Reply by Army in OA No 782 of 2023 (News item titled Forest Department sends notice to Army HQ for tree offences, which appeared in The Times of India dated 18/12/2023). The report of December 23, 2024 was uploaded to the NGT site on April 17, 2025. The affidavit was …
SEEKING JOB ASSURANCE: Students of Forest College and Research Institute at Mettupalayam who came to Coimbatore on Monday to submit a petition to the Collector.
Hyderabad, Nov. 19: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday suspended an order issued by Mr Kallol Biswas, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Anantapur restraining the Anantapur Mining Corporation from mining iron ore at Obulapuram. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy granted the interim order while dealing with a petition filed …
Applications have been invited by the Forest Department for the direct recruitment of candidates to fill 218 vacant posts of forest protectors and 863 vacant posts of forest guards. Eligibility criteria Candidates, who are applying for the post of forest conservators, should have passed II-year PUC (Science) with Physics, Maths, …
Aarti Dhar KATHMANDU: India has revised the guidelines for the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) to deploy forest personnel in place of the local police, with scope for involving locals like Van Gujjars. In the National Input Document tabled at the just-concluded Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop, India said that as …
Like every year, this year too the Pune division of the Forest Department's recruitment drive to fill the posts of forest guards has received considerable response. The drive is being held on Taljai Hills. For 59 posts, about 4,500 applications were received. B N Kadam, assistant conservator of forests (Pune) …
When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. Former head of Project Tiger, he told Sumana Narayanan the department
PALAKKAD: The project submitted by the State Government for starting a forest academy in Kerala is under active consideration of the Centre, said Forest Minister Benoy Viswom. Speaking at the seminar hall of the Kerala Forest School in Walayar on Thursday after taking salute at the passing-out parade of the …
KRISHNAGIRI: A forest watcher was injured in firing by an unidentified gang in the reserve forests near Krishnagiri, bordering Andhra Pradesh, in the early hours of Sunday. A gang suspected to be involved in poaching small animals and smuggling sandalwood from the reserve forests was spotted by forest watchers and …
Subhash Chandra NS,DH News Service,Bangalore: The Forest Department, which is on an encroachment clearance spree in Bangalore Rural district, has been now forced to seek police assistance to achieve its objectives, following a threat from land sharks. The scenario cannot get worse. Despite the Court
COMPENSATION: Forests Minister N. Selvaraj handing over a cheque to P. Anandan, son of Pachamuthu, the forest guard who lost his life, on Saturday. KRISHNAGIRI: A forest guard was trampled to death by a wild elephant near Singarpettai in Krishnagiri district on Friday night. State Forests Minister N. Selvaraj placed …
Life is grim for the tribals living in the reserve forest areas of the country, who face pressure from corrupt officials on one hand, and the environment lobby on the other.
Condemning the incident, villagers of Mudaganur and surrounding areas staged a demonstration at Veeranahosahalli gate. A villager was injured in the exchange of fire between smugglers and officials of Forest Department in Veeranahosahalli in Nagarhole National Park on Sunday. The injured Shivanna is undergoing treatment in Hunsur Government Hospital. Acting …
From 2001 April to March 2009 different Field Directors have given priority to different things forgetting the basics of management of tiger reserve that security was the most important item as Panna Tiger Reserve is surrounded by large number of villages indulging in poaching. Monitoring of movement of Pardhis and …
Give forest guards the slip to hunt deer on festival day heavy barricades and forest guards did not deter tribals of Jharkhand from celebrating their annual hunting festival, Sendra. The festival is an old ritual where tribals from the state and bordering areas of Orissa, Bihar and Bengal, join to …
Truck used to smuggle deodar; policemen acquitted on april 22, the conservator of forests, Mandi district, ordered the confiscation of a police vehicle used to smuggle deodar wood seven years ago. The police truck registered in the name of Mandi
The aim of this paper is to trace the emergence of a subculture of resistance following a strict management regime of the state institution of forestry in Kanha national park of Madhya Pradesh. It illustrates how the state as an institution has been limited in its capacity to protect these …
The aim of this paper is to trace the emergence of a subculture of resistance following a strict management regime of the state institution of forestry in Kanha national park of Madhya Pradesh. It illustrates how the state as an institution has been limited in its capacity to protect these …
Chief Conservator of Forest Dr Shashi Kumar, IFS, inaugurated a two week refresher course for frontline staff of Forest Department recently at the Forest Training School, Valpoi, in the presence of other forest officers. Dr Kumar in his address highlighted the need and importance of training and stated that fresh …
People do not know about tiger behaviour. They drive the animal to aggression Recent incidents of tigers straying pose a new challenge in conservation. It
