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 …
Concerned over the increasing number of tigers in non-protected areas, wildlife conservationists have said that it was high time the forest department shifted its focus to these areas as tigers were most vulnerable here. As per estimates, Maharashtra's tiger reserves have 139 big cats while there were around 58 tigers …
According to State Forest minister, 1,024 people died between 2001 and 2016 across Assam in man-elephant conflicts As many as 1024 people died during the period from 2001 to 2016 due to human-elephant conflicts. State Forest and Environment Minister Pramila Rani Brahma revealed this in the Assembly today in a …
DEHRADUN: Titli Trust has made its finding public after conducting a joint survey with Wildlife Conservation Society on leopard afflicted forest divisions of the state for a year. In its observation, Trust has nullified perception of relation between shrinking habitat and prey base with increase in human-leopard conflict and, also …
In an effort to put an end to the rising human-animal conflict, an Indo-German team visited Nagarahole National Park in the taluk to study the possibilities of finding new methods to mitigate the problem on Thursday. Speaking to Deccan Herald, Stephen Burg, Conservator of Forests, Germany, said that they are …
Report says alarmingly shrinking forest land poses a threat to the animal Despite the growth in population of tigers in the country and elsewhere, a global report has warned that the big cats are still not out of the woods due to shrinking forest land which are converted into motorways …
Experts will visit Kodagu, Nagarahole, Bandipur from Aug 10 The incidents of wild animals straying into human habitations have increased in Karnataka over the years. India is in the process of bagging Rs 30 crore (four million Euro) grant from the German government to mitigate the human-wildlife conflict. To ascertain …
Karnataka will soon experiment with the hugely successful South African birth control technique to check the growing elephant population in the state, in the face of increasing human-elephant conflict. "We had recently submitted a proposal to the Karnataka government, seeking funds to take up the experiment, and it has been …
DEHRADUN: In a bid to control monkey menace in the state, the Uttarakhand forest department in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is going to introduce a project, pegged as the first in the country, in which female monkeys will be given oral immuno-contraceptive medicine, Porcine Zona Pellucida …
The killing of two ‘rogue’ elephants in West Bengal over the past one month has brought the issue of growing human-elephant conflict in south Bengal to the fore. On July 5, a large team of forest officials, along with professional hunters, tracked down a tusker at Beliatore in Bankura after …
Union Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said he will meet 60 parliamentarians from states in the Western Ghat region following Kasturirangan Committee recommendations on declaring certain areas as ecologically sensitive areas. "I will meet all MPs from states in Western Ghat region before August 12. We have more than …
Rural farmers of Kanthaladu and Thalayadu regions have called upon the Forest Department to speed up measures for the proposed solar fencing project aimed at protecting agricultural lands close to forest fringes. Several farmers had recently faced huge crop loss following encroachment by wild animals on farm fields. Though some …
Bhopal: Nine months on, Madhya Pradesh forest department is still clueless on reasons behind movement of tigers from Ratapani wildlife sanctuary towards Bhopal instead of Singori and Khiwni sanctuaries. On November 19, 2015, National Green Tribunal (NGT) had raised concerns over possible man-animal conflict as three tigers had strayed into …
DEHRADUN: The jumbos will patrol the porous southern side of the tiger reserve which is connected to Uttar Pradesh. Disclosing details, Corbett officials said that the Central Zoo Authority and the environment ministry have already given permission for the move. Karnataka has trained these elephants which were once embroiled in …
The High Court of Uttarakhand in Nainital has issued notice to the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the Uttarakhand State Government in a petition filed regarding the notification declaring wild boar as vermins in Uttarakhand. Stating this, the petitioner and People for Animals, Uttarakhand member secretary, …
Seeking to put at rest certain controversies pertaining to reports that the central government has allowed "killing" of animals to protect agricultural farms, new Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday said "no such orders" have been given by the union government. "I want to make it clear that neither centre …
While increasing wildlife attack is posing a serious threat to the life and property of the public, especially farmers living on the forest fringes, Wayanad district panchayat has urged the State government to grant sufficient funds from the State budget to mitigate the issue. In a resolution passed by the …
As the country grapples with rising incidents of man animal conflicts, a novel cell-phone based technology — “WildSeve” is set to show the way for minimising such tragedies. The technology is being successfully used in 284 villages fringing two of the country’s premier tiger reserves — Bandipur and Nagerhole in …
In the 1990s Murthy was a terror. He killed at least 20 people in Kerala's Wayanad and was a nightmare for residents of the nearby areas. But soon after the Kerala government declared him a 'killer', he migrated to the Gudalur forest division in the Nilgiris. Well, the Murthy in …
BIJNOR: A day after a tiger attacked two shepherds in the 144 sq km Amangarh tiger reserve, the forest department has begun a census of these nomads. As per reports, each shepherd family possesses a large number of cattle and they often venture deep into the jungles with their livestock. …
This exclusive look at the new WildSeve project in India shows how human-wildlife conflict can be addressed through technology. Dawn breaks to reveal the elephants’ damage: footprints the size of large woks puddled with rain, a wire fence mangled beyond repair, healthy tomato plants crushed, their ripe fruits oozing juice …
