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 …
Forest Dept. should build a strong case against poachers, they say The recent conviction of seven persons accused of poaching animals in the Nagarahole National Park has been described as a welcome development that augurs well for wildlife conservation. Though innumerable cases are routinely registered by the Forest Department, a …
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), India, has set up camera traps to track the movement of snow leopards, Asia’s most endangered cats, a few km from the Line of Control (LoC) in the mountains of Kargil district. As per the WWF, there are 400-700 snow leopards in India, a majority …
Residents of areas coming under the purview of Mahiyangana and Rideemaliyadda Divisional Secretariats staged a protest recently and attempted to obstruct the Mahiyangana-Ampara road demanding action to put an end to the wild elephants menace. A tense situation prevailed at the scene and the protesters dispersed after the OICs of …
The government is formulating an Elephant Action Plan to conserve the giant herbivore and put a check on the elephant-human conflict in the country. The Forest Department said they are working on it. The plan may be finalised by December this year and brought into force by January next year. …
Keeping wild elephants in captivity will cost the government crores of rupees. When elephants go wild, what solutions do we have? Do we keep them in captivity at an extra cost or do we release them back into the wild only to be a witness to elephant rampage again, asks …
The new environment, forests and climate change minister, Prakash Javadekar, has been advised by the bureaucracy at Paryavaran Bhawan against continuing with the ban on mining in forests and moratorium on new factories in heavily polluted industrial areas. Two officials, present at the first meeting of the minister with senior …
Man-elephant conflict in seven forest divisions in three districts of south Bengal resulting in the loss of human lives and pachyderms is emerging as a major challenge for foresters and the district administration. While a 70-year-old villager was killed by an elephant in Jhragram subdivision in Paschim Medinipur district on …
The North Western Provincial Council will erect a 155 km electric fence as a solution to the human-elephant conflict dragging on for a number of years. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 85 million. This was revealed at the monthly meeting of the Kurunegala District Development Committee held …
Following the death of two leopards in different incidents apparently due to inefficiency of Forest Department personnel, activists have requested the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) member secretary for a probe into these two deaths and an explanation from the department on the condition of leopards in the State. In …
The existing measure to mitigate man-animal conflict in the forest-fringed district of Wayanad have failed miserably, said a report by greens and wildlife scientists. The report submitted to the state and central governments has called for introduction of more participatory and community- based mechanisms to address the issue. The report …
Twenty eight persons have been killed and 333 injured in the incidents of man-animal conflict in past one year. These incidents have also resulted in the death of 10 leopards and nine black bears. According to the officials at wildlife department, 2013 has witnessed the maximum number of deaths of …
The animal might cause problems elsewhere or die in the wild Translocating leopards that stray into human habitations cannot permanently solve the human-leopard conflicts, pointed out wildlife researchers. Referring to the recent incidents of sighting of leopards at Vazhachal forest division, researchers said the translocation could turn the animals more …
Another elephant killed in man-animal conflict in mineral-rich Dharamjaigarh A herd of elephants marched into the coal-rich pocket of Dharamjaigarh and walked into an electrocuted trap, killing one in another glaring example of man-elephant conflict. The villagers had fenced the area between Khadgaon and Semipali forests to protect lives and …
The easy availability of food, especially feral animals like dogs, pigs and goats found near urban garbage dumps, is the main reason that attracts leopards to venture into human territory leading to a conflict situation with disastrous results for both. Leopards, like many other wild species, adapt well to human-dominated …
Conflict between endangered predators and cattle-owning Masai significantly helped by project using African myrrh trees A new low-tech solution is helping eliminate an age-old problem in northern Tanzania – the conflict between predators and farmers. Lions raid Masai cattle in the villages, and then the herders kill lions in retribution. …
Water troughs created in dry patches in sanctuaries and national parks Increased heat wave conditions, dry weather clubbed with water shortage may lead to more man-animal conflict this season, say the Forest Department sources. In order to overcome this problem, the Forest department has created water troughs in dry patches …
Phobjikha Valley is one of the largest high-altitude wetlands in Bhutan and an important habitat for various species including the vulnerable Black-necked Crane. The area provides a wide range of ecosystem services to the local people, and is becoming a major tourist attraction. However, in recent years, Phobjikha has experienced …
Elephant ivory poaching is no longer solely a conservation issue. As poaching reaches levels that threaten to render African elephants near-totally extinct within the next ten years, it also funds a wide range of destabilizing actors across Africa, with significant implications for human conflict. A single elephant yields 10kg of …
Cages Could Help Resolve Man-Animal Conflicts The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has come out with a tiger trap-cumtransfer cage (TTTC) that can be used in capturing tigers that stray out of the forests and tiger reserves in the state. The TTTC has a unique SMS facility that would send out …
After nets and firecrackers, here's another novel attempt at preventing tigers from straying into Sunderbans villages — solar lights. WWF-India has launched the project — 'Lights for Stripe' — to install solar lights along the edge of villages on the fringe areas of the tiger reserve. It has been working …
