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, …
North Bengal's Buxa Tiger reserve has survived another scare. While there were rumours that it would be stripped of the 'tiger reserve' status after scientists saw no signs of the big cats there, the Centre has decided to give park officials another chance to improve the habitat to support a …
Finally, after five years, the unified control of 666.54 sqkm buffer zone of Pench tiger reserve has been brought under the control of field director of the tiger reserve. The buffer zone of Pench was notified on September 29, 2010. However, it was not taken over by Pench field director …
The Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Monday ordered a curb on all mining activities in a 10-km radius of the Rajaji National Park (RNP). The order comes in the wake of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a Haridwar resident, Mohammed Dilshad who alleged that mining activities were rampant …
The shifting of Ranthambore tiger T-24 has changed territorial equations in the reserve. A day after the dominant male tiger was moved to a biological park in Udaipur, wildlife experts expressed concerns over the safety of two cubs fathered by it. They feel the vacuum created by the relocation will …
The Anamalai Tiger Reserve will undertake a pre-monsoon census survey to enumerate the population of all the animals. The week-long survey will begin on May 13. The main objective of the survey, for which more than 150 ATR personnel, college students, wildlife enthusiasts and volunteers from non-governmental organisations will be …
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 …
