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 …
LUCKNOW: The tiger census report to be released this month will not only give the final count of tigers in the country but also the number of endangered scavengers - vultures and the state of biodiversity in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has received the …
The law prohibits mining activity in the Sariska tiger reserve but disagreement among departments over land revenue records have allowed 12 mines to continue in the core area of the reserve. Mining and forest department records accessed by The Indian Express show that 12 marble mines are located in Khasra …
Madhya Pradesh high court on Wednesday expressed concern over state government's apathy in setting up a Special Tiger Protection Force (SPTF) to shield big cats from poachers. Division bench of Jabalpur high court comprising Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice S S Khemkar issued the notice, asking chief secretary, …
Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday show caused state government for an undue delay in notifying Ratapani area as a tiger reserve despite receiving an "in-principle approval" from the Centre in 2008. Jabalpur bench has asked principal chief conservator of forest and chief wildlife warden to submit an explanation on …
COIMBATORE: One in every four tiger deaths reported across the country this year has been from Tamil Nadu. The state has recorded 11 tiger deaths till date, including the one on October 5 at Masinagudi in Mudumalai. This is the second highest number reported in the country this year. Madhya …
JAIPUR: Twelve years back, it was a matter of pride when yet another national park was added to the conservation kitty of Rajasthan. After passing through three successive governments, the park got the nod from National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in 2013 and the state bagged its third tiger reserve …
A report titled "Tigers of the Trans-boundary Terai Arc Landscape" was released on Wednesday at the second stocktaking meet of the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP), being held in Dhaka from 13-16 September 2014. A culmination of collaborative action between the governments and forest officials of India and Nepal with …
A major initiative by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (previously known as Project Tiger) to eliminate man-animal conflict and save hundreds of human lives as well as wildlife is coming to a naught in Tamil Nadu due to apathy and callousness of a section of junior level officials in the …
Even after three years since the Nandhaur valley in the Haldwani forest division was declared a wildlife sanctuary, there are still no funds to work in that direction. Meanwhile, a proposal mooted to bring the same sanctuary under the category of a tiger reserve, about a year ago, also hangs …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in collaboration with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau would be soon launching a Management Information System (MIS) based tiger tracking system. This was stated by the Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar while addressing the 10th meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority on Tuesday. MIS based …
This despite NTCA giving in-principle approval The Karnataka government is unwilling to notify the Cauvery-MM Hills Complex as a tiger reserve, though the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given an “in-principle” nod to the proposal. NTCA member and noted tiger expert Ullas Karanth mooted a proposal to convert the …
The long-term monitoring project on tigers, co-predators in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and the adjoining landscape' being implemented by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, has pegged the estimate of tigers as 60 in TATR, an increase by 10 tigers, and 32 leopard individuals, showing a steep increase from …
The recent findings by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have revealed that tigers in disturbed areas have high-stress levels. The findings have come out in the aftermath of the Sariska tiger reintroduction exercise. It revealed that stress levels, particularly in female tigers, affect their breeding as stress was the …
The forest department is considering to implement strict measures to maintain the wildlife corridor which connects Koyna wildlife sanctuary and Chandoli national park, both part of the Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR). The 7-km corridor will be protected for safe and natural movement of tigers, leopards and other wild animals in …
Madhya Pradesh forest officials have again got on camera a Rajasthan tiger T-38 in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary where Gir lions from Gujarat are proposed to be shifted. Its dominance in the area has now become a cause of concern for the two states. State forest officials are more worried over its …
The four-year wait for the implementation of the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) project for Corbett Tiger Reserve is getting further delayed as the state forest department is not in complete agreement with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) over the recruitment process of forest guards. The project was announced …
Joys of a baby boom at the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) for the past couple of years might just be cut short once the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) completes its census as it is expected that the number of cubs many actually be less than claimed. The NTCA tiger …
A male tiger recently seen in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve Forest at Bandipur in Chamarajanagar district. As many as 35 tigers have died across the State in the last three years, but the Forest department officials have still not been able to establish the cause of death in many of …
The wildlife wing of the forest department has sent a proposal worth Rs 76-lakh to National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for relocating and monitoring the Royal Bengal Tiger, which had strayed into Nandankanan in April last year. It will be shifted to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR). Official sources said scientists …
