MP agrees but says only 4 fell prey to poaching
Jairam Ramesh
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Trouble in tide country
Bengal is known worldwide for the pristine natural beauty of the Sunderabans , home to the Royal Bengal Tigers, and its fish, but sadly this delta is under threat , courtesy the accumulation of
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Raje govt suspends chief wildlife warden
The Rajasthan Government suspended eight forest officials, including the Chief Wildlife Warden, on finding them guilty of serious lapses in the management of the tiger reserves in Sariska and
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Getting set for the tiger count
India will invite global experts to join its first national census of tigers and other predators. This announcements comes amid fears that the animals are vanishing from the jungles. The count begins
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'No tigress in Sariska since 2001'
In a startling revelation that can put the management of Sariska Tiger Reserve in the dock, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CBI, headed by Deputy Inspector General BK Sharma has found
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Tigress tranquilised, captured near H D Kote
HD Kote (Mysore dist), dhns: Forest personnel have succeeded in capturing a tigress, which had created panic in and around Karapura in H D Kote taluk, on Sunday.
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Camera trapping best for tiger count, says wildlife biologist
The wildlife biologist K. Ullas Karanth favours the adoption of the camera trapping method instead of the pugmark method to estimate the population of tigers in the country. He has made the
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Tracking Royal Bengal tigers
Little is known about the habits of an estimated 668 Royal Bengal tigers that live in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a United Naion's (UN) heritage site that stretches along
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In model reserve, retching tiger worries keepers
No Tiger Reserve is run better and none has employees who will go to such lengths to uphold its reputation. But even Kanha is not immune to pressures of human population and the danger it poses to
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Indian PM orders moves to save disappearing tigers
Alarmed by reports of a rapid fall in tiger numbers, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has ordered a police investigation and created a new taskforce to save the endangered species. Environment
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Similipal tiger numbers remain a mystery
At a time when wildlife experts and government officials have exhausted all their energies trying to spot a single tiger in Rajasthan's Sariska reserve, doubts are now being cast on the number of
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Nature-lovers welcome Manmohan's initiative on wildlife conservation
The commitment shown by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh towards conservation of the country's wildlife in general and flagship species like tiger and vulture in particular at the National Board for
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Concern over depleting number of tigers
Eyebrows are being raised in knowledgeable circles here over continuous lack of concern, even at the National Wildlife Board level, to ensure a better coordination between the managements of tiger
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PM orders task force on tiger status
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today decided to constitute a Task Force on the Status of Tigers. He was chairing the meeting of the National Board for Wildlife, convened after 17 months, following The
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Missing tigers high on agenda of wildlife meeting
The missing tigers from the country's sanctuaries are likely t dominate the agenda of the first meeting of the newly constituted National Boards for Wildlife (NBWL) scheduled for tomorrow. This is
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VIETNAM
Given the pace of development and the concurrent c1cstructionofforests in Vietnam, the Indochina tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) could well be on the path of extinction. The dwindling numbers
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Ecotourism in Kerala, India: Lessons from the Eco-Development Project in Periyar Tiger Reserve
The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the ecotourism project at the Periyar Tiger Reserve (Thekkady), in Kerala, India. The Ministry of Environment has undertaken to promote local community participation in forest management, through the
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Meet to focus on dwindling vulture population
On March 17, when experts and government officials will sit across the table for the National Board for Wildlife meeting, it will not be just the tiger that they would be planning to save.To be
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Vanishing point
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently responded to the SOS of India's endangered-and now disappearing- tigers. Seemingly moved by Sariska's tragedy, he wrote to Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara
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Indo-Bhutan team up for conservation - Centre plans to sign MoU to save wildlife
The Centre is inching towards signing an MoU on wildlife cooperation with Bhutan. A source said a draft MoU highlighting the areas of cooperation and the way for implementation had been prepared. “It