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, …
Former Ranthambore Field Director Fateh Singh Rathore, one of India's foremost wildlife conservationists, died due to cancer on Tuesday. JUST 10 days ago, on February 18, tiger conservationist Belinda Wright was at Sawai Madhopur to meet ailing Fateh Singh Rathore. The frail Rathod couldn't speak, but with gestures expressed the …
A National seminar on the FRA was organised by the Council for Social Development on 26–27 April, 2010. Most of the participants reported that all of the key features of this legislation have been undermined by a combination of apathy and sabotage during the process of implementation. In the current …
This report presents the results of the 2010 National Tiger Assessment, undertaken through a best-in-class scientific process. This presents an estimate of India’s current tiger population and a broader assessment of tiger landscapes. This monitoring exercise was carried out between December 2009 and December 2010.
Across the world there exists a large overlap of biodiversity hotspots with areas experiencing high levels of socio-political and ethnic conflicts, making the impacts of such activities a critical factor for long-term conservation of biodiversity in these regions. India is no exception with many forested areas, including protected areas, experiencing …
Eight months after Similipal Tiger Reserve shot to infamy over burning of elephant carcasses by its field staff to erase evidence of poaching, three more elephants were found dead inside the reserve
Recently there have been some newspaper reports that the Ministry of Environment & Forests is flouting the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act in tiger reserves and in the critical wildlife habitats. Such reports are false and misleading and as someone who has taken …
The State Forest Department continuing with the ongoing process of notifying the buffer zones around tiger reserves across the State, announced the notification of the same at Sanjay Tiger Reserve. With the recent notification, the forest department has notified buffer zone at five out of the six tiger reserves of …
NEW DELHI: Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has sought a proposal from Karnataka for declaring the Kudremukh National Park a tiger reserve. In a letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, Mr. Ramesh said such a move would strengthen tiger landscapes and, thereby, forestry conservation. The area is biologically significant …
ENVIRONMENT minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the Karnataka government to submit a proposal to declare the Kudremukh National Park in the Western Ghats as a tiger reserve. He has also ask to remove the machinery and infrastructure belonging to the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company inside the park. The mining company …
Alipurduar, Feb. 4: Tigers have been sighted in Buxa four-five times during the census this year, a forest survey team has said. In a tiger reserve where big cats had not been spotted for nearly 30 years, the sightings are indeed a feat. Last year, however, a tiger had been …
Reminding Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan of the masterplan for Sabarimala temple, which, had it been implemented, could have prevented the stampede in which over a hundred people were killed, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has asked for quick implementation of the masterplan, failing which permission for diversion of …
Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment & Forests to Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on actions to avoid human deaths in Corbett area.
The 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons that was held in Hyderabad earlier this month discussed the idea of the
In an unprecedented response to the rapid decline in wild tiger populations, the Heads of Government of the 13 tiger range countries endorsed the St. Petersburg Declaration in November 2010, pledging to double the wild tiger population. We conducted a landscape analysis of tiger habitat to determine if a recovery …
Five gaurs, which have been shifted from Kanha to the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, will be released in the wild in March. For the time being, the park administration is monitoring their movement with the help of radio collars. The gaurs, which were shifted from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Bandhavgarh …
MADHYA Pradesh’s forest department seems to share a cosy relationship with resort owners and tour operators. On September 14, H S Pabla, chief wildlife warden of the state, wrote an e-mail: “A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on tourism in core areas of Madhya Pradesh’s national tiger reserves …
LUCKNOW: Tigers will soon have a peaceful existence in wildlife sanctuaries during the tourist season. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has constituted an eco-tourism committee to formulate tourism guidelines for tiger reserves. The idea is to protect tiger sanctuaries from any interference or disturbance by tourists. Even at present, …
