<p>This draft implementation protocol by the environment ministry details procedures for determining critical wildlife babitats within National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries as required by the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.</p>
The move will prevent people from encroaching the forest land One more wildlife sanctuary will dot Karnataka which already has 22 wildlife sanctuaries. The State government has officially declared a part of the Kollegala Range Forest as Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. Off the 1,224 sqkm of the Range forest, 906.18 sqkm (90,618.75 hectares) has been declared as sanctuary.
The pugmark method of counting tigers in the wild is a tedious exercise. But this method really works amidst all modern criticism and technology
Files Review Petition In SC; Says MP Misled Court Ahmedabad: The battle over the translocation of lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh is back in the Supreme Court. The Gujarat government on Tuesday moved a petition challenging the April 15 order which directed the state to translocate lions to Palpur-Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
The wandering big cat has outsmarted all efforts of forest department to catch it. While the beast has successfully managed to cross various regions, forest officials have only failed attempts to count for.
It is shocking that Karnataka attaches little importance to preservation of wildlife, though, as part of the tiger and elephant belts, it is a vital link in the chain of wildlife in India. The
LURKING BIG CAT REMAINS ELUSIVE Postponed Harvesting, Low Attendance In Schools, Midnight Vigils Become A Routine The two primary schools in Saili Kiratpur village of Barabanki division have witnessed a sudden lowering of attendance since Monday. Parents are wary of their children stepping out of homes even for attending the school.
Discarded waste damages ecology of the hills Long considered by many as the best time of the year to visit this hill station, summer is also viewed as the worst from the environment and pollution point of view. The reason: Many among the tourists coming to ‘enjoy’ the season here leave behind their mark — in one form or the other — on the ecology of the place and their vehicles considerably increase air pollution while many of hawkers from the plains trading in a variety of items including cheap musical instruments, add to the noise pollution.
Guwahati is a city, where, say old timers, people, some 50 years ago, used to come shooting tigers at Chandmari, now a bustling urban area that includes, among others, the Gauhati Commerce College
There is strong resentment among the nature lovers of Darrang district and the Orang area in Udalguri district over the recent spurt in the incidents of suspected killing of animals within the Orang National Park in Darrang district. It may be mentioned that close on the heels of the killing of a full-grown female rhino by poachers on January 8, the carcass of a mature male rhino was reportedly
The recent removal of encroachments around Kaziranga triggered strong protests by the Kaziranga Jeep Safari Association and other stakeholders. The efforts of the Feb.
India and Norway recently began a collaborative project to genetically create shrimps that can resist the 'white-spot disease'. The Indo-Norweign project 'Genetic improvement of Tiger Shrimp through
With the threat of West Nile virus and the invasion of fierce Asian tiger mosquitoes in his neighborhood in Arlington,va., Donald R. Hall a retired electromechanical engineer, went on the offensive
Over the past three decades, considerable financial resources and many administrative measures have been directed towards saving the Indian tiger. Although it cannot boast of any extraordinary
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The Sundarbans has some 362 tigers according to the official survey conducted in 1993. Bangladesh Environment and Forest Minister Tariqul Islam said the House. He said in a recent survey conducted
Close on the heels of the shoot-out of a big cat in the Sunderkhal area of Corbett Tiger Reserve after the killing of five persons in the area, the suggestion of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on imposition of Section 144 of CrPC to
Marking a major departure from the report of the committee led by ecologist Madhav Gadgil that had called for declaring the entire Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive area (ESA), the 10-member high-level
The flora and fauna of north Bengal have been suffering because of unscientific mining in Bhutan. Buxa Tiger Reserve, Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary and the Jalpaiguri forest division, located along the border, are the worst sufferers.
