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, …
Buffer zones: Junglescapes volunteers at an interaction with the village residents. For the nearly 25 families living in Lokkere on the eastern fringes of the Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka life is difficult. Elephants and wild boar often raid the crops they cultivate on tiny strips of land, and an …
Taking a serious note of the incident chief minister Ashok Gehlot ordered suspension of two senior wildlife officials at Sariska The mystery over the death of translocated tiger ST-1 at Sariska deepened as authorities failed to ascertain the exact cause of the big cat.
A large section of wildlife experts in Madhya Pradesh are of the strong view that tigers should be relocated in the Panna Tiger Reserve with extreme caution and there should be tough action on ground to protect the existing buffer zone surrounding this Protected Area. The Panna landscape is going …
JAIPUR: Overcrowding and a skewed sex ratio at the Ranthambore tiger reserve could leave a telling effect on the future of the sanctuary. According to experts, the anomalies could even leave a mark on the number of tigers at the park in the days to come. In fact, experts are …
Forest officials at Sariska Tiger Reserve are a worried lot. Despite their best efforts, they have not been able to locate one of the five tigers that were recently shifted from Ranthambhore National Park, even after scanning the forest for nearly a fortnight now. Though the missing tiger
A full-grown Royal Bengal Tiger trapped by forest officials of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) has become a cause for concern for the latter as the tiger weighed much less than any other tiger trapped in the mangrove forest in the past 20 years. The tiger trapped on 23 October …
Environmentalists and conservationists are raising serious objections about the Madhya Pradesh government giving full support to global diamond giant Rio Tinto
Much to the disappointment of conservationists, the number of big cats in the Maoist-infested Palamu Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand has declined from 17 to six, as confirmed by research carried out through scat analysis.
A Buffer zone for the famous Panna Tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has hit a roadblock with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan saying he is not in favour of it, observing one cannot "destroy" Panna and just let the tigers "survive." "Humans are more valuable than tigers. One cannot destroy …
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has faced yet another hurdle in the path to get clearance for her massive statues being constructed in Noida green area with the Wildlife Board claiming that the project required its clearance too.The fresh objection came as part of an affidavit filed by the Union …
The Indian government has given its nod for creating buffer zones around Pench and Melghat tiger reserves in Maharashtra. The Pench tiger reserve in Nagpur district, which has a core area of 275 sq km has been equipped with a 500 km buffer zone. While the Melghat tiger reserve which …
Guwahati, Oct. 12: The hopes of tiger reserves in Assam getting money directly through the tiger conservation foundation have been dashed because of a lapse at the Union government-level and will be it through the usual state government channel which takes a long time.
Ghazala Shahabuddin With most of the attention being focused on tiger reserves, the other protected areas are facing neglect, to the extent that they may no longer be serving the purpose for which they were created The problems can be linked to lack of professional management, poor involvement of local …
The state government has now modified the entry fee structure for tiger reserves and protected areas. Forest Minister Sartaj Singh gave this information here today. The Forest Minister said that the fee for Indian tourists for touring all tiger reserves by light vehicles (up to a sitting capacity of 8 …
Report by WWF-India highlights threat by proposed railway line expansion to crucial corridor linking tiger habitats. Kanha-Pench tiger corridor located in the Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, the Kanha-Pench corridor is one of the most important forest corridors in India and facilitates tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench Tiger …
The conversion of B R Hills reserve forest into a Tiger Reserve Forest has been approved by the Central Government. Earlier, the Centre had sought information about the BRT Sanctuary way back in 2005 and the same thing had been submitted by the State Government. With this the number of …
