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 …
Aarti Dhar KATHMANDU: India has revised the guidelines for the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) to deploy forest personnel in place of the local police, with scope for involving locals like Van Gujjars. In the National Input Document tabled at the just-concluded Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop, India said that as …
Seven months after two tigresses were shifted to Panna, Madhya Pradesh forest officials have finally found a suitable tiger in the Pench reserve to be translocated to Panna. The forest officials had identified a tiger in Bandhavgarh recently but the translocation was stopped when experts warned that it could belong …
The Centre has issued advisories to all the 17 tiger range states to maintain an ID card, specifying the profile of the big cats. This move would help authorities to keep track of big cats movement and will assist in the tiger conservation measures. These ID's would contain specific details …
LUCKNOW: The planning related to wildlife conservation in the country might get a clear direction now, since the first national level database on wildlife crime has been compiled and completed. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) which is the head organisation for wildlife conservation has got the crime figures compiled in …
Some states have shown that it can be done The reconstitution of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) earlier this month, within three years of its being set up, suggests that the government is unsure of how to fulfil this mandate. Actually, the solutions exist, and have been demonstrated on …
BJP MP and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has been made a member of the newly reconstituted National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Maneka, incidentally, had opposed the amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act which paved way for setting up the Authority in 2006, objecting to powers being given to Gram …
Hyderabad, Sept. 21: The state forest department is yet to set up the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), which is supposed to be deployed in all tiger reserve areas. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has expressed its dissatisfaction at all the states, including AP, that have failed to make any …
With tiger deaths crossing the 50 mark this year, a worried government is convening a series of meeting with 17 tiger-range states to look into the reasons for the unabated deaths of the feline.
LUCKNOW: Heated controversy over the dwindling numbers of tigers in Dudhwa will shortly be put to rest, The Wildlife Institute of India is preparing to commence a new tiger census in Uttar Pradesh to make a correct assessment of the big cat family. The exercise is expected to be a …
With tiger deaths crossing the 50 mark this year, a worried government is convening a series of meeting with 17 tiger-range states to look into the reasons for the unabated deaths of the feline. Tigers unabated deaths a major concern "The first meeting will be held tomorrow with directors from …
LUCKNOW: Banke has his clan growing. The dusky old rhino, now 30 plus, has seen his fourth generation set in. When his female partner Rajeshwari gave birth to a calf on Friday (September 11), a new hope dawned for the rhinos in Dudhwa. In the prime of his youth, Banke …
Aiming to step up protection for the big cats in sensitive areas, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued revised guidelines to the states for the formation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) on the lines of the India Reserve Battalion. As per the new guidelines, the Centre will …
M Madhusudan | New Delhi The census (2009-10) for estimating the population of tigers in the country will kick off in November this year. But amid widespread concern over their dwindling numbers and allegations of
- 45 scat samples sent to Hyderabad to freeze on number of big cats in Palamau The state forest department has finally adopted a foolproof method to count the number of tigers in Jharkhand. It has collected 45 samples of droppings and sent it over to the Centre for Cellular …
BHUBANESWAR: Given the conflict between the State and Centre over the tiger enumeration using camera trap methodology, the latter has decided to capacitate the Forest Department with the knowhow so that they could use the improved technology in future. In the last meeting of tiger reserve heads held at Sariska, …
Mumbai: In a major boost to the efforts of conservationists opposing mining near Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district, union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has said mining will not be allowed near the reserve. Meanwhile, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has rejected …
