Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
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 …
BHUBANESWAR: Wildlife Society of Orissa, a non-government organisation, here on Tuesday demanded a CBI investigation into the recent mass killings of elephants in Simlipal Tiger Reserve. WSO alleged that there were reports of 12 elephants being killed in Similipal and attempts were made to destroy poaching evidences.
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 …
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
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 …
BARIPADA: In a major boost to anti-poaching surveillance in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), Worldwide Fund for Nature - India (WWF-India) has extended its assistance to the reserve by providing some essential equipment and gears. Diwakar Sharma, associate director, Species Conservation Programme, WWFIndia, handed over the essential equipment and gears to …
BHUBANESWAR: The annual tiger enumeration is set to commence in March and this time around, camera trap technique will not be the only method to be used to count the big cats. The last enumeration at Similipal where camera trap methodology was used and yielded in a low count had …
BHUBANESWAR: Its wildlife habitats facing growing pressure, the State Government plans to go in for GIS mapping of the protected areas along with a strengthened anti-poaching setup and identification of the boundaries. The plan covers all the wildlife sanctuaries but Similipal and Satkosia will receive special attention being the two …
Prafulla Das To be implemented with Rs. 10 cr. RBS Foundation to provide funds Jairam Ramesh and Naveen Patnaik to attend launching ceremony BHUBANESWAR: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has come forward to implement a new project for tiger conservation in Similipal Tiger Reserve by involving the RBS …
BARIPADA: The Similipal tiger reserve (STR) has been included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO. The recognition came after Regional Plant Resource Centre(RPRC), Bhubaneswar, joined hands with Similipal Biosphere Reserve authorities to document its varied flora and fauna, other special features and conservation efforts carried out in …
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, …
BHUBANESWAR: Given the conflict between the State and Centre over the tiger enumeration using camera trap methodology, the latter has decided to capacitate the Forest Department with the knowhow so that they could use the improved technology in future. In the last meeting of tiger reserve heads held at Sariska, …
A committee was set up by the National Tiger Conservation Authority on 14th July 2009 to visit Similipal Tiger Reserve and undertake: an appraisal of the damage to infrastructure/habitat due to left?wing extremism; assessment of present status of tiger, co predators and prey animals, and protection efforts; and provide suggestions …
BHUBANESWAR: Timber mafias and poachers were out to plunder forest resources in absence of surveillance teams in the aftermath of naxal attack on government establishments in famous Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) in Mayurbhanj district. Since March 28 this year, Forest Department officials have deserted their duty posts apprehending attack by …
BALASORE: The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district, the fourth biggest reserve in India, has lost 40 Royal Bengal tigers in the last five years. It has just 61 tigers at present. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh in the Rajya …
Despite an expenditure of a little over Rs 10 crore in the last five years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), over 40 per cent of the tigers in Simlipal Tiger Reserve seems to have vanished. The Orissa government, which spent last year denying the Wildlife Institute of India …
Life is grim for the tribals living in the reserve forest areas of the country, who face pressure from corrupt officials on one hand, and the environment lobby on the other.
July 8: The Orissa government is struggling hard to protect endangered wildlife from poachers backed by Maoists in Naxal-hit Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district in the absence of the promised Central paramilitary forces. At a meeting between Central and state representatives in May, the government had agreed to deploy …
