Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Climate change and rising sea levels eventually may wipe out one of the world’s last and largest tiger strongholds, scientists warned in a new study. The cats are among 500,000 land species whose survival is in question because of threats to their natural habitats, according to a UN report published …
The two officials are Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve director S. Kulandivel and field director of Sundarbans Tiger Reserve Nilanjan Mullick. Kolkata: The Kolkata International Wildlife and Environment Film Festival (KIWEFF) authorities conferred its “Golden Tiger Best Green Administrator Award” jointly to two government officials working in the Sundarns. The two officials …
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed the state pollution control board to carry out surprise checks on cruise vessels operating in the Sunderbans to find out whether they discharge waste in the ecologically fragile zone. The NGT had taken up the issue of environmental degradation in the …
An ethnographic survey on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans shows how exclusionary conservation practices are intensifying the vulnerabilities of the local population. An inclusive conservation policy would privilege both biodiversity and people’s livelihoods.
KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Tuesday, banned the use of music systems by tourists in the Sunderbans. The bench of Justice S P Wangdi and Prof P C Mishra also forbade disc jockeys from performing during launch parties within the mangrove forests. The principal secretaries …
KOLKATA: The number of big cats in the Indian Sunderbans is healthy and rising. A recent camera-trap exercise has spotted at least 9 more tigers over last year's figures in the entire mangroves, including the tiger reserve area and the South 24-Parganas forest division. The assessment exercise by the ministry …
Environmental activist Bittu Sahgal on Sunday expressed concern over the proposed construction of the Rampal thermal power plant in the Sunderbans, saying the project would trigger unavoidable environmental consequences resulting in loss of investment. Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of fourth India for Animals conference, the environmentalist said …
Citing concerns over the impact on the World Heritage Site in Sundarbans, including on the Royal Bengal Tiger, the United Nations (UN) has recommended Bangladesh to scrap the proposed 1,320MW thermal power plant in Rampal, and consider another location. The power plant, named the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, is …
KOLKATA: Rampant practice of prawn seed catching along the rivers of Sundarban archipelago is not only damaging the marine ecosystem but also endangering the stability of embankments, says a new book. "In an age marked by environmental consciousness and biodiversity conservation, prawn seed catching has become a matter of much …
KOLKATA: Ashden India Renewable Energy Collective - a group of Ashden award winners have sent a note to the major political parties in the state like Trinamool and CPM as to what plans they have to develop sustainable environment with the use of renewable energy. It has been noticed that …
India's Sundarbans is facing increasing pressure owing to peoples' needs and multiple uses that coastal and marine areas can be put to, a group of researchers from West Bengal told an international conference. "The marine environment of Indian Sundarbanswhich includes the adjacent coastal area, is facing a number of pressures …
The World Bank usually tames wild economies and helps countries stabilize their fluctuating finances, but in a global first, the banker for the world has gone to a zoo that too in India! This is a new addition in the portfolio of the bank as part of its ever-expanding work …
India and Bangladesh are working together to come out with a plan for the joint management of ecosystems to preserve Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change. "Bangladesh and India are working on a joint management of the ecosystem in …
More alert has been sounded for the Sunderbans tiger on the climate front. Of the 12 species that the National Geographic has highlighted in its current volume on climate change, the Sunderbans tiger has been listed as one that will struggle. "Eventually, they'll need scuba gear to live in the …
KOLKATA: To track the movement of tigers and encroachers in protected forest areas, a drone would soon be flying in the Sundarban delta. "Sitting at one point we would be able to scan a forest area of 15-20 sq km. It will be a force multiplier for us as we …
Bangladesh wildlife officials are mulling a ban on access to the Sundarbans after an alarming rise in poaching of tigers that live in the world's largest mangrove forest, rangers said on Tuesday. Five skins of endangered Royal Bengal tigers have been seized so far in 2015, compared to an average …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Thursday ordered a blanket ban on construction in the Sundarbans. Only the work permitted under Coastal Regulation Zone - I (CRZ-I) guidelines can henceforth take place within the world's largest mangrove delta, the bench ordered. It also held that expansion and …
On the occasion of Global Tiger Day today, wildlife experts said the majestic big cat emerged as the ambassador of India's conservation efforts. "Tiger symbolises our overall conservation efforts. It is a vehicle and an ambassador of how we can take care of the conservation of our forests," Sundarban Biosphere …
KOLKATA: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up 25 permanent monitoring stations in five islands of the Sunderbans to study the impact of climate change on the mangroves and its fauna. Three research fellows engaged for the monitoring have already collected data from the sites that will now form …
Tiger reserves may not be solely about conservation. They also have tremendous economic value, the first ever Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India, published by the Centre for Ecological Services Management (CESM) and Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, a couple of months ago has revealed. Of the six …
