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, …
At a time when poaching has hogged all the limelight, there is report of a young male tiger from Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary nicknamed 'Jai', travelling around 120-130km to reach Paoni range of Umred-Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary. "Presence of Jai in Paoni has been recorded for the last one month and it …
The whole issue of translocation of tigers being bred in captivity and then released into the wild has been questioned by the forest officials of the tiger rich state of Madhya Pradesh. An RTI has revealed that the principal chief conservator of forests(Wildlife) Narender Kumar has written to the National …
4-year Impasse Eases, Ban On Night Traffic Via Bandipur Stays Four years after the ban on night traffic on two inter-state highways passing through the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (BTR), the Karnataka government has decided to upgrade alternative routes towards a lasting solution to the issue. This was decided after chief …
Hardly a fortnight after the Madhya Pradesh government scuttled the Jal Satyagraha against submergence by dams, it has again come down hard on activists in Sidhi protesting against diversion of forest land for a cement factory. On the intervening night of September 30 and October 1, 22 protesters in Sidhi …
Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve’s strategy to prevent poachers from neighbouring State Officials of the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu are in the process of preparing a problem profile for each range. At present, the STR has five Ranges – Bhavani Sagar, Hasanoor, Sathyamangalam, Thalavadi, T.N. Palayam. …
Seven teams of forest department experts are maneuvering through a forest near Ranthambhore National Reserve for a two-and-a-half year tiger, which strayed from the reserve about a month ago and has devoured several animals in the area. The young tiger has strayed into forest near Kalamal area of the district …
A proposal of Rs 3,400 crore has been sent by Madhya Pradesh under 14th Finance Commission to re-settle 109 villages situated in Tiger reserve forest areas. This will accelerate the pace of development of tigers and other wildlife as well as that of villagers in the core area. There were …
The government is likely to consider coal blocks auction policy for private steel, cement and power firms on Tuesday. The policy, if cleared, will pave way for allotment of coalmines through competitive bidding for the first time. The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) will take up the policy and …
Bangalore: Can Karnataka retain its coveted tag of Tiger State after the census which gets under way after a gap of four years? The main reasons for the apprehension are the number of deaths in recent years and better conservation techniques adopted by nearest rival Madhya Pradesh. But forest minister …
There's big news for wildlife lovers. With a sudden spurt in cub sightings in the Sunderbans, officials say there could actually be more tigers in the mangroves than what the latest camera trap study revealed — 103. The successive sightings of two cubs — in the forests of Pirkhali under …
Uttarakhand's famous Rajaji Park which recently got the status of a National Park is likely to become a tiger reserve in a month, a senior forest official said. "With a long-pending notification giving it the status of a national park already issued, we are now focusing on getting the tiger …
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 crore, according to its own report, for its grand plan to free all the protected areas (PAs) from human …
In a big boost to the forest department's efforts to strengthen protection mechanism, Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has announced a series of measures to save tigers in buffer and corridor areas in Maharashtra. It includes radio-collaring of tigers and leopards involved in conflict with humans. Till now, the wildlife …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked all the chief wildlife wardens (CWLWs) of tiger range states to take urgent measures for preventing wild animal mortality due to train hits. The move follows a 10-month-old tiger cub getting killed and another getting seriously injured when a speeding train hit them …
Pune: Researchers are studying the migration corridors of tigers in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), focusing on the landscape outside the protected areas to cut down man-animal conflict. “We want to understand the movement of tigers . We will try to look at how the areas outside the reserve’s core …
The first of its kind in State, it will be equipped with material for emergency situations. The State Forest Department has started an ‘Anti-Depredation and Disaster Management’ centre in Valparai in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). The centre equipped with all material required for handling any disaster is the first …
Study finds presence of unacceptable concentration of bacteria after festivities in Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple. A study by a team of experts in the Tamirabharani upstream before and after ‘Aadi amaavaasai’ festival held at Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple in the Kalakkad–Mundanthuri Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the Western Ghats has revealed that uncontrolled …
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday allocated Rs 2.81 crore for sinking of deep bore wells and building overhead tanks to supply water within forest areas, with a view to prevent wild animals from straying into human habitatations during the summer. The move would check the loss of lives and …
In an attempt to provide required water for wildlife and to reduce man-animal conflict, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced digging of borewells and construction of overhead water tanks in forest areas at a total cost of Rs. 2.81 crore. The Chief Minister in an announcement said that the borewells …
In what may scuttle efforts in wildlife conservation, a black granite factory is being built illegally in the K Gudi eco-sensitive zone of the Biligiriranganatha-swamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve. There are already three black granite quarries in the zone. The illegal quarrying is happening on the borders of the wildlife …
