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, …
With a view to checking the poaching of tigers, the Wildlife Conservation Trust, in association with global body, Panthera, is conducting a 'Site Security Training' for officials of the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) in two tiger reserves in Maharashtra. The workshop that got underway today at the Pench and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of News items published in The Hindu Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 24/02/2015 regarding encroachment of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve area by the Sholiga tribals living in Mavanatham area. Know More
The officials of the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) have been given lessons in tranquilising rogue wildlife. In the recently-concluded three-day training on ecology, ethnology and population estimation of large mammals in Betla, the PTR officials were given a demonstration of the use of tranquilising gun, dosage of sedative etc. There …
Happy that their numbers have gone up, wildlife experts and even forest officials monitoring tiger trends say that if there has been a population growth of the big cats, it's not because of the government but in spite of it. Across the tiger habitats of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, what …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 05/02/2015 regarding illegal, unauthorised and the rampant mining going on in the District of Alwar. The Tribunal noted with concern that the extent of illegal mining has …
JAIPUR: With the National Green Tribunal (NGT) saying that its nod is mandatory for mining activities near Sariska Tiger Reserve and Supreme Court ban on mining at Aravalli, the aim of the government to increase mining areas in the state has come to a halt. In a conference on "reviving …
Censuring the Maharashtra Forest Department for its dilly dallying tactics, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday sternly directed it to submit its 'Forest (Wildlife) Conservation Plan' to National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) within a week. The stringent directives came when the government pleader said the forest …
Over three dozen illegal quarries on the fringes of the Sathyamagalam Tiger Reserve (STR), which for years have been the source of polluting stone dust and constant din, will have to now close down operations. The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) Southern Bench has ordered the closure of 39 quarries operating …
As per the Wildlife Institute of India’s (WII) recent Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) report, tiger reserves in the country are being managed better. There has been an improvement in the MEE score of all the 43 tiger reserves i.e. from 65 per cent in 2010 to 69 per cent in …
LUCKNOW: A gang of eight poachers was held from forest range in Pilibhit district in an operation lasting 48 hours. Tiger bones, teeth and meat were recovered from the gang members who had been active in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve for the past 15 months. As some strong leads about international …
Wildlife officials of Odisha have adopted a denial mode and rejected the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) report which says there has been a sharp decline in tiger population in the State with the number of big cats down to an all-time low of 28 in 2014.These experts are unable …
Call grows louder after Census reports presence of five big cats in Goa region PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests’ survey, which reported the presence of five tigers in Goa’s eastern mountain range, has boosted environmentalists’ call for declaring Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, as a tiger reserve. A fresh …
In a first of its kind exercise, India has conducted economic valuation of six of its tiger reserves and placed their value at Rs 1,49,900 crore. The study has also noted that these six reserves have been generating annual monetary benefits worth Rs 7,970 crore. The six tiger reserves which …
The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to hand over its wildlife protection plan to the state forest department for study and also deposit Rs4 crore for its implementation. "We're interested in the protection of forest and wildlife," a division bench …
For involving local people in managing the habitat The Periyar Tiger Reserve, spread over 925 sq.km. in Kerala, bagged the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award on Tuesday for encouraging local public participation in managing the reserve. There are 75 communities living around the reserve, including tribal people who …
Western Ghats Landscape complex holds world’s single largest population India now has 70 per cent of the tiger population in the world with the latest assessment estimating 2,226 big cats, up 30 per cent from 1,706 in 2010, show preliminary estimates in “Status of Tigers in India, 2014.” The largest …
A day before the release of the all-India tiger census report, wildlife buffs in the state have a reason to rejoice. While the big cat population inside the Sunderbans' tiger reserve area is believed to be stable, photographs of at least three cubs from outside the reserve area indicate that …
This is the third round of the country level assessment of Tigers, Co-predators and Prey, using the refined methodology. As a country having the maximum number of tigers and their source area, India also has the unique distinction of embarking on this refined methodology across all forested habitats and tiger …
