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 officials have taken measures to check wild elephant menace in Lingdalli in Tarikere taluk. Officials have been directed to protect the crops, said MLA D S Suresh. Speaking after inaugurating various developmental works in Nandibattalu in Lingadalli, he said action plan has been prepared to help the residents of …
Climate change is driving the Royal Bengal Tiger, celebrated monarch of the Sundarbans, from its natural habitat in search of food, say experts-leading to tragic consequences for the already critically endangered species in its encounters with humans. Two tigers have been beaten to death by villagers this year in Bangladesh's …
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to keep the marauding elephants away from the Capital, Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department has embarked upon a project which will not only create a fodder zone for the jumbos but also strengthen protection measures for the City abutting the Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary. The Rs …
Locals beat a Royal Bengal Tiger dead after it injured three people at Khalishabunia village under Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira yesterday. Police quoted villagers and forest officials as saying that the tiger entered the village crossing the river Kholpetua at around 6:00am and injured three villagers. The injured--Sahiluddin, 60, Aziz, …
The State Forest Department has intensified vigil around Padoxem village in Sattari Taluka after a man sighted a panther prowling around in the paddy field yesterday morning.
With an increasing incidence of human-wildlife conflict, the first question hour session of the third National Assembly discussed this old and protracted issue again. Member of parliament (MP) from Sibsoo constituency in Samtse, Durga Prasad Chhetri, informed the house how an elephant had killed a 75-year-old woman in Sibsoo on …
Tiger conservation in India's Orang National Park of Assam is increasingly difficult. Recently, six tigers were killed by local villagers. The human-tiger conflict has intensified, which is threatening the survival of the tigers dependent on the park for habitat. Support from the Fund is helping local researchers monitor tiger density …
New Delhi: The government has been making all the right noises about its efforts to save the tiger. But the results, so far, have been little to roar about -- 2009 has, in fact, been the deadliest in recent years for the big cats. There is also a worrying trend …
HD Kote (Mysore dist), dhns: Forest personnel have succeeded in capturing a tigress, which had created panic in and around Karapura in H D Kote taluk, on Sunday. Big
LUCKNOW: The quality of forest areas in Uttar Pradesh is on the wane. A survey taken up by forest officials on a 10,000 hectare area of reserve forest land in the state has acted as an eye-opener on how fast the deterioration is setting in. At least 11,000 cattle were …
Villagers of Yadavare, Kusubooru and Aigooru under the banner of Yadavare Elephant Action Committeee organised a protest in front of the Forest Department Office recently, blaming that officials of ignoring them even when their farms were being destroyed by rogue elephants. Villagers said that their demand for solar fences from …
Four wild elephants have died after being shot, poisoned and electrocuted during the 2009, in the North Western Province. According to latest information and statistics of the Department of Wildlife Conservation. Meanwhile, eight injured wild elephants too are reported to be roaming about in Galgamuwa ad Nikaweratiya electorates of the …
The forest department has succeeded in trapping a leopard at Dhave-Sattari in the wee hours of Monday. It may be recalled that the leopard had been creating havoc in the village since the last one month. On May 19, the leopard had attacked one Uday Mandrekar, besides; several dogs and …
JORHAT, June 21: At a time when the ecological balance in the world is considered a serious concern to survive the flora and fauna in the earth, the man-animal conflicts getting bloodier on the Asom particularly in the upper parts of the State. In the last couple of years, reports …
While residents of Vathadev-Bicholim are being terrorized by leopard attacks, a resident recently spotted a young tiger in the village. According to sources, one Madhukar Umarye spotted a cub passing on the road at Vavthi on Monday at about 7 am.
Deputy Conservator of Forest B B Mallesh has informed that the Central government has approved the setting up of Elephant Project Directorate in Madikeri to curb the tiff between the wild elephants and human beings. The office will be set up soon, he said addressing a news conference at Aranya …
Tribal Education institution Head M B Prabhu has urged the Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh to take steps to set up Directorate of Elephant Project in Kodagu and control elephant menace through public-private participation. In a memorandum, Prabhu said that there is a need to solve the elephant …
