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 …
Tiger Authority to evaluate field management of 39 reserves Concerned over the dwindling tiger population and rise in man-animal conflict, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has decided to evaluate the actual field management of 39 tiger reserves across the country. "Project tiger had been rated as one of the most …
Big cats of Bandipur Tiger Reserve can now prowl about in peace. The Karnataka government has decided to speed up its 2008 plans to set up a unique task force to protect tigers of the reserve. But before that, they got an earful from New Delhi-based National Tiger Conservation (NCTA) …
Mumbai: Left-wing extremism and insurgency are being cited as the major reason for rising number of tiger deaths reported across various reserves in the country. An assessment made by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a nodal body set up by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), reveals that …
On 3 June 2010, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) constituted an independent, two-member team to asses the ground situation at Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa, in the wake of a recent spate of elephant deaths there. The elephant carcasses were first detected in April 2010. Since then, there have …
Two more tigers are being relocated to Sariska from the Ranthambore tiger reserve in the third week of June. Rajesh Gopal, member secretary of National Tiger Conservation Authority, pointed out that the next round of relocation, which will have a male tiger, should come as a boost to revive the …
xperts have already identified new pair of tigers at Ranthambore Jaipur: After a lull of a few months, the state government has renewed its effort to relocate a pair of big cats from the Ranthambore National Park to the Sariska Tiger Reserve. According to Chief Wildlife Warden RN Mehrotra, two …
MUMBAI: It's official now. There will be no wildlife census in Mumbai and Thane region this year. The headcount usually takes place in May every year. "Earlier this year, we carried out a density estimation survey by using the line transect method, which has been jointly developed by the Wildlife …
A total of 83 tigers May 2: A total of 83 tigers were poached during 19992004 as forest guards in various reserves were illequipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers, a parliamentary panel has said. An audit examination revealed that nine tiger reserves
Tigers bred in captivity may look and behave differently from their kith and kin in the wild but the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has now told the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to explore the possibility of breeding big cats and reintroducing them in the wild. India has …
Nearly half of the total of 173 tigers, which died between 1999 and 2004, had fallen victim to poachers. And this, since forest guards in various reserves were ill-equipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by BJP MP Gopinath Munde, has come up with …
Guwahati: Encouraged by the recent finding of highest tiger density in famous Kaziranga National Park, the Assam Forest Department has constituted the country
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over unregulated tourism posing threat to tigers, a secretary level meet is scheduled next week between the tourism and environment ministry to take stock of the situation.
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over unregulated tourism posing threat to tigers, a seceratary level meet is scheduled next week between the Tourism and Environment Ministry to take stock of the situation. "Though tourism is a state subject, booming tourist activity is being noticed around the wildlife habitat …
Amidst reports of tiger deaths, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with wildlife officials spotting over 112 big cat cubs in national parks across the country.
A non-government society for bio-diversity conservation, Aaranyak, has found that the sprawling Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam has 32 highly-endangered tigers per 100 sq km area within the park and the figure is much more as compared to 20 in the Corbett National Park. Tiger density in other reserves …
Concerned over 14 big cats dying in the last three months, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to convene a three-day meeting of wildlife officials of tiger-range states to review protection strategy in national parks. DH Photo by Ramu MThe meeting, to be chaired by NTCA Member Secretary …
Sushanta Talukdar Kaziranga: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Monday said Kaziranga has brought fresh hopes on tiger conservation in the country with the National Park registering a density of about 30 tigers over 100 sq. km. of the park, which he described to be the highest …
The Madhya Pradesh government remained in denial mode for years about the declining number of tigers in Panna till the wild cat went locally extinct, but its new Forest Minister has brought some hope for the beleaguered Park with his plain speak. Sartaj Singh
