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, …
India is planning a new tiger sanctuary inside the world’s largest mangrove forest after a previously undiscovered group of the endangered beasts was discovered, wildlife officials have said. The reserve is planned inside the Sundarbans, a forest that straddles West Bengal’s border with Bangladesh, to protect the tigers from poachers …
Daltonganj: Two white vultures were spotted by the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve in Chainpur recently. They were perched on the sand bed of river Koyal, said sources. This is the first time in 10 years that a vulture has been sighted in Palamu. The sighting of this rare species …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), New …
They Use Jaw Traps To Kill Big Cats Mysore/Bandipur: The Bandipur Tiger Reserve has managed to end the menace of major poachers, but is now facing the threat of nomadic tribes from North India. These tribes have pitched camp on the forest periphery and are targeting tigers. Forest officials claim …
The Forest Department is going to train the Tamil Nadu Home Guards in handling man-animal conflict in the Valparai region, where elephants frequently enter the habitations causing damage to crops and houses. The training programme was inaugurated on Sunday and will cover the safety measures needed to avoid animal attacks. …
Bhopal: The turf war between man and beast has come to the fore in the heat of the Madhya Pradesh elections. With forest employees on election duty and nobody to keep vigil at the Pench Tiger Reserve in Seoni, tribals of the area nearly killed two big cats that strayed …
NAGPUR: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), …
Kolhapur: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has approved the tiger conservation plan for the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, targeting sustainable development of one of the major forest areas of the state for the next 10 years. NTCA inspector general of forests H S Negi recently gave his written approval to …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), New …
The latest recommendations by a subcommittee of ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on roads in protected areas (PAs) may spark more trouble for road widening by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on NH-6 near Navegaon National Park and Mansinghdeo Wildlife Sanctuary on NH-7. A six-member subcommittee headed …
deserted: The houses built for Special Tiger Protection Force have no takers. A residential complex constructed at a cost of Rs one crore exclusively for the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the squad created to prevent wildlife crimes, in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been abandoned by the Forest Department …
The wildlife expert committee constituted by the Kerala government to study animal behaviour and gather scientific data on use of roadside space by animals has not been able to commence its works with the state government failing to sanction even the meager Rs2 lakh needed for the study. This is …
Study finds that connectivity between protected areas is affected by urban expansion. Even as efforts are being made to protect, conserve, and augment the wild tiger population of the country, a study report that appeared in the open-access journal ‘Plos One’ earlier this month says that human intervention, even in …
GUWAHATI: About 100 frontline forest staff of Manas National Park will be trained by the Wildlife Trust of India, in association with the Assam forest department and the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), in wildlife crime prevention. The first batch of 32 staff began their training on Sunday. BTC deputy chief …
PUNE: Researchers studying the critically endangered Forest Owlet in Madhya Pradesh hope to start a similar project in Maharashtra's Melghat tiger reserve soon. The reserve contains the largest known population of the bird found only in India. Being a protected area, it offers greater safety to the habitat of the …
Synchronised data collection will begin simultaneously in four Southern States The synchronised phase one data collection for tiger census will begin simultaneously in the four Southern States – Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnata – on November 17. K. Sankar, Senior Scientist and Research Coordinator, Wildlife Institute of India …
Dudhwa reserve is gearing up for the tiger census amid hope that it will throw up an increased count of the royal animal. The census, to begin in November first week, will count the number of tigers as well as herbivores to work out the predator-prey ratio inside the Dudhwa …
Government urged to implement PAC recommendations The Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sanghom (ABass) has called for delinking Sabarimala and surrounding areas from the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Speaking at a Meet the Press programme here on Wednesday, ABASS national vice-president D. Vijayakumar said the report submitted by the Public Accounts Committee …
It's the turn of wildlife enthusiasts to worry about granite quarries. Operations at 12 granite quarries in the vicinity of Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) that forms a continuum with the Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve are affecting the wildlife in the area as well as villagers, according to them. A panchayat …
The Periyar Tiger Reserve is preparing for the tiger census, 2014, with the support of a modern technique for identifying and tagging each tiger for more effective conservation. The reserve will be the first in the country to give identification numbers to each tiger without outside support. The tigers are …
