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 …
KOKRAJHAR May24: Though the BTC Forest department has taken some steps against illegal felling of trees and encroachment in reserve forests in BTC, the syndromes continue unabated in the eyes of the department. The valuable sal logs are smuggled without much resistance for which the famous reserve forest virtually turns …
Kuldeep Chauhan Thanks to the acute shortage of dedicated forest guards and proper monitoring and surveillance, the Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary here faces threat from active
DIBRUGARH, MAY 16: Insecurity plagues the personnel who are supposed to protect the forests of Dibrugarh Range. The weakness of forest protection machinery is reflected by the strength of the staff. For thousand of hectares of forest land, there are just twenty-two personnel including the Range Officer. There are three …
about half of Nagzira wildlife sanctuary in Maharashtra’s Gondia district was destroyed in forest fires allegedly started by tendu leaf contractors in March and April. Conservationists working in the area accused the contractors of working hand-in-glove with forest officials. Most top officials were on leave at the time of the …
Coimbatore: The zonal conference and state executive committee of the Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association have appealed to the State Government to increase the manpower to three-fold from the present strength in areas prone to man-animal conflicts. A release from president of the Association, T.R.K. Kumara Menon, and State general …
Forest officials of the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district boycotted the tiger census fearing danger to their live as they suspected a large number of Maoists have entered the area. "That the Maoists are roaming freely inside the sanctuary area was alleged by forest personnel, who boycotted the tiger …
V NarayanaMurthi | ENS A SUSPECTED group of poachers hurled petrol bombs and opened 10 to 15 rounds of fire with their country-made guns after the forest personnel narrowed in on them at the Ambur reserved forest area, bordering Tirupattur and Vellore forest divisions on Monday. However, no one was …
The state forest department will file chargesheet in the tiger killing case at Keri, next week. The chargesheet comes almost a year after tiger was shot dead. Chief conservator of forest Dr Shashi Kumar confirming the filing of chargesheet refused to divulge much detail. However, sources say that the possibilities …
KOZHIKODE: The Forest guards, who are obliged to prevent poaching and hunting, are at risk owing to the lack of defensive weapons. Though Forest guards are bound venture deep into the forest for safeguarding animals and trees, the authorities are yet to realise the need for protecting the life of …
1411 tigers left. So says the latest advertisement campaign of a new telecom company and the wwf. It is powerful. It plays to our emotions. But it does not tell us what is being done, or should be done. It does not tell us how we, the consuming classes, can …
1411 tigers left. So says the latest advertisement campaign of a new telecom company and the wwf. It is powerful. It plays to our emotions. But it does not tell us what is being done, or should be done. It does not tell us how we, the consuming classes, can …
Peter Gelling A government programme, called Aceh Green, aims to integrate former combatants into society. For decades, the vast jungle interior that blankets the northern Indonesian province of Aceh provided a haven for thousands of rebel foot soldiers fighting a war of independence. Now, still marginalised and largely unemployed despite …
Mohamed Imranullah S. MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has issued notice to Debendranath Sarangi, Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forests; A.S. Balanathan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, and M. Vallalar, Dindigul Collector, in a contempt of court petition filed against them. S. Jayachandran, an environmental activist from …
The Orissa government plans to offer incentives to motivate officials reluctant to work in naxal areas. Though the government is yet to work out the package details, chief secretary T K Mishra said government employees posted in the naxal belt deserve incentives in line with the police. Seventeen of the …
31 Forest Service Officials To Participate In One Week Programme at GFSU Parth Shastri | TNN A tiger carcass is lying in the middle of the forest. Local authorities deploy a specialized team that notices some peculiar things on the spot - four big strands of hair, a cigarette stub …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The lion king will have better handlers henceforth. The Union ministry, in a recent decision, has said that only experienced personnel of the Indian Forest Services (IFS) will get critical posting like conservation of Asiatic lions in Gir. This decision was taken at a recent …
ADILABAD, Dec. 21: The demand for setting up forest stations on the lines of police station in complicated forest sections such as Dedra, Voipet and Sirichelma is gaining ground to control teakwood smuggling and the felling of trees, both of which are rampant in the district. Forest staff at Itchoda …
Adilabad, Dec. 20: A forest beat officer S. Manthya Naik 's sacrifice to protect the forest from professional teak wood smugglers Multanis went unnoticed, amid the the excitement created by the climate change conference in Copenhagen preventing various kinds of emissions which affects climate, worldwide. Manthya Naik was a forest …
A second year student swooned and was rushed to hospital Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam wants Government to hold talks with students Mettupalayam: The police on Thursday removed nearly 111 students of the Forest College at Mettupalayam, including girl students, for attempting to stage a road blockade as part of their strike. …
