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, …
OPEN TO REVIEW Buxa and other reserves may see recount of tigers Days after some experts questioned the methodology adopted for conducting the 2014-15 National Tiger Survey , a state government has raised question marks about the veracity of the census count. The West Bengal government has written to the …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on status of poaching of tigers, 07/05/2015.The Government of India has taken a number of steps for protection of tigers, which interalia addresses the issue of poaching also, and the details are at Annexure-I. By implementing those steps through the field formations of different tiger …
A sign survey, in which pugmarks, scraps and other marks are recorded to ascertain the density of herbivores and number of carnivores, will be carried at Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) on May 11. The information obtained from the one-day survey will be collated to make a final assessment of the …
Minister of State (Independent Chage) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar informed Rajya Sabha that the news item that was published regarding the disappearance of 15 tigers and their cubs is factually incorrect. Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve is operating at its carrying capacity level because of which old/weak/injured …
The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to 71 hotels, dhabas and resorts for encroaching into the national park after CAG’s damning report After shocking revelations of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India about the dire state of management of Kaziranga National Park, home to one-horned rhinoceros, the National …
The National Green Tribunal has come down heavily on Rajasthan government over the illegal mining of minor minerals in Alwar district and directed it to submit data regarding the same in four weeks. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi pulled the state over indiscriminate mining activities in Alwar …
Delhi announces three new reserves in central and eastern states following survey result that showed 30% rise in tiger population India is planning to create three more tiger reserves in the country, environment minister Prakash Javadekar announced in the parliament on Tuesday. The development comes in the wake of a …
BHOPAL: With four cubs in its sixth litter, Collarwali - the tigress fondly called to by visitors to Pench Tiger Reserve because of her radio collar - has apparently set a record of giving birth to highest number of cubs in wild in Madhya Pradesh. "Yes I think it is …
Several initiatives have been taken by govt for conservation and protection of tigers and other wild animals in the country. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has accorded final approval to two national parks for being declared as tiger reserves, the Lok Sabha was informed today. "The NTCA has accorded …
The world famous Rajaji National Park has been notified as Rajaji Tiger Reserve, making it the second tiger reserve in this small mountain state and the 48th in the country. Chief Minister Harish Rawat today issued a notification in this regard in the Chila range of Yamkeshwar block in Pauri …
Uttarakhand, the State with the second highest tiger population after Karnataka, now has a second tiger reserve, besides the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The Rajaji National Park has now been notified as the Rajaji Tiger Reserve by the Centre. The tiger reserve (1075.17 sq-km) includes the 255.63 sq-km area of Rajaji …
Some time in early 2009, when the foresters at Bandipur Tiger Reserve planned to extend security cover to wildlife, they sought restriction on vehicular movement passing through the sanctuary. Vehicular movement had endangered the lives of wild animals, including big cats. A year earlier, a tiger was found dead by …
Karnataka on Wednesday diplomatically declined to accept Kerala's appeal to lift or relax the night ban imposed on vehicles plying through Bandipur Tiger Reserve, connecting Karnataka and Kerala. After lending a patient hearing to his counter part Oommen Chandy, who had arrived here to apprise him on the issue, Karnataka …
After six long years, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on Tuesday finally gave the state forest department the go ahead to release one of the two tigresses, kept in an enclosure in Pench Tiger Reserve, back in the wild. The other will be sent to a zoo. Three tigers …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has notified an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) up to 12 sq km around the Vidarbha Tiger Reserve but has not given the final notification for expansion of the zones around Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Karnala Bird Sanctuary. Currently, a 10-sqkm radius around …
Draft notification declaring eco-sensitive zone around Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, New Nagazira Wild life Sanctuary, Koka Wild life Sanctuary, Navegaon Wildlife Sanctuary and Navegaon National Park
A young tigress travelled around 150km from Bor Tiger Reserve to Pohra-Malkhed reserve forest in AmraAvati division once again highlighting the importance of preserving viable wildlife corridors. "Pohara-Malkhed forest, spread over 4,000 hectares, has always had indirect evidence of tiger presence but there were no confirmed direct sighting or camera …
Tiger reserves may not be solely about conservation. They also have tremendous economic value, the first ever Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India, published by the Centre for Ecological Services Management (CESM) and Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, a couple of months ago has revealed. Of the six …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of D.V. Girish Kalleshwara Estate Kaimara P.O.,Chikmagalur Karnataka Vs. The Secretary to Government (Environment and Ecology) Department of Forest Environment and Ecology dated 09/04/2015 regarding encroachment and illegal constructions being made in Bababudangiri and Mullayanagiri hill areas in …
The Odisha government has courted controversy by claiming that the number of tigers in the state is around 60. The All India Tiger Estimation Report, 2014, released in January 2015, reported a fall in Odisha's tiger population to 28 from 32 in 2010 and 45 in 2006. "We are yet …
