Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
Keri: As a part of the wildlife week celebration organized by the Goa forest department, volunteers of the Vivekanad environment awareness brigade, Keri presented a street play on Saturday evening at Sanskruti Bhavan's hall in Panaji. The play highlighted the increasing wildlife and environmental crisis situation. "Street plays are a …
GUWAHATI: Conservationists have hit upon a novel plan to monitor the movement of wildlife from their natural habitat in the Kaziranga National Park to nearby human habitations during flood. The Wildlife Trust of India and the Elephant Family, two environmental organisations, have engaged young volunteers from nearby villages to monitor …
The forest department has started building a team of forest ambassadors to promote forest and wildlife conservation among natives of the villages around Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. On October 2, the forest department will kick off a week-long programme where teenage boys and girls of the 85 villages in the surroundings …
"Leopards prefer to live in tea estates and forested areas but mainly prey on livestock in human-shared spaces," said Aritra Kshettry , research associate, Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru. He studied leopards in northwest Bengal, where they live in close quarters with humans. He found that tea estates and forest …
Ranchi: The first nationwide survey by Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on leopards states that there are just 29 leopards in the state. The survey has not been made public yet but has put the spotted cat population at close to 8,000 in the country, except the northeast. Jharkhand, which …
MANGALURU: A new scientific study by the Wildlife Conservation Society India Program has assessed seasonal distribution patterns of five wild herbivores in human-use areas adjoining Tiger Reserves in Karnataka. The five target species of this study included elephants, and gaur, sambar, chital and wild pig which form the principal prey …
Uttarakhand has space for just 100 more tigers. The state already has 340 tigers as per the latest 2014 All-India tiger census report. The shrinking of space for tigers can also lead to rise in territorial struggle among them and also in incidents of man-animal conflict in the state. Tiger …
Florida would allow hunters to kill up to a total of 320 bears in October during the state's first bear hunt season in 20 years, according to a recommendation from the state's wildlife agency presented at a public hearing on Wednesday. The bear hunt was approved in June by the …
Hukuntsi — Of Botswana's over 600 species of birds, about 30 face extinction due to poisoning. The director of BirdLife Botswana, Dr Kabelo Senyatso made the revelation at an inception workshop for a project funded by the European Union Non State Actors (EUNSA) and the government in Hukuntsi on recently. …
KOLHAPUR: As the wildlife venturing outside the forest areas faces major threats, the state forest department has approved Rs 9 crore for wildlife protection, which includes creation of infrastructure and facilities. A government resolution issued last week has states that minor works such as construction of trenches and compounds were …
Karwar: The continuous destruction of forests in Uttara Kannada district is leading to a conflict between man and wild animals. In most cases, the animals intrude into human habitation in search of food. Even in the urban areas, the number cases of snakes, pythons and the leopards entering into houses …
PUNE: Tiger deaths persisted in the country despite the Union and state governments' efforts towards conservation. The country lost close to 41 tigers from January until August 9 this year, similar to the count in the same period in 2014, reveals fresh data from National Tiger Conservation Authority and TRAFFIC-India, …
Parliamentary standing committee on science and technology, environment and forests urges the environment ministry to give funds to Tamil Nadu to rejuvenate all the lakes including the one at Ooty under the National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & …
Population of wild animals like lions, tigers and elephants have increased over the years across the country, Rajya Sabha was informed today. "Estimates of population of major wild animals indicate that there has been an increase in their numbers. The number of Asiatic lion has increased from 304 in 1995 …
DEHRADUN: During the tiger census last year, 22% of the of big cats in the country were found to roam in areas that were not tiger reserves or protected forests. Now, an international effort has begun to better protect tigers that roam the forest divisions of Ramnagar, Haldwani, Terai east …
Urge government to increase compensation for fatalities and crop damage Several political parties staged a protest in the Nilgiris district on Tuesday urging the State government to find a solution to the man-animal conflict. Around 140 party cadre, including M. Thiravidamani, DMK MLA from Gudalur, assembled in front of the …
Africa has half as many lions as 20 years ago - but don't blame trophy hunting The killing of Zimbabwe's Cecil the Lion has put a welcome spotlight on the alarming decline of Africa's lions, write Lochran Traill & Norman Owen-Smith. But to save the species, we should not obsess …
Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects, but for such ICDs to be targeted effectively, it is important to understand who is illegally using which natural resources and why. …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Living near the borders of forest areas is increasingly becoming more dangerous than ever before. There has been a 160% increase in compensation claims for loss of lives and crop damage due to wild animals that strayed into the buffer zones of the forest areas in the state in …
