. A Bench comprising Justices Swatanter Kumar …
While wildlife activists have generally welcomed the Supreme Court Order banning wildlife tourism in core areas, the Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) has called the decision a “fundamentally retrograde step”, saying they will file a review petition in the interest of forests of India. “It chooses poachers, illegal grazers and …
A pilotless aircraft will keep a vigil on the Kaziranga National Park where animals are in disarray after a large part of the world famous sanctuary was flooded, and also to help deal with poaching. Secretary of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Rajesh Gopal, said here on Tuesday the step …
Supreme Court has imposed ban on tourism activity in core zones of tiger reserves across the country. Read text of this court order dated 24 July 2012. Supreme Court order on tourism in core tiger habitats dated 24/07/2012. See Also Report: Status of tigers in India. Guidelines: Guidelines for ecotourism …
LUCKNOW: Man-animal conflicts are common in various parts of the country. In India, wild elephants probably kill far more people than tiger, leopard or lion. But, surprisingly, human conflict involving leopard draws great amount of public attention compared to other animals. Other carnivores - tigers, lions and wolves, which have …
New Delhi: All tourist operations within 5km of all 600-plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as a “local conservation fee”. The fee will be used not only to protect wildlife areas but …
As many as 595 animals, including 17 single-horned rhinos, in the Kaziranga National Park died in the recent floods in the state, the environment ministry said on Monday. National Tiger Conservation Authority member M Firoz Ahmad, sent by the ministry to make a spot appraisal of Kaziranga in the wake …
Jaipur: The forest department has finally notified the buffer zones of Sariska Tiger Reserve and Ranthambhore National Park. The notification of buffer zones would help regulate commercialization of revenue land and create a better habitat for the big cat. As per the notification issued under Wildlife (Protection) Act, a 298 …
Deeply concerned about the recent intrusions of poachers in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR), the honourary warden of CTR and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) member Brijendra Singh requested for a meeting to be called by the State chief wildlife warden SS Sharma at Morghatti, CTR, to discuss the issue …
NEW DELHI, 24 JUNE: Despite nationwide movements and campaigns to save tigers, 48 tigers have been reported dead in the first six months of this year and 19 cases have been clearly stated as cases of poaching. What is worse, the number could be much more. According to Mr SP …
Alipurduar, June 24: A committee of local people and foresters will be formed in Buxa reserve to protect tigers with the funds to be released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The forest department hopes that the special tiger protection force, as the committee will be called, will help check …
At a time when the tiger population is fast dwindling, India has reported an alarming increase in tiger deaths. An estimated 48 tigers have reportedly died in the first six months of this year (till June 10). Nearly 40 per cent of the total deaths have been caused due to …
Wildlife activists are alleging that four tigers, including three cubs, have died in the Corbett national park since June 7, but officials are trying to conceal these deaths. Member secretary of People For Animals, Uttarakhand, Gauri Maulekhi who has also received an e-mail from a forest guard with pictures of …
Corbett Tiger Reserve may boast of the world’s highest density of tigers but it is beset by a host of problems that may soon see it lose its premier status. CTR’s director Rajan Mishra admits that CTR has witnessed an intensification of man-animal conflict with as many as eight humans …
Recent revelations of presence of poachers in the Corbett national park have elicited the focus of department officials and strong reactions from wildlife activists. While the Forest Department officials state that all necessary action is being taken to prevent poaching, wildlife activists allege that the department’s officials are mired in …
India’s tiger fatalities are rising steadily. The country has lost 48 tigers in the last 22 weeks. The largest number of tigers have been killed in the premier Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand and in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has confirmed that …
From tigers to rhinos — the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) alerting the rhino range States of Assam, West-Bengal and UP, has written to the Chief Wildlife wardens for “institutionalising the monitoring mechanism of individual rhinos” and recording their daily location using GPS. This is in view of rising incidents …
