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 …
African elephants could be extinct in the wild within a few decades, experts warned on Monday at a major conservation summit in Botswana that highlighted an alarming decline in numbers due to poaching for ivory . The Africa Elephant Summit, held at a tourist resort in Kasane, gathered delegates from …
Opposition parties in Meghalaya today sought a fresh census be conducted to determine the number of wild elephants in view of the alleged increase in poaching and electrocution of the pachyderm in the state. "I suggest a fresh census be conducted to determine the number of wild elephants in the …
SHILLONG: The state has 1811 wild elephants according to a survey conducted in 2008. This was informed by Minister In-charge Environment and Forest Prestone Tynsong while replying to a question by NPP MLA James Sangma in the State Assembly on Thursday. However, no fresh survey has been conducted since 2008. …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on tiger deaths, 19/03/2015. Also includes: The details of tiger deaths (classified as cases of confirmed poaching including seizure, cases under scrutiny and those due to natural and other causes), as reported by States, inside and outside tiger reserves during the last three years; he …
BHUBANESWAR: It's raging war between humans and jumbos! While 685 elephants died in past 11 years, mainly because of humans, the animals killed 660 people and injured 272 during the same period. According to government figures, of the pachyderm deaths (between 2004 and March 10, 2015), only one-sixth (117) died …
685 elephant died over the last decade in Odisha. The Hindu 685 elephant died over the last decade in Odisha. Odisha seems to have seen a terrible form of man-elephant conflict in which 685 jumbos have lost their lives while 660 people were killed by marauding pachyderms during past one …
Against a total of 47 tiger reserves at present including 13 sensitive tiger reserves, Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) has been raised, armed and deployed only in four tiger reserves. These include Bandipur (Karnataka), Tadoba-Andhari and Pench (Maharashtra) and Similipal (Odisha). This was stated by Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in …
In keeping with its long time objectives of promoting conservation oriented development and reducing human-wild animal conflict, the 138-year-old Nilgiri Wildlife and Environment Association (NWEA) organised a function here on Monday to extend financial assistance to the families of some of the victims of such conflicts. The beneficiaries were the …
The Narendra Modi government’s plan to accelerate infrastructure construction in forest areas has hit a roadblock as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) rejected the Environment Ministry’s clearances to the states for cutting the trees on the basis of “in-principle” approval. In two letters to the states, the ministry had permitted …
Fear is a five-letter word deep inside Bijnor forests. You can sense the presence of the tiger. It's there in the terrifying sound of silence: not a chirp, no whoop, just the high-pitched eerie whistle of wind through shoulder-high grass. It's there in the pug marks, where trees close in …
In an attempt to bring people closer to forests in Uttarakhand, the Harish Rawat government in last one year did try to involve them in environment conservation with its Chief Minister’s flagship Hamara Ped Hamara Dhan Yojana. The scheme is meant to encourage plantation of saplings in private lands. Forest …
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Swan river project has failed to assess the effect of canalisation of the river on wetlands, water recharging and fauna of the Una district. The Swan river that originates in Shivalik hills of the Daulatpur region is lifeline of Una district. The river …
In a first for the country, the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has set up a 49.5 hectare (122 acres) fenced, forested elephant sanctuary. Elephants can move about freely in the enclosure. This comes as a big relief to jumbos that were either chained or kept in small enclosures after they …
Karanth says tiger numbers can be doubled. Recent cases of conflict between humans and tigers was the “price of success” of tiger conservation in the country, said wildlife scientist, Ullas Karanth, here on Monday. Speaking at the 15th Conservation Speak on ‘Tiger ecology and tiger-human conflict’, held at Sri Chamarajendra …
Uttarakhand continues to face winter wildlife challenges year after year. Man-animal conflict turns to worse during winter months and the highest number of these incidents involve leopards attacking humans. Forest predominant Uttarakhand has a population of about 2,000 leopards as per the last census. Shrinking habitat and rising population of …
Degraded soils do not hold healthy forests. The scientists and foresters need to explore the causes of forest degeneration, said Uttarakhand Governor Dr KK Paul. He was speaking at the conclusion of the international symposium on transforming mountain forestry organised at the Forest Research Institute by the institute in collaboration …
India’s tiger count has gone up by more than 30 per cent in the past four years, according to a latest study on tiger population which was released on Tuesday. The study put the number at 2,226, up from 1,706 in 2010 when the last such tiger-counting exercise was undertaken. …
The latest tiger census results showing a 30% increase in Big Cat numbers in four years throws up a crucial question for conservationists and policy-makers: how many tigers can India's forests hold without large scale man-animal conflicts coming into play? Experts say although more than 5,000 tigers can be accommodated …
Parks and Wildlife Management Authority employees were yesterday busy fencing Manzou Farm as they prepare to bring in the first batch of wild animals, reportedly lions and elephants. The move to bring in the dangerous animals, according to the beleaguered villagers that are still living at the farm on the …
