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 …
Lonely Planet Group conferred "Best Indian Destination for Wildlife" award to Madhya Pradesh Tourism in Mumbai on Friday. The award was bestowed by film actor and chief guest of the function Tushar Kapoor to Corporation chairman Dr Mohan Yadav. The selection for the award is done by readers of Lonely …
Upcoming project in MP to displace local tribal population; proposed site in highly seismic zone near Kanha National Park Locals of Mandla district will once again raise their voices against 1400 MW NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited) Chutka project which is coming up in highly seismic zone, near Kanha …
MANDLA: Tiger corridors and its habitat around famous Kanha National Park is threatened by unabated mining of dolomite in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh- located 466 km south-east of Bhopal. Mining has reached to areas about 0 meters from the forest limits in some cases, said sources. Mandla has one …
New Delhi: Delhi is not close to any of the tiger belts of the country, yet it figures among the five hotspots in India connected to big cat poaching, says a report by a global wildlife trade monitoring network and WWF. Tiger part seizures in the capital are predominantly of …
Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh’s written reply in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly that the other day that about 51 chitals (spotted deer) had died within a short period after consuming lantana leaves in Kanha Tiger Reserve has thrown up several questions that deserve a valid response from the state …
The Madhya Pradesh government has proposed 15 eco-sensitive zones around its wildlife sanctuaries and parks, where illegal commercial activities including mining will be prohibited. A site specific proposal recommending eco-sensitive zones around Ken Gharial Sanctuary (Chhattarpur), Pachmari Sanctuary and Satpura National Park (Hoshangabad), Nauradehi Sanctuary (Sagar) and Karera Sanctuary (Shivpuri) …
The Madhya Pradesh Government has identified 17 eco-sensitive zones around its wild life sanctuaries and parks, where illegal commercial activities including mining will be prohibited. A site specific proposal identifying eco-sensitive zones around Kanha National Park (Mandla), Pench National Park (Seoni), Bandhavgarh National Park (Umaria), Panna National Park and Kuno …
A study will be carried out to find out the co-relation between forest and water in Narmada catchment area. A proposal in this regard given by forest department was approved in principal during the meeting of scientists and members of study project on climate change and availability of water from …
The Pench Jungle Lodges Federation has challenged the fresh comprehensive ecotourism guidelines issued by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). The guidelines were notified on October 15, in the backdrop of Supreme Court hearing on a petition demanding ban on …
1,706 tigers today, up from 1,411 in 2007 Should the approximately 1,700 tigers left in India be treated as sacrosanct, not to be exploited by India’s tourism industry? Or, should they be looked at as valuable commodities, responsible for filling the coffers of the state? This is the firestorm of …
The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to buy 700 Mw power annually from the proposed Chutka nuclear power project. The progress of the project took a hit when people from nearby villages refused to accept the land acquisition notices sent to them by the government. The protesters are likely to …
Madhya Pradesh, once famous as the “Tiger State,” lost 453 animals over the last decade. And how many culprits did the government bring to book? Just two. Recently accessed documents reveal only two cases of poaching reached their logical conclusion of conviction during this period, as of March 2012. Sample …
The 12th Sanctuary Wildlife Awards on Thursday honoured some of the most passionate nature enthusiasts across different age groups as “India's Earth Heroes” here. George Schaller, a well-known American scientist, was given the Lifetime Service Award. “His path-breaking research on the Indian tiger in the Kanha National Park has become …
As many as 50 blackbuck have been shifted to Kanha Tiger reserve, nearly a decade after they became extinct in what is considered one of the finest wildlife areas. The antelopes have been quarantined in an enclosure and would be released in the wild between 45 and 60 days, Park …
Total 50 bisons would be translocated to Bandhavgarh National Park from Kanha National Park in February 2012. About 435 other surplus wild animals will also be shifted to other parks for breeding from Van Vihar next year. The Forest Department has initiated the procedure of translocating several animals in the …
One of the most successful efforts to rehabilitate villagers from a tiger reserve is now being conducted at Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha park: 28 villages in the core reserve area have already been relocated and another 17 on the periphery are in the process of being shifted out. A senior Kanha …
Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said in his message on the occasion of Wildlife Week that full protection should be given to wildlife along with increasing greenery. This occasion has assumed added importance since it is being observed during 150th inception year of International Forest Year and forest department. …
In an attempt to make tribal women self-reliant, the Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to recruit 25 tribal women as professional guides after training them to guide tourists visiting Kanha National Park. This is one of the first initiatives of its kind in the country by any State Government. The …
Despite drawing severe flak on the translocation of gaurs the MP Forest Department is going ahead with the similar process of shifting barasingha from Kanha to Satpura and few animals from Van Vihar to some favourable destination, writes Vivek Trivedi Madhya Pradesh might be rich in forests and wildlife but …
With the aim of ensuring safe movement of tigers into different landscapes, the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is re-establishing tiger corridors. Two such corridors involve Madhya Pradesh but existing natural corridors like Kanha-Pench, Kanha-Achanakmar etc do not figure in this list, which has disappointed experts. Minister of State …
