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, …
Tourists are not the problem Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has got this one right. He has said that his ministry has no intention to ban tourism in tiger reserves, as demanded by some sections of the environment department. Those in favour of the ban have argued that an increased number …
New Delhi: Concerned over the blatant commercialization of areas around tiger reserves, the tourism ministry is considering stricter regulations for resorts and lodges. The guidelines will make it mandatory for lodges to follow ecology-friendly practises. Union tourism secretary Sujit Banerjee said,
Travel Body Opposes Banning Visitors From Core Forest Regions Himanshi Dhawan | TNN New Delhi: Opposing the ban on tourists from core regions of tiger reserves proposed by the environment ministry, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT)
A total of 83 tigers May 2: A total of 83 tigers were poached during 19992004 as forest guards in various reserves were illequipped and untrained to fight wildlife smugglers, a parliamentary panel has said. An audit examination revealed that nine tiger reserves
I have often been to the Sunderbans islands on assignments. Despite obsessing over seeing a tiger on each trip, I have never really had the opportunity. Imagine my excitement when the forest department of West Bengal, seeking volunteers for the tiger census 2010, wrote to the non-profit I work for. …
A joint study carried out by Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in Northeast India, and the Assam Forest Department, has shown that Kaziranga National Park has the highest density of wild tigers in the world. The report is the result of a study carried out during January-March 2009.
Alipurduar, April 26: The forest department has decided not to allow the construction of a metalled road on a 3km-stretch inside the Buxa Tiger Reserve considering its biodiversity, putting to rest the
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over unregulated tourism posing threat to tigers, a seceratary level meet is scheduled next week between the Tourism and Environment Ministry to take stock of the situation. "Though tourism is a state subject, booming tourist activity is being noticed around the wildlife habitat …
In the backdrop of concerns regarding the dwindling number of tigers in the country, the ongoing tiger census has brought some more alarming news from Bihar. At the Valmiki Tiger Reserve
The central government has sent advisories to states asking them to phase out tourism in and around tiger reserves, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday.
New Delhi: After chairing the National Board of Wildlife meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand
With a view to ensure accountability of forest guards in patrolling tiger reserves and to enhance transparency in their functioning, the Government has launched a unique software monitoring system. Called M-STrIPES, it will be implemented in six tiger reserves to begin with within two months. Launching the Monitoring System for …
Ranchi: The forests of Jharkhand are on fire. Abetted by the relentless summer heat, more than 800 hectares of forest has been reduced to ashes since March in the state where the total forest cover at present stands at 23,605sq km. On April 9, fires broke out in as many …
BHUBANESWAR: Stage is set for the tiger census to kick off in Orissa. Beginning May 8, the Wildlife Wing will start the first phase of enumeration and hope that the last census outcomes were an aberration, if nothing else. The tiger census will span for three days though an entire …
NAGPUR: Four new-born tiger cubs have been spotted at the Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve (TATR), located 150 km from here, bringing cheer to wildlife conservationists. "The four cubs were sighted at the Kolsa range of TATR recently," SP Thakre, chief conservator and field director of the tiger reserve located in …
Pisi Zauing MIAO, April 11: Namdapha National Park in Changlang district is the fifteenth tiger reserve in the country spread over 1985.432 sq kms of forests, interpolated with moderate to steep precipitous hills, deep valleys, rippling rivulets and a huge natural lake atop Katwai bum, popularly known as Katwai Nawng, …
Concerned over 14 big cats dying in the last three months, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to convene a three-day meeting of wildlife officials of tiger-range states to review protection strategy in national parks. DH Photo by Ramu MThe meeting, to be chaired by NTCA Member Secretary …
Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh said most of the tiger reserves in the country are in a bad shape and are going Panna and Sariska reserves way, which have no tigers left. Ramesh, who was in Bhopal for the seventh convocation of IIFM, said condition of only nine, of …
Cutting a sorry figure of tiger conservation in the country, Union Minister for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated that as many as 18 tiger reserves in the country were prone to Panna or Sariska like situation, if the big cats were not protected in a proper …
