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 …
Solar lights installed in various parts of Sunderbans, one of the most energy-deficient regions of the country, are helping in reducing man-animal conflict in the region. Tigers and other animals straying into villages in darkness is a common incident in the Sunderbans region and there are many instances where villagers …
KATHMANDU, JUL 28 - The government has increased in ex-gratia compensation to the kin of wild animal attack victims from Rs 300,000 to Rs 500,000 in a bid to encourage people’s participation in forest and wildlife conservation and mitigate incidence of human-wildlife conflict. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife …
Eight lives were lost in 2014 and four till now in Sathyamangalam, Hassanur and Erode Erode accounts for a high number of deaths in man-animal conflicts. Eight lives were lost in 2014 and four till now in attacks by wild animals in the forest divisions of Sathyamangalam, Hassanur and Erode. …
The officials of Rani Divisional Forest Office have started digging drains in the Rani area to save paddy plants from herds of wild elephants. Rani DFO Arup Kumar Chaliha said: “We have taken various steps to save the people and their paddy fields from elephant attacks and under this, we …
In Maharashtra, 294 cases of animal-related deaths and injuries were reported in 2014, according to the NCRB. With the rising cases of injuries due to man-animal conflict, the state forest department has roped in experts to bring out a Standard Operating Procedure to deal with them. The SOP is slated …
Twenty seven people were killed by wild animals across Zimbabwe during the first quarter of 2015, as human-wildlife conflicts run deeper. Fifteen sustained injuries at varying degrees. At least 12 of the endangered African elephant, 5 lions and 14 hippos were killed in retaliatory defence, according to figures obtained from …
This month marked a major conservation milestone for Rwanda. After more than a decade of absence from the country, the King of the Jungle is back. The Akagera Management Company, a partnership between African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board, translocated seven lions from South Africa to Rwanda. The reintroduction …
A district council meeting of the Kerala Forest Protective Staff Association (KFPSA) held here on Tuesday expressed concern over the increasing human-wildlife conflict in Wayanad district. The government was yet to take any positive measures to tackle the issue, the association said. As the voluntary relocation project being executed by …
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the man-animal conflict could be avoided if awareness was spread among the people about the behaviour pattern, movement and habits of leopards. “We have been living in proximity to wild cats since centuries and a few scary incidents of conflict between both was a …
In a move to resolve increasing man-animal conflict, especially those causing damages to crops, the Environment Ministry today said it has sought report from the states to declare certain overpopulated animals as vermin for a limited period of time. Once declared vermin, that particular species can be hunted without restriction. …
Human–tiger conflicts have been a major issue in the Terai-Arc Landscape (TAL), in northern India, ever since human settled in the region. For managing such issues, authorities are compelled to eliminate/relocate tigers whenever there is recurrent killing of human beings. But identifying the individual tiger/tigress, involved in conflicts has remained …
The success of conservation efforts in increasing the population of lions in Gujarat — the only abode of the endangered big cats — makes it difficult to believe that as recently as 1964, you could legally hunt these lions just for a fee of Rs 300, And this was possible …
Uttarakhand is all set to conduct leopard census in December. The last census in 2008 revealed the presence of 2,343 leopards in the state. Taking into account the rise in large number of cases of man-leopard conflict in Uttarakhand in the recent years, the census is expected to reveal a …
The African elephant risks being extinct by 2025 if urgent action is not taken, an animal trust has said. David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust said it is estimated that one elephant is killed every 15 minutes as a result of Asia's demand for ivory. Climate change, habitat degradation and loss, forest …
Farmers around Mt Longonot National Park have asked the Kenya Wildlife Service to stop wild animals from invading their farms. They say the animals, mostly buffaloes, have destroyed crops worth millions of shillings. "Since the onset of the long rains, the number of wild animals has risen at an alarming …
The rising leopard population in the region has resulted in frequent human-animal conflicts over the past five years. Leopards straying into farms have claimed 12 human lives and caused 6,603 animal deaths since 2010. Foresters said there have been 10 incidents of leopard straying and/or attacking human beings or animals …
NASHIK: Animal activists agitated in front of the office of the chief conservator of forests (territorial) Nashik Circle on Thursday demanding action against the officials, who they claimed were responsible for the death of a leopard in Chandwad. The one-and-a-half-year old leopard fell to its death inside a well in …
Sariska Tiger Sanctuary (STR) in Rajasthan’s Alwar is facing unusually slow multiplication of the big cat population mainly due to large scale miscarriages suffered by its tigresses. The tiger re-introduction programme, the first of its kind in the world, was taken up in the sanctuary in 2008 as there were …
On the Valparai plateau in southern India people live in fear of unexpected encounters with giants in the dark. As dusk settles, tea and coffee pickers collect rations from the townships run by the corporations that own the plantations and drift back towards their colonies. Buses drop workers on the …
The recent cases of leopards attacking small children in Junnar taluka of Pune once again brings to light the problem of man-animal conflict. Experts point out that such incidents have historically occurred during the sugarcane cutting season when the paths of humans and leopards invariably cross. Due to the presence …
