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, …
The long-term monitoring project on tigers, co-predators in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and the adjoining landscape' being implemented by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, has pegged the estimate of tigers as 60 in TATR, an increase by 10 tigers, and 32 leopard individuals, showing a steep increase from …
The recent findings by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have revealed that tigers in disturbed areas have high-stress levels. The findings have come out in the aftermath of the Sariska tiger reintroduction exercise. It revealed that stress levels, particularly in female tigers, affect their breeding as stress was the …
A proposal for forest clearance to the Ken-Betwa river-interlinking project, which involves diverting 6,000 hectares of the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, has been put up to the Environment Ministry's statutory appraisal panel. About 80 per cent of forests required for the project fall in the tiger reserve on …
While tiger conservation efforts in the country have started giving encouraging results, tiger biologists fear a probable increase in human-wildlife conflict if prompt measures are not taken to deal with excessive population of tigers in some landscapes. Senior tiger biologist at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Qamar Qureshi, who …
The forest department is considering to implement strict measures to maintain the wildlife corridor which connects Koyna wildlife sanctuary and Chandoli national park, both part of the Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR). The 7-km corridor will be protected for safe and natural movement of tigers, leopards and other wild animals in …
The forest department is planning new rules in the Sunderbans, that according to them, would check man-tiger conflict. The department, in a recent proposal, said that it's planning to discourage use of clay ovens by villagers during fishing trips. They have made it clear that the idea is to stop …
Porvorim: Environment and forests minister Alina Saldanha, while referring to the demand to declare Mhadei wildlife sanctuary as a tiger reserve, said that apprehensions have also been expressed by people living in these forests. "That is why the state government has commissioned internationally acclaimed tiger expert Ulhas Karanth to conduct …
DEHRADUN: The relocation of around 181 families from Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS) in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) is likely to increase the tiger density there. The process of shifting these families has already started and 16 of them have been moved to Sambhalgarh in Haridwar Forest Division. Experts feel that …
Joys of a baby boom at the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) for the past couple of years might just be cut short once the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) completes its census as it is expected that the number of cubs many actually be less than claimed. The NTCA tiger …
A male tiger recently seen in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve Forest at Bandipur in Chamarajanagar district. As many as 35 tigers have died across the State in the last three years, but the Forest department officials have still not been able to establish the cause of death in many of …
A shooting range set up in Kalagarh forest range, which has a high population of tigers, elephants and leopards, is being used to train foresters since several years in violation of the Wildlife Protection Act. In fact, a two-day training workshop was held for foresters and forest guards of Corbett …
The wildlife wing of the forest department has sent a proposal worth Rs 76-lakh to National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for relocating and monitoring the Royal Bengal Tiger, which had strayed into Nandankanan in April last year. It will be shifted to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR). Official sources said scientists …
In what could be a major boost to technologically-empowered wildlife surveillance and research in India, plans are afoot to introduce unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones in 10 biodiversity-rich sites across India by January 2015. Following successful pilot runs in Madhya Pradesh's Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) earlier this year, use …
BHUBANESWAR: An AIG ranked officer of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) visited Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to inquire into the allegations of illegal mining activity within the tiger habitat. Ravi Kiran Gawekar, an AIG with National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), inspected Ghanshyam Mishra and Sons iron ore mines at …
NAGPUR: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, has announced Rs 860 per month ration allowance to frontline staff of tiger reserves and its buffer. "A notification in this regard has been issued a few days ago by NTCA …
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a spurt in the number of tigers straying out of protected areas, preying on humans and receding to their lairs. Three big cats have been declared man-eaters in UP since 2008. One was killed by an angry mob of villagers in 2008, another shot down by …
Tiger Reserve To Include 2 Sanctuaries If all goes well, Tamil Nadu will soon get its fifth tiger reserve that will include the Megamalai wildlife and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Giant Squirrel sanctuaries and Varushanadu Valley in Theni district. While the proposal was made by the previous UPA regime, the NDA government …
NAGPUR: As countries celebrate 'International Tiger Day' on Tuesday, assessment of tigers under Phase III (camera traps) in wildlife sanctuaries and national parks under Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) and Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) shows a minimum presence of 37 tigers. The population doesn't include cubs. The latest figures as per …
NAGPUR: Most of the conservation effort in tiger range countries is concentrated on a few, relatively large protected areas (PAs) but it is high time governments focused on forests outside the PA network, especially in Central India. "India supports largest proportion of the global wild tiger population but has less …
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a spurt in the number of tigers straying out of protected areas, preying on humans and receding to their lairs. Three big cats have been declared man-eaters in UP since 2008. One was killed by an angry mob of villagers in 2008, another shot down by …
