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 …
DEHRADUN: The Centre has red flagged a proposed tiger safari project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park and asked the state government to first comply with wildlife norms. Uttarakhand ranks second with 340 tigers after Karnataka in total tiger population of 2,226 in the country. In order to boost wildlife tourism, …
At least 74 tigers died between January 1 and June 26 this year in India. Worryingly, there is also a spike in poaching-related fatalities as 2016 reaches its halfway mark, statistics collated from different parts of India by a well-known wildlife NGO shows. Among these, 14 tigers were electrocuted, poisoned …
Guwahati: Amid intensifying crackdown against poachers, Kaziranga National Park lost second rhino within a week on Sunday. The poachers killed a female rhino and took away the horn in the Bagori forest range of Kaziranga. The first incident had happened while forest minister Promila Rani Brahma was on a visit …
The controversy hit project intends to divert water from Ken river in Madhya Pradesh to Betwa river in Uttar Pradesh for irrigation and it will submerge 5,258 hectares of forest land including 4,141 ha of Panna Tiger Reserve. The expert appraisal committee (EAC) earlier in February had said that it …
Wildlife crime experts suggested that the new BJP-led government in Assam, for whom curbing rhino poaching was one of the major election promises, should seek cooperation from neighbouring Northeast states for helping tackling the crime. As poachers from the neighbouring states often comes to Assam to kill rhino and its …
Bhubaneswar: A survey conducted by the state government in 46 forest and wildlife divisions has pegged the population of Royal Bengal Tigers at 40. The government took up the tiger estimation nearly one and a half years after the release of National Tiger Conservation Authority's (NTCA's) all-India tiger estimation report, …
Alleging violation of laws in construction of tiger safari in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench national park, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body for tiger conservation, expressed fears on Wednesday that it would expose the animal to poaching. The national park is famous as home to “Mowgli” — the …
The Rs 10,000-crore project requires diversion of 5,258 hectares of forest land, including 4,141 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve. The standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) Tuesday decided to clear Phase-I of the Ken-Betwa river linking project even though the expert committee constituted by the board is …
Jaipur: A review petition was on Friday filed in the Rajasthan High Court seeking a revision of its earlier judgement giving the green signal to the shifting of the tiger Ustad (T-24) from Ranthambore National Park to Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur in the light of the new facts. The …
Poachers killed more tigers in the first four months of 2016 than in entire 2015, according to a latest data by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), as reported by the Hindustan Times. Twenty eight tigers were killed till April 26 as compared to 25 poached for body parts …
As per the latest tiger census, Karnataka has 406 big cats out of the 2,226 in India. Karnataka, which has the largest tiger population in the country, is expecting a lion's share for the conservation of big cats. A senior Forest official from the state, who is attending a three-day …
Mounting pressure from National Green Tribunal on the issue of notifying Ratapani sanctuary as a tiger reserve and pending case in Madhya Pradesh high court, Jabalpur the government decided to go ahead with some administrative reforms by creating a separate Ratapani wildlife division. NTCA has already given in principle approval …
DEHRADUN: Forest officials in Uttarakhand have denied permission for a mega yoga gathering that would likely have seen over 1,000 participants from 70 nations converge on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Chaurasi Kutiya, more famousas the 'Beatles ashram', over concerns about possible disturbance to the area's rich wildlife. The ashram, reopened a …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given in-principle approval for creation of four new tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and Chhattisgarh, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. "The in-principle approval has been accorded by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for creation of four new tiger reserves …
GUWAHATI: Assam's Orang national park, a postcard-size protected area about 150 km from here, has been declared as the tiger reserve, taking a step forward in long term big cat conservation in Assam. The state government though its February 24 notification has given the final approval for according Orang national …
DEHRADUN: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recommended Nandhaur Widllife Sanctuary to be the third tiger reserve in the state. This area of 270 sq km has shown images of 21 tigers after it was declared WLS in 2012. It is also part of the Terai Arc lanscpae, the world's …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has curtailed Corbett funds by rupees one crore. In comparison to last year's fund allocation of Rs 7.5 crore, this year only Rs 6.5 crore was given. The officials said that the decrease would impact their patrolling, salaries and maintenance of infrastructure. Saket Badola, deputy …
JAIPUR: Sariska is basking in the glory of increasing tourist footfall these days, but here is some more good news for the tiger reserve. In the management effective evaluation (MEE) report for the country's 47 tiger reserves, Sariska has improved its status in the past four years, thanks to its …
Hoping that they will get the approval in the next couple of months, project in-charge Ramesh said flying missions can start operations in the next six months. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is awaiting a final nod from the Ministry of Defence to start its ambitious drone monitoring project …
BHOPAL: A decomposed carcass of an adult tiger was found in Gumtara range of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday during a routine patrolling by forest officials. While officials concerned could not be contacted, insiders say that the tiger has been poisoned to death. Autopsy …
