Making villagers pay
The recent approval of a relocaiton package for Sariska tiger sanctuary has once again put the onus of biodiversity loss on local Gujjars. the entire process of preparing the relocation plan has been
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Politicians back illegal sand removal in state
Sand mining in large parts of Maharashtra continues without mandatory environmental clearance, which is against the Supreme Court’s orders, activist Sumaira Abdulali has alleged. Abdulali, who had filed
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First tiger reserve soon
Himachal Pradesh could soon get its first tiger reserve that will also cover the adjoining foothills of Uttaranchal and Haryana."The wildlife board has given the green signal for converting a
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Poachers on the prowl
Madhya Pradesh, home to 30 per cent tigers of the country, is going the Sariska way. The dwindling number of tiges in the national parks and forests comlimented with arrests of poachers having links
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In Sunderbans, sharks get tiger treatment
: Tigers are disappearing and elephants are being hunted for their ivory. In Sunderbans, another wildlife threat looms large. An investigation by this newspaper has revealed rampant poaching of
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Environmental disaster, its conservation in J&K
<p>Jammu and Kashmir State being mountainous in nature, has been divided into three distinct regions. These are (i) The vale of Kashmir, known as paradise on earth; (ii) The Ladakh, centre for Buddhist culture with a unique geographical setup; and (iii) The Jammu region, well known for its plains, submountain area known as Kandi vis-a-vis Siwaliks of Himalayas.
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Tusk force
Corbett National Park, north-east of the Capital in the state of Uttaranchal is one of the best-preserved natural habitats of endangered species like tiger, leopard and the Indian elephant. Corbett
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Rajasthan draws up Rs 219-cr plan to restructure Sariska, Ranthambore
It's damage control time at the infamous Sariska Tiger Reserve. Rajasthan government has drawn out a Rs 219-crore plan to improve and restructure the reserve. The Ranthambore national park also
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Eco-tourism guidelines empower local communities
All tourist facilities within five km of any protected area will be monitored by local communities to guard its environment and wildlife. According to the eco-tourism guidelines proposed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, the local communities will monitor the activities of tour operators to ensure that they do not cause animals disturbance while taking visitors to the protected
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Poachers once, protectors now
The youths tied up with the Project Tiger authorities, and with the help of the Delhi-based Wildlife Protection Society of India and Worldwide Fund for Nature, turned into "animal guides' helping the
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Moderate genetic diversity may just save tigers
The silver lining amid reports of dwindling tiger population in national parks is that their genetic diversity is moderate. DNA fingerprinting tests conducted by the Hyderabad-based Centre for
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Rajasthan panel wants tigers relocated
The State Empowered Committee (SEC) on Forest and Wildlife Management, appointed by Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia in February, has recommended that tigers be relocated to Sariska.
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BJP vows to tackle tiger, climate crises
For the first time, a political party
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Little things they do for tigers
Former Indian ambassador to Nepal, K V Rajan and his wife, Geeta Rajan, made several trips to Royal Chitwan National Park. But they were never as close to the tigers in the wild as they were at an
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Forest staff exempted
The State Chief Electoral Officer has reportedly assured to consider exemption of staff and vehicles of wildlife/tiger reserves from election duties during general elections - 2009.
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Tiger task force chief briefs Minister
Sunita Narain, Chairperson of the Tiger task force, on Thursday briefed the Union Environment and Forest Minister, A.Raja, and the Environment Secretary Prodipto Ghosh, ahead of the presentation of
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Tiger task force report ready, dissent included
The Task Force on Tiger Reserves set up by the PM, after the big cats vanished from Sariska and started disappearing in Ranthambore, has finally completed its study, without the members arriving at
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Tiger monitoring in KNP
Kaziranga National Park (KNP) authorities in Assam have started regular monitoring of its tiger population in view of the census next year on instructions by the Union Ministry of Environment and
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Mrs. Hume's pheasant in northeastern India
Mrs. Hume's Pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae) is a poorly known, but globally threatened bird. It is thinly distributed in the hill tracts of northeastern India, northern and western Myanmar, southwestern China
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Evaluating prospects of reintroducing Cheetahs in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
This paper evaluates the deciduous thorn forest encompassing Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary as a possible reintroduction site of cheetah. This area was selected because it has a large area, the density of human