Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: T N Godavarman Thirumalpad Vs Union of India & Others. The Supreme Court said that that the allotment of 11.89 hectare of reserve forest land in Survey No.21 Kondhwa Budruk in district Pune for agriculture purposes on August 28, …
Nagpur: Adding a wild touch to weddings, tying the knot at luxurious resorts surrounding the core tiger habitat has become the newest fad for many Nagpurians. But little heed is being paid to the massive disturbance and harm that is caused to wildlife by such celebrations. Loud music, DJs, laser …
The move is expected to control poaching in non-tiger reserve areas, which account for a sizeable tiger population. While the recent deaths of tigers in Maharashtra sparked off concerns, the state government is planning to deploy a special tiger protection force (STPF) for big cats outside the reserve areas. The …
KOLKATA: West Bengal is finally making efforts to reintroduce big cats in north Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, where no tiger sightings have been reported in the past two decades. The proposal was submitted to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) recently. Though state chief wildlife warden Pradip Shukla gave a …
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has rejected the eco-tourism plan of Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh, which may prove a setback to the State government’s effort to boost tourism. The State government had submitted a revised eco-tourism plan for Kanha tiger reserve to the NTCA seeking its mandatory …
The order does not ban the movement of local vehicles and ambulances. The movement of tourists vehicles and heavy vehicles on roads in Kali Tiger Reserve (earlier known as Anshi-Dandeli tiger reserve) has been banned from dusk to dawn. With this, night traffic in four tiger reserves in the State …
Beyond the realms of Ranthambhore’, a status report on tiger and its prey in the wildlife habitats of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, aims at enabling improved and precise conservation strategies. The Ranthambhore National Park, located in WWF-India’s Western India Tiger Landscape is the westernmost arid zone range for wild tigers …
Satpuda Foundation, a NGO working for the last 15 years in Central Indian Satpuda tiger landscape for wildlife protection, conservation and tribal development, has urged union environment minister Prakash Javadekar to take effective mitigation measures to stop frequent wild animal deaths due to NH6 cutting through Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) …
As India is home to nearly 70 per cent of world’s tiger population, the Union Environment Ministry is planning to relocate some of the big cats to Cambodia, Thailand and Myanmar, where they have either become extinct or are on the verge of it. Experts from these countries recently took …
Pilibhit: On his fiftieth birthday, Salman Khan has a special message — from a wildlife sanctuary with blackbucks! The star has been invited by the administration of Pilibhit tiger reserve which boasts of a sizeable population of blackbucks to help them conserve the endangered species. "Happy b'day @BeingSalmanKhan. We invite …
Elephants are very intelligent animals. They share and pass on information to others and young ones based on experiences and adaptations. The difference between Asian and African elephants are not just their ears and tusks, but also their genes and interestingly their sense of smell. A team of researchers from …
To commence in Anamalai from January 4 Even as officials and volunteers commenced the annual tiger census at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris, the Reserve has been declared ‘out-of-bounds’ for tourists from December 16 to December 23. Officials have roped in as many as 88 volunteers, and 36 …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Population, 08/12/2015. The assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey 2014 using the refined methodology has shown a countrywide 30% increase in tiger numbers with an estimated number of 2226 (range 1945-2491) as compared to 2010 estimation of 1706 (range …
The National Green Tribunal has admitted an application against illegal constructions and encroachment in the Haridwar forest division neighbouring the Rajaji tiger reserve. The State has been given two weeks to respond. The applicant, People For Animals, Uttarakhand member secretary Gauri Maulekhi told The Pioneer that on February 3, 2015, …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Estimates of Tigers, 01/12/2015. The assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey 2014 using the refined methodology has shown a countrywide 30% increase in tiger numbers with an estimated number of 2226 (range 1945-2491) as compared to 2010 estimation of 1706 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha Number of tigers in the country, 30/11/2015. The assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey 2014 using the refined methodology of capturing and re-capturing in camera trap has shown a countrywide 30% increase in tiger numbers with an estimated number of 2226 …
Everything in the Dhanwatey household spells heritage, be it antique furniture, pictures of tigers staring at you from old frames or century-old trees surrounding their ancestral house. You can't help but wonder whether their love for forests and flora and fauna stems from the respect for heritage that the couple …
Private companies can now take up nature conservancy projects to boost ecotourism on private land surrounding tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries under corporate social responsibility (CSR). With this, Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to announce such a policy. One of the basic aims is to bring …
NAGPUR: In a bid to know connectivity of large carnivores at landscape level, the wildlife wing of the Maharashtra forest department has approved a mega project on scat DNA analysis of tigers, leopards, sloth bears and dholes. "The Rs74 lakh project will be implemented by Wildlife Institute of India (WII), …
Forests of the Surai range and Khatima range in the district are all set to be included as part of the buffer zone of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. An additional 2,300 hectare of forest land from Uttarakhand will also be included in PTR, so wild animals have greater safety and suffer …
Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Prakash Javadekar has said that he has not received any proposal from the State government seeking protected tiger reserve tag for Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Speaking to reporters after visiting Biligiri Ranganatha Tiger Reserve in the district on Sunday, Javadekar …
