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, …
Assam's Kaziranga National Park (KNP) - the abode of the Great one-horned rhinoceros lies in the flood plains of the Brahmaputra River. Significantly, Kaziranga also has a high density tiger population and is one of the national tiger reserves established in India. The present study attempts to assess the significance, …
This paper documents the status of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), its distribution, movement, migratory routes and other elephant and habitat management related information across the administrative ranges of Kalakkad and Mundunthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in Southern India.
Some of the most inaccessible and extremism-affected tiger reserves in India are set to get a booster shot: all the way from Scotland. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), through its Indian Foundation, is putting in a 1 million pound grant for the rehabilitation of forest based communities around Simlipal, …
Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Tamil Nadu and Manas sanctuary in Assam have been given a financial package for the year 2008-09, according to an environment ministry official The Centre has released nearly Rs 100 crores to five states to relocate villages in tiger reserves to free the animals from human …
Ashwin Aghor / DNA Mumbai: India's tigers are losing ground by the day, forcing them to explore enemy environs. The enemy is us, who poach tigers and encroach on their land, reducing the big cats to just about 1,400 across the country. Habitat loss and uncontrolled poaching of adult tigers …
Sept. 23: The chief wildlife warden of the state, Mr Hitesh Malhotra, has banned the shooting of films in the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve at Nallamala stating that the chase scenes, flood lights and other shooting activities pose a serious threat to wild life, particularly the tigers. The forest officials expressed …
K.S. Sudhi KOCHI: A Tiger Conservation Foundation will be formed for the Periyar Tiger Reserve by dissolving the Periyar Foundation. The new foundation will be named Tiger Conservation Foundation, Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala. The foundation is being formed as per the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The Periyar …
LUCKNOW: Heated controversy over the dwindling numbers of tigers in Dudhwa will shortly be put to rest, The Wildlife Institute of India is preparing to commence a new tiger census in Uttar Pradesh to make a correct assessment of the big cat family. The exercise is expected to be a …
Aiming to step up protection for the big cats in sensitive areas, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued revised guidelines to the states for the formation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) on the lines of the India Reserve Battalion. As per the new guidelines, the Centre will …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Amid reports of decline in tiger population across the country, positive news has emerged from the once-neglected Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, along the India-Nepal border. At least eight cubs have been born in the reserve since 2005, including two new cubs whose sightings were reported …
MPs ask Manmohan Singh to prevent coal mining near tiger reserve politicians cutting across party lines have opposed coal mining near the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Till recently they were pushing for fast-tracking clearance to the mining project proposed by the Adani Enterprises. In a letter to Prime …
P. Oppili It will streamline functioning of Project Tiger A memorandum of understanding will be signed soon State has three Project Tiger Reserves CHENNAI: A
When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. Former head of Project Tiger, he told Sumana Narayanan the department
Farmers shifted from tiger reserve two years ago denied irrigation In 2007, 140 families were relocated from Botezari and Kolsa villages inside the Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve in Maharashtra. The families, mostly subsistence farmers, were given a new address 70 km away
