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 …
Shrinking of core forest area, lack of awareness too are factors The rising number of man-animal conflicts are caused by commercial cultivation of soft crops in the border areas and human habitation in forest areas, blocking the path taken by wild animals, especially elephants, said Forest Department sources. Two persons …
Bangalore, 4 Jan: Taking cognisance of increasing number of elephant deaths, Karnataka High Court today directed the state and the Union governments to constitute a task force within 10 days to work towards mitigating man-elephant conflicts. Hearing a suo motu petition over the issue, the Division Bench of Chief Justice …
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Union government to constitute a special task force to find a solution to the man-elephant conflict in Karnataka, especially at Alur range in Hassan. Hearing a suo motu petition, the Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B V Nagarathna …
Berhampur: The Odisha government has decided to make solar fencing to arrest increasing man-elephant conflicts in Ganjam district. In the first phase, around five-km stretch would be fenced near Narayani jungle under Khallikote forest range to prevent entry of jumbos into human habitats. The work for solar fencing will start …
GUWAHATI, Jan 1 – Asserting that militancy had been on the wane with most of the outfits engaged in peace talks, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today announced a number of ‘special initiatives’ aimed at boosting the spheres of education, health, rural development, border area development, etc. The schemes would be …
For the first time in more than 85 years, a gray wolf has been documented in California. The 2 ½-year-old male, known as OR-7, journeyed more than 700 miles from the northeastern corner of Oregon, crossing into California's Siskiyou County on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Fish and …
This FAO publication analyses and presents how climate change affects or will likely affect wild animals and their habitats. It focuses on tropical terrestrial wildlife and its habitats, but other fauna, ecosystems and geographical regions are covered as well. This publication examines the likely consequences of climate change for wildlife, …
Affected by the continued conflict with elephants, as many as 416 farmers in the cardamom growing region of Sakleshpur in Hassan district came forward to pledge 2,361 acres of farm lands to recreate the elephant corridor almost two years ago. The Forest department also has ambitious plans of acquiring around …
Thousands of gray wolves in the Midwest will soon be stripped of federal safeguards under the Endangered Species Act, the government said on Wednesday, in a move that could open the animals to state-licensed hunting. An estimated 4,000 wolves in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and parts of adjacent states are due …
It is spread over eight years and costs Rs.686.28 crore Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday announced implementation of an eight-year Rs.686.28 crore Tamil Nadu Biodiversity Conservation and Greening Project to increase green cover in the State, avoid conflict between man-animal and prevent animals from migrating to grassfield in search of …
Sri Lanka Department of Forest Conservation says that 200 elephants and 48 men were killed in the human-elephant conflicts this year. Of these elephants, 75 were killed due to gunshot injuries, says the Deputy Director of the Department W.S.K. Navaratne. Another 22 elephants were killed by food traps laid by …
The state government has taken up an ambitious project with the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) to launch a mega plantation drive along Trikuta Hills, which houses the world famous Mata Vaishno Devi temple. The project has been initiated following serious concerns expressed by a number of agencies …
Forest dept assuages farmers’ concerns regarding ecologically-sensitive zone tag It will be curtains on resorts around the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, with people in the forest fringes, including elected representatives, raising objections. The meeting with the locals to discuss the notification of ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) around the tiger reserve has …
Agrarian Services and Wildlife Minister S M Chandrasena said that, the government has allocated around Rs 1,120 million for the protection of wild elephants in budget 2012. The ministry has drawn up a plan to launch a sustained programme to protect elephants with immediate effect, he said. The budget has …
Jaipur: The fact that the twoand-half-year-old panther rescued by forest officials after entering the woods near a slum area at Jalana due to shrinking habitat, has upset wildlife activists. They cautioned civic authorities and the forest departments to be prepared for similar incidents. Rohir Gangwal of an NGO – Raksha …
Sundarban is perhaps the only forest in India where no cattle or other easy prey is available for old and injured tigers, forcing them to swim across the water channels to hunt for easy prey i.e. the cattle in the villages.
Despite the High Court’s observations on Karnataka’s plans to translocate elephants from Alur taluk in Hassan district to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Mysore, Forest Minister C P Yogeeshwara seemed confident about convincing the court on the government’s move. Addressing the gathering during a State-level workshop on extraction of non-timber …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Where elephants will fear to tread, or will not fear to tread, is not something that can be foretold. But not any more. Kerala University scientists of the Zoology and Geology departments as well as those of the Centre for Geo-information Science and Technology, have developed a prediction model, …
Forty years after being hunted to near-extinction in many parts of the U.S., black bears have become so plentiful that they are causing trouble for their human neighbors—ripping open camping tents in Colorado, attacking dogs in New Jersey, even breaking into a home in Florida to nab a birthday cake …
A COMPREHENSIVE new study has found that orangutan populations in Indonesian Borneo are being diminished at unsustainable rates due to conflict with humans. The results suggest orangutans outside protected areas may be headed toward extinction. The study, published Friday in PLoS One, is based on 18 months of interviews with …
