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 …
A proposed observatory in Nilgiri forests threatens to disturb wildlife movement In early 2000, a team of scientists gathered at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in Kolkata and decided to revive research on neutrinos, tiny elemental particles that can pass through almost all matter unhindered. A flurry of meetings …
This study attempts to examine the extent and impact of human-animal conflicts visa-vis psychosocial stressors and mental health of affected people in two villages adjacent to Sundarban Reserve Forest (SRF) in the Gosaba Block, West Bengal, India.
D. Radhakrishnan UNAWARE OF DANGER: A deer darting across the road at Mavanhallah near the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. UDHAGAMANDALAM: The pressure stemming from development should not allow the man-wildlife conflict to get out of hand. Adopting this approach, the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve near here has drawn up a plan to …
From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the forest department. Communities that have traditionally been accommodative are now unsettled, their patience worn thin by the rising incidents of human-animal conflicts. Yet, the debate on …
Tigers attack people. People impatient, they are second priority. What is the way out? July 24, 2007. Hungry and exhausted after fishing all day on the Bidyadhari river, Amirul Naiya, his two brothers and three other fishermen pulled up their country boat into a creek in the dense Sunderbans mangroves, …
A lion-tolerating people, too, are changing Maldharis are former nomads who rear cattle for their livelihood. They are now settled inside and on the outskirts of Gir protected area in small colonies called nesses. At present there are 54 nesses inside the sanctuary. They are still very lion-tolerant.
DH News Service, Somwarpet: A wild elephant attacked a farmer and injured him at Chikkara in Gowdalli on Sunday. The injured has been identified as G V Appaswamy. The incident occurred when he was walking towards his field in the morning. Though his wife alerted the neighbours, by the time …
V Krithiga I Tirunelveli WHILE the deer population in this district is exploding, forcing them to move out of their habitat for food and water, the government is sitting on a proposal to provide solar fencing around the forests. The Rs 75 lakh solar fencing plan was aimed at avoiding …
The Chhattisgarh forest department has issued orders to shoot a wild elephant responsible for the death of eight villagers in Jashpur district over a span of three months. Jashpur divisional forest officer O P Yadav told TOI,
Madikeri: The Forest Department considering the ongoing tiff between the wild tuskers and human beings for survival has submitted a plan of Rs 350 crores to the state Government with the aim of finding permanent solution. The plan is intended to be implemented over a period of 5 years. The …
Over three weeks after his name surfaced in a chinkara hunting case, Minister of State for Transport Dharmaraobaba Bhagwantrao Atram resigned from the state Cabinet on Monday. The state Forest Department had seized Atram's Ford Endeavour in connection with the hunting incident near Gulunche village in Purandar taluka of Pune …
The day Sariska's first translocated tigress is slated to walk free, came further evidence of continuing pressure on the tiger from poachers: about 15-20 kg of fresh tiger bones were recovered today from the house of a known poacher in a village near Gurgaon, official sources said. The recovery was …
Protected areas (PAs) have long been criticized as creations of and for an elite few, where associated costs, but few benefits, are borne by marginalized rural communities. Contrary to predictions of this argument, the researchers found that average human population growth rates on the borders of 306 PAs in 45 …
Nani Gopal Pal PURULIA- The Supreme Court has doled out an order to strip bare, the amusement parks and mini zoos in India, of their recognition, if they are not sanctioned by the Central Zoo, New Delhi. Captive animals can only be returned to the nearest divisional forest officer, or …
Bhitarkanika too small for reptiles and people - report of Ashutosh Mishra The Oriya name for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is baula kumbhira, which literally means crazy crocodile. The moniker certainly rings true for people living in about 50 villages around Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa's Kendrapara district. Home …
