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, …
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 …
PANJIM Goa Forest Department has finally admitted to the presence of tigers in the state.. The Forest. Department is currently undertaking tiger census in the state to ascertain the existence of wild cat and the same would continue till 2017. PANJIM Goa Forest Department has finally admitted to the presence …
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 …
This report presents information on the ecology and status of tigers and wild ungulates in a portion of the Terai Arc Landscape that lies between the town of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh and Suhelwa WLS in Balrampur District of Uttar Pradesh, referred to as the Central Terai Landscape. The study …
The Forest Department will soon ink an agreement with private companies to acquire wildlife corridors around tiger reserves. A tripartite agreement between private companies, tiger reserve directors and the Chief Wildlife Warden is likely be signed in November, to create a formal framework for agricultural or revenue land to be …
A total of 239 individual adult tigers have been identified from camera-trap photos in a study on the status of tiger and population of ungulate prey species in around 5300 sq km trans-boundary Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). It documents the movement of tigers between forests in India and Nepal. Predominant …
The forest department on Tuesday unveiled a scientifically-improved cage to trap tigers in the Sunderbans and leopards in north Bengal. The new cages are much lighter than those being used now and the officials said it would be safe for both the animals and department staff who use it. “The …
While the conservation of tigers is emphasized in protected areas throughout their range countries, the species continues to be distributed in forests of varying protection status, and in habitats that span international borders. Although India and Nepal share a long border in the Terai belt, this area that was once …
The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district is scourged by malaria with 30% of its staff down with the fever. This has hit the routine watch and ward, including foot patrolling, in the sanctuary, official sources said. The STR field director Anup Nayak said the sanctuary has 200 field …
Bangladesh Forest Department under the Ministry of Environment and Forests is organizing the three-day conference in cooperation with Global Tiger Initiative, Global Tiger Forum and development partners, including the World Bank aimed at saving the big cat from its extinction. The main objective of the conference is to review the …
There is a reason to cheer for wildlife activists and conservationists as the tiger population in the Similipal National Park has shown a good sign of growth of the National Animal. According to sources, number of the tiger in the Tiger Reserve Forest (TRF) has reached to 25 including one …
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is thinking of notifying a new tiger reserve in the Seshachalam hills comprising Tirupati and Kadapa forest areas. Telangana already has two tiger reserves at Kawal and Amramabad. Sources in the forest department said that camera traps have to be installed to check the presence of tigers …
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 …
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, country's 47th tiger reserve has been started in Maharashtra and a new tiger protection force has also been constituted by the government. Javadekar was speaking at a press conference, where he listed …
A silent yet significant evolution has taken place in the Sunderbans in last two decades. Hitherto known to be a forest of Hental (Phoenix Paludosa) and Kalo Baine (Avicennia Alba), it has become a forest with predominant species being Garan (both Ceriops Decundra and Ceripos Tagal species). The first ever …
The environment ministry means business now and the entire process of environment clearance will be much simpler, speedier and transparent said Shri Prakash Javadekar highlighting ten major achievements of the Ministry of Environment and Forests so far. A high-level panel too has been set up to review green laws in …
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 …
A member of the State biodiversity board, DS Srivastava, has asked the Palamu tiger reserve authorities to draw up a contingency plan to meet the rain water deficit in the National Park and elsewhere in this 1,026 square kilometre spread tiger reserve. The biodiversity board member alleged that about hundred …
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 …
Petition against the partially constituted NBWL was filed on August 1 The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre, asking it to put on hold around 140 projects cleared by the Union environment ministry's recently reconstituted National Board for Wildlife (NBWL). The apex court said the nomination …
