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, …
Panna-like tiger revival plan is on the cards in Sanjay Tiger Reserve, situated in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh. The State Forest Department is right now seeking the help of the private sector in developing basic infrastructure for attracting tourists to this reserve. In undivided Madhya Pradesh, Sanjay Tiger Reserve …
KOLKATA, 15 June: The chief minister has proposed fresh negotiations to persuade the encraochers at Bhagawanpur mouza in South 24-Parganas to settle for a lesser amount of rehabilitation cost and make way for the new zoo. The district magistrate of South 24-Parganas had earlier proposed that the families should be …
After dithering for a year, the Maharashtra government notified the buffer zone around the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district on May 5. The mining lobby was reportedly putting pressure on the state government to withhold the notification. The buffer around the Tadoba Andhari reserve comprises 1,101.7 sq km …
THE SUNDARBANS TERRAIN IS TURNING HOSTILE TO THE BENGAL TIGER AS SALINITY TAKES A TOLL ON THE FLORA & FAUNA Prithvijit Mitra & Achintyarup Ray | TNN Ashutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year
A firing incident near the entrance of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on Wednesday has once more brought this protected area under sharp focus. This tiger reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh came under the scanner after a tigress was hit by a rashly driven vehicle and killed inside the core area …
THIN morning mist shrouded the Thunakadavu valley in the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, which is nestled between the Anamalai hills of Tamil Nadu and the Nelliyampathy hills of Kerala. The honking of great hornbills, the whooping calls of Nilgiri langurs and the splashing of blue-finned mahseer in the reservoir indicated that …
BHUBANESWAR: A sanctuary for the wildlife till not so long ago, Similipal Tiger Reserve and its adjoining forests are slowly turning into a den for the hunters, both organised and traditional. At least six elephants have been reported poached in and around the famous tiger habitat in the last few …
Tiger Authority to evaluate field management of 39 reserves Concerned over the dwindling tiger population and rise in man-animal conflict, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has decided to evaluate the actual field management of 39 tiger reserves across the country. "Project tiger had been rated as one of the most …
On 3 June 2010, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) constituted an independent, two-member team to asses the ground situation at Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa, in the wake of a recent spate of elephant deaths there. The elephant carcasses were first detected in April 2010. Since then, there have …
May 5 2010 will probably go down the annals of wildlife history as the first major step taken by the government of Maharashtra for the protection of tigers that are dwindling faster than the receding forest that protects them. In a boost in and around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the …
A top wildlife official probing the death of a tigress in Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, would submit his report tomorrow. "I will submit the report on the tigress death in Bandhavgarh on May 19, to the State PCCF A K Dubey tomorrow," Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) Dharmendra Shukla …
The Environment Ministry on Wednesday referred 17 mining and infrastructure projects falling in areas adjoining tiger reserves to a newly-constituted committee to study their impact on tiger conservation efforts. Seven of the 17 projects are proposed in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh, the parliamentary constituency of Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath, …
THE environment ministry has formed a panel to examine the impact of 17 projects, relating to mining and infrastructure development, on conservation of tiger. The four-member committee of former National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) chief P K Sen and NTCA members Prakash Murlidhar Amte, Samar Singh and Urmila Pingle will …
M. Rajeev HYDERABAD: Over 1,000 families, predominantly tribals, residing in the core of the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam tiger reserve are likely to be relocated as part of the efforts to revive the sanctuary, considered to be one of the largest in the country. The Central government, under whose purview the project lies, …
BARIPADA: Rains and inclement weather marred the first day of tiger census today, Similipal Tiger Reserve sources said. The PIPs (Pug Impression Pads) laid on footpaths and tigers
NEW DELHI: The Union Government is preparing ecotourism guidelines to promote responsible tourism involving the local community around tiger reserves, while at the same time regulating the mushrooming lodges which threaten wildlife habitats.
The Centre has denied that there is any plan or proposal to stop tourism in the tiger reserves of the country. It said that the tourism activities would be strictly regulated to ensure that ecologically sustainable tourism practices were followed. The Centre
