Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Reigniting the debate over India's tiger census, which has shown a 30% rise in the big cat's population in four years, a British-Indian team of scientists has said the exercise mostly likely suffers from a measuring error — a finding rebuffed by experts involved in the census exercise. At the …
They Fear Such A Deal Could Help The Centre For Wildlife Studies Take Over Karnataka Forests Bangalore: A draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Karnataka forest department and the Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) has not gone down well with environmentalists. They say the move will result in CWS …
The second phase of the tiger enumeration exercise will commence in the first week of January and entail camera-trapping of tigers and leopards in Bandipur. The first phase of the census concluded on Monday with the volunteers dispersing after six days of data collection pertaining to carnivores, herbivores, and the …
SC Greenlights 26,000-Cr Plan Mumbai: Wildlife activists said the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) project, which received clearance from the apex court last week, should not “disrupt movement of animals” in sanctuaries. Campaigners feel that the railway network, which will cut through Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and Tungareshwar sanctuary, …
Wildlife Conservation Society Completes Survey Using Advanced Camera-Trap Method The state is set to get an accurate count of tigers in Wayanad forests in a month. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has completed the counting of the big cats with advanced camera trap studies. Even the last tiger count conducted …
Tiger population in India has significantly increased in the wild, thanks to protection of additional habitat of the big cat and stringent anti-poaching patrols, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) said. In south-western India, where WCS research and conservation efforts began 25 years ago, a major rebound of tigers in the …
Are tiger habitats shrinking in the Western Ghats region which was recently placed in the World Heritage List of the Unesco? A study conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India had shown that while tiger habitats in the Western Ghats were shrinking, the tiger population had shown a marked increase …
A forty-minute unique educational film The Truth About Tigers by world-renowned wildlife filmmaker Shekhar Dattatri talks about the tiger’s life from birth to death and illustrates how different human activities impact the conservation of this great predator. The film, which was released in Bangalore as an educational tool to conserve …
Coming a long way since the days of the flawed pugmark tiger census, followed for over three decades, the country is all set to become the world pioneer in big cat monitoring with its new refined phase-four protocol. As per the latest method, annual monitoring of tiger source population would …
Resettlement Can Cause Problems Because Livestock Is On Top Of Big Cats’ Menu Ahmedabad: The state government may be planning to move Maldharis out of Gir sanctuary, but a study has revealed that livestock contributed as a major food source for the lions. The study on “The Relevance of Maldhari …
Wildlife biologists have confirmed that the tiger found dead a week ago in Bhadra Tiger Reserve was the same animal released into the wild after much fanfare by former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. The tiger had hit the headlines for travelling a record 280 km from Bandipur to Esoor (Gama) …
The celebrations unfolding about 16% increase in tiger numbers (to 1,706) across the country deserve a closer look. To demand such scrutiny is not to deny the essential fact that the central government and some of the states have taken important steps to conserve tigers after the debacles of 2004-2006. …
Hoshiarpur: To prevent human-animal conflict, the state Forest and Wildlife Department will soon fence wildlife sanctuavries across the state. It will spend Rs 58 crore on various projects to be taken under this scheme of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry. Talking to TNS, state forest minister Tikhsan Sud said …
Tangru Miji lives on the border of Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. He used to be a skilled hunter until the park authorities recently convinced him to be a part of their anti-poaching efforts in the reserve. Like other forest guards, Miji leaves for patrolling in the morning and …
The focus should be on operational problems in the field A bad workman, it is said, finds fault with the tools. This seems to be true of the environment and forest ministry when it comes to wildlife conservation. Unable to check the rise in wildlife crime and the illicit trade …
Sonia Van Gilder Cooke From Burmese pythons to pygmy marmosets, there is a roaring illegal trade in animals online. A recent convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species found one rare species
RASHME SEHGAL Wild elephants head the list of electrocuted animals and the Wildlife Protection Society of India ound that 30 elephants were electrocuted in 2009. Poachers have found that electrocution is the easiest way to kill elephants, tigers and leopards in the wild. All they have to do is steal …
M Madhusudan | New Delhi The census (2009-10) for estimating the population of tigers in the country will kick off in November this year. But amid widespread concern over their dwindling numbers and allegations of
