Order of the Madras High Court regarding relocation of Thengumarahada village in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu. The court said that the guidelines for preparation of the Tiger Conservation Plan itself mandates relocation of human settlements affecting the core area of tiger reserves. The Supreme Court in Ajay Dubey …
The Madhya Pradesh government's overdrive to get white tigers from Odisha has caused concern among the wildlife lobby. The undue hurry - to beat the deadline before the code of conduct for state election comes into force - is driven by the political leadership's urge to win votes in Rewa …
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 crore, according to its own report, for its grand plan to free all the protected areas (PAs) from human …
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 crore, according to its own report, for its grand plan to free all the protected areas (PAs) from human …
The 12-member committee formed to look into the translocation of Asiatic lions from the Gir sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh will now study the threat perception to these big cats in the proposed habitat. A two-member expert committee has been formed to list out threats and to …
The move came following a Supreme Court judgement on April 15 which held that the species was under threat of extinction and needed a second home Madhya Pradesh government has sought over Rs 7 crore from the Centre to shift Asiatic lions from Gujarat to its Palpur Kuno Sanctuary under …
Relocation of a few tribal villages from the Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Adilabad district as an important measure towards improvement of the habitat has once again come to the fore following the recent submission of a technical report on monitoring of tiger prey in its core area. Stressing upon …
In a unique gesture to end man-animal conflict, villagers living along an elephant corridor in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district will relocate their homes to give a passage to jumbos. Ram Terang village in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, lies in the middle of a main elephant corridor through which several wild …
Kishanganga Power Project To ensure supply of safe drinking water to the population living in and around the catchment areas of Kishanganga Power Project, coming up in district Bandipora, a water filtration plant would be installed and commissioned by Oct this year while Rs. 75 crore have been earmarked for …
The second meeting of the 12-member committee formed to decide on the lion translocation from Gir sanctuary in Gujarat to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh will be held on August 19. The meeting has only one agenda — a presentation by Gujarat officials on conservation of lions. Meanwhile, Gujarat has …
Logic Behind Lions’ Translocation Hasn’t Changed Since Then If you thought the question of diversity in gene pool and the argument on dangers of putting all eggs in one basket prompting the idea of translocation of lions first came up in the ’90s, then you are wrong. Even in 1956, …
Madhya Pradesh officials once again tried to mislead the 12-member committee formed by the Union ministry of forest and environment for translocation of Gir lions. During a key meeting held in Delhi on Monday, members of the committee were told by MP officials that villagers living within the sanctuary area …
Gujarat To Pitch Arguments Against The Translocation In 1st Panel Meeting Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to pitch its arguments against the translocation of the Asiatic lions before a 12-member committee at a meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi on Monday. The government will point out technical …
The district administration, at a meeting last evening, finalised land for relocating Kanakwal village. The village residents had in April this year jolted the government with their decision to leave the village that is located next to the Bathinda refinery. They alleged that pollution from the refinery was making life …
Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are opposing moves by the Department of Wild Life Conservation (DWLC) to shut down the transit home for elephants, Ath Athuru Sevana in Ritigala. The DWLC is reportedly planning on shutting down the transit home in Ritigala and shifting the elephants to the elephant orphanage in …
New Guidelines May Hinder MP’s Lion Shifting Plan The latest guidelines of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on translocation of wildlife could prove to be a major roadblock for Madhya Pradesh’s lion dreams. The world’s oldest and most trusted global environmental organization says shifting animals outside their …
To know about density, abundance and demographic ratio of tigers, the wildlife wing of the forest department for the first time will implement a research project titled 'Long-term monitoring of tigers, co-predators and prey species in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) and adjoining landscapes'. On June 25, the state government gave …
Have Asiatic lions found their own homes within the home around the Gir forest? State forest department officials said over the last two decades, lions have dispersed from the Gir forest, which was a core area of Asiatic lions, and have settled down in respective areas and made their permanent …
ADC urges Karnal villagers to relocate to Saudapur village Acting on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Panipat, RS Verma, yesterday held a meeting with residents of Khukhrana village and urged them to cooperate with the government in their relocation to Saudapur village. They persuaded the …
Environmentalists on Tuesday slammed Gujarat's attempt to halt the relocation of some of the country's endangered lions, saying it was undermining efforts to boost their dwindling numbers. The country's top court ruled in April that some of the 411 Asiatic Lions found only in the Gir forests of the western …
Days after the successful translocation of old rhino calf Purabi, around one year old, from Kaziranga to Manas, the Assam forest department in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) is contemplating to translocate five more rhino calves by end of this year. For the first time the Assam …
