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, …
ALWAR/JAIPUR: The state forest department, in a move to safeguard wild animals, will form protection groups comprising villagers living in the core areas of forests. The project will first be carried out with the help of villagers living near the Sariska tiger reserve. Officials of the department said that the …
Minister for Water Resources P.J. Joseph has said that a final picture on the demolition of the Mullaperiyar dam will be evolved at the meeting of the experts and engineers on September 17. Talking to The Hindu on Tuesday, the minister said a final meeting of the experts and engineers …
Itanagar: Infectious diseases afflicting people in remote areas of the Northeast are not only a problem for the humans, they also indirectly affect the wildlife in sanctuaries. A study conducted by the Bangalore-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) has revealed how malaria among the staff in the Pakke Tiger …
Environmentalist Prof Rajendra Kerkar has requested farmers of Sattari taluka not to panic in the wake of a notification of the wildlife sanctuary. Sattari Jagruk Yuva Morcha (SJYM), a social and cultural association, recently held press conference at Valpoi to create awareness among the people about the controversy over the …
The camp will ensure quick reaction in man-animal conflict Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned Rs. 1.5 crore to set up a kumki elephant (tamed/trained) camp at Chadivayal at the foothills of Siruvani. The Forest Department has nearly 60 kumki elephants at its elephant camps in Mudumalai and at Anamalai Tiger …
In a major step to end commercialisation of wildlife tourism, the State Forest Department has banned the movement of private vehicles in the Bandipur tiger reserve with effect from September 1. Only State-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR) will be permitted to operate in sanctuaries and national parks. A meeting …
Wildlife biologists have confirmed that the tiger found dead a week ago in Bhadra Tiger Reserve was the same animal released into the wild after much fanfare by former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. The tiger had hit the headlines for travelling a record 280 km from Bandipur to Esoor (Gama) …
Accepting the “realities” of the challenges of climate change in the Sunderbans, forest department has for the first time initiated a scientific study on Thursday for in-situ monitoring of hydrological parameters on a regular real time basis. A major highlight of the study would be the availability of data from …
Apart from humans, the tigers of Sunderbans now have a new threat — the crocodiles. In a rare battle for survival, a big cat fell victim to a crocodile for the first time in the mangrove forests. Prima facie report from the veterinary doctors point to at least 25-30 teeth …
Even as Goa government is delaying the submission of its proposal for the declaration of Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve, Union minister for environment and forests (MoEF) Jayanthi Natarajan has told Rajya Sabha that under section 38V of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 State governments are authorized to …
The State Government has thus far been non-committal to Centre’s proposal to declare Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as tiger reserve and indications are that it is not likely to do so any sooner. In June , a former minister for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh had written to State Government to …
Up and coming development projects, increasing pressure from tourism and pilgrimage, increasing number of hotels and conflicts with local communities are the major threats faced by the three tiger reserves in the State. The weaknesses include inadequate trained and competent staff in the tiger reserves, disturbance due to human settlements …
SARISKA: The state government on Thursday resumed a probe that had been ordered in 2005 after it came to light that all tigers in the Sariska reserve have been poached. Additional chief secretary and development commissioner B B Mohanty arrived at the tiger reserve on Thursday morning and began the …
Results of the recent tiger population estimation exercise show that the numbers of the highly endangered big cat in India have increased. The estimated population of 1,706 individual tigers represents a 20 percent increase from the last survey in 2006, which estimated a number of 1,411. The increase is based …
About two years ago, a fire broke out in the Biligiri Rangaswami Temple Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka. The police arrested 35 community leaders of Soliga tribe for causing the fire. Five people still have cases against them. Yet the forest community recently submitted a bold proposal to the Centre advocating …
Animals fall prey to speeding trains, blame game on Trains are meant to observe speed restrictions between Hehegara and Chipadohor in Betla within Palamau Tiger Reserve. File picture Ranchi, July 26: Around 70 Up and Down trains, often flouting regulation speed limits, use an 8-km railway track that cuts through …
PANJIM: Minister for Environment Aleixo Sequeira Tuesday raised questions about the integrity of EIAs submitted by the mining companies and termed them as copy-paste jobs done by the companies. The minister also claimed opposition to notification of the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as a tiger sanctuary by people from the area …
Bombay Natural History Society has conducted the survey in wildlife sanctuaries in and around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve A field survey on the vulture population in the wildlife sanctuaries in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and adjacent sanctuaries, conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), has found that the number …
Section 38V of Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 provides that Tiger Reserve should be inviolate. 643 sq km area of Nagarhole National Park is declared as core critical tiger habitat, prior to the promulgation of the "The Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006". Though …
Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) is the assessment of how well protected areas such as national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, conservation reserves, community reserves and tiger reserves are being managed and their effectiveness in conserving target flora and fauna. From June, 2010 to July, 2011 the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in …
