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 …
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 …
An inter-department coordination meeting was organised by NGOs World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Osai for the forest and line departments and NGOs to avert human-animal conflicts that are on the rise in Coimbatore district. It was held on the Tamil Nadu Forest Academy premises, on Monday. Five key …
African Parks, in collaboration with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, are helping to preserve this threatened species by moving 500 elephants in one of the biggest events ever to happen to Malawi’s wildlife Tourism. Populations of African elephants are being depleted at concerning rates, with fewer than 450,000 …
The Centre has planned to start a massive exercise of counting country's elephants next month. The entire process is expected to take six-seven months and final census report will be released in March-April next year. The environment ministry has called a meeting of stakeholders on July 15 before beginning the …
At least 74 tigers died between January 1 and June 26 this year in India. Worryingly, there is also a spike in poaching-related fatalities as 2016 reaches its halfway mark, statistics collated from different parts of India by a well-known wildlife NGO shows. Among these, 14 tigers were electrocuted, poisoned …
India's forest cover increased to 24 per cent of its geographical area in 2013, from 23.4 per cent in 2005.India's forest cover increased to 24 per cent of its geographical area in 2013, from 23.4 per cent in 2005. Bilaspur: Water bodies will be developed every 10 sq km in …
Kerala's Forest Minister K Raju raised the demand during a brief meeting in Thiruvananthapuram with Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Prakash Javadekar. The Kerala government has sought Rs 400 crore financial aid from the Centre for various activities of the forest department, including infrastructure development and rehabilitation …
Bilaspur: Chhattisgarh high court has asked the state government to present a plan in three weeks with regard to releasing of wild tusker kept in captivity at Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR). The said plan has to be prepared based on the report of the animal welfare board and its advisory. …
The draft national forest policy has touched upon the contentious issue of human-animal conflict by proposing to put funds obtained from the diversion of forest land for industrial projects to create safe wildlife corridors. Culling orders of at least three animals by the Union environment ministry had sparked a controversy …
Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing of the forest department seems clueless about the deaths of 39 elephants even months after their carcasses were found. Sources said at least 39 elephants died within a span of 14 months between April 2015 and June 12, 2016. But the forest department could not explain …
Notwithstanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for conservation and to project India's eco-sensitive stance, the government's call for culling of "vermin" animals has caused a blot on its image abroad, with over 1.5 million people asking 'what's wrong with the Indian government'. "It is distressing to learn that protected animals …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gaur Maulekhi Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/06/2016 regarding government's notification declaring nilgais, wild boars and monkeys as vermin. Next date of hearing is on 15/07/2016. Ranjit Kumar, Solicitor General has stated before the Court that the …
