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 …
Through A Lens: WII to study lifestyle of tigers & apprehend reasons behind man-animal clash Why have incidents of man-animal conflict seen a steady increase in the past few months? What is the reason behind the substantial increase in tiger population? To answer such questions, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) …
Nagpur: The state government has constituted an 11-member high-level committee to formulate a strategy to decide whether conservation translocation of tigers to areas devoid of wildcats will be feasible or not. The committee is headed by principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra, while conservator of forests and field …
JAIPUR: Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) is now officially the 'undisputed king' of all tiger reserves in the country. For the financial year 2016-17, the reserve was the highest revenue grosser at Rs 23.06 crore, according to forest department statistics. Compared to this, Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) earned Rs 5 …
With Satkosia Tiger Reserve almost counting its last big cats, Wildlife Wing of the Odisha Government is busy working on a tiger restocking plan for the habitat. It is seeking a tie-up with Tadoba Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra for two pairs of large cats which could be relocated and released …
Two tigers in core area and four to five in the buffer zone. Hyderabad: The Telangana government does not seem to be serious about taking long-term measures to conserve the tigers residing in the state's two tiger reserves — Kawal and Amrabad. Last year, the Forest department had announced with …
NAGPUR: In a bid to know connectivity of large carnivores at landscape level, the wildlife wing of the Maharashtra forest department has approved a mega project on scat DNA analysis of tigers, leopards, sloth bears and dholes. "The Rs74 lakh project will be implemented by Wildlife Institute of India (WII), …
Taking note of dna's story on the potential threat to Tadoba's tigers due to a coal mine that was given forest clearance in Chandrapur district, a member of the regional empowered committee (REC) of environment minister told dna that the clearance should be reconsidered. The environment ministry's forest advisory committee …
Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said the peacock population had come down over the past few years. Water scarcity and extreme weather conditions in wildlife reserves in Maharashtra have been taking a toll on India’s national bird, the peacock. The state is devising plans to revive the peacock population and …
CHANDRAPUR: As many as 48 tigers have been found to be inhabiting outside the protected areas in forests of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra, taking the total number of such animals to 120 in the zone which is home to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). The tiger estimation study in non-protected …
Forest officials on Monday busted a case of tiger poaching carried out inside the buffer zone of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). Officials of buffer and territorial forest nabbed a gang of tiger poachers in intelligence-based raids in Mul town and Bhadurna village inside the buffer zone. Five tiger nails …
In a bid to promote cooperation, share institutional knowledge and encourage collaborative research, training and outreach activities, a US-India Wildlife Conservation Cooperation Programme (WCCP) will be established in four thematic areas in the region. WCCP intends to share professional expertise and resources for wildlife forensics and conservation genetics, natural interpretation …
NAGPUR: The four-member high-powered committee set up by ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEFCC) to study the impact of Human dam project on tiger corridor and provide suggestions to ensure integrity of corridor has failed to submit a report even after four months. The committee was formed on …
The long-term monitoring project on tigers, co-predators in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and the adjoining landscape' being implemented by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, has pegged the estimate of tigers as 60 in TATR, an increase by 10 tigers, and 32 leopard individuals, showing a steep increase from …
NAGPUR: Most of the conservation effort in tiger range countries is concentrated on a few, relatively large protected areas (PAs) but it is high time governments focused on forests outside the PA network, especially in Central India. "India supports largest proportion of the global wild tiger population but has less …
NAGPUR: At a time when state government is laying stress on rehabilitating villages inside tiger reserves to create inviolate spaces for the big cats, the relocation of Kolsa has deadlocked with villagers making unwarranted demands like job to one from the family and a package of Rs15 lakh per family. …
NAGPUR: The machan(waterhole) census carried out in various sanctuaries, national parks and tiger reserves in Vidarbha thrilled the volunteers with a record 66 individual tiger sightings apart from other wildlife. Of the total tiger 66 sightings, 29 were in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), 24 in parks under Pench Tiger Reserve …
NAGPUR: The National Tiger Conservation Authority, a statutory body under the MoEF monitoring tiger reserves in the country, has directed all the reserves to incorporate supplementary guidelines to prepare tiger conservation plans (TCPs) and has set a deadline of June 15, to submit them. Like a working plan for territorial …
Letter from Ministry of Coal to Adani Power Ltd regarding review of coal blocks by the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) in its 24th meeting held on 7-8th February, The letter from the Ministry of Coal states that "after due deliberation and taking into account all material facts including your reply, IMG …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), New …
Study finds that connectivity between protected areas is affected by urban expansion. Even as efforts are being made to protect, conserve, and augment the wild tiger population of the country, a study report that appeared in the open-access journal ‘Plos One’ earlier this month says that human intervention, even in …
