Census/ Habitat Monitoring

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding sinking of Liberian ship off the Kochi coast, Kerala, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …

Final round of census begins in Delhi

The second and last phase of census operations began in the Capital on Wednesday with the enumeration of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at her residence in the presence of Registrar General of India Dr. C. Chandramauli and Director Census Operations in Delhi, Varsha Joshi. Ms. Dikshit provided the officials relevant …

Fresh monkey census likely in HP

A fresh headcount of monkeys to make the latest assessment of the extent of human-monkey conflict on the ground is on the cards, after increased demands from affected farmer groups for need to review the state wildlife department

Census Commissioner seeks urban elite's cooperation

NEW DELHI: Population enumeration, the second phase of Census 2011, which begins simultaneously across the country from February 9, will gather information under various heads such as demography, economic activity, literacy, cultural, housing and household amenities, urbanisation, migration, fertility, language, religion, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. As many as 240 …

Tiger census report to be released in March

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Tiger count up in North, but falling in Naxal belt

There is some good news for tiger lovers: preliminary results of the second all-India tiger census, due to be released in March, show a rise in the tiger density of the country

Census-II will count the parts that make the whole

Census 2011 will be the most inclusive headcount, taking special care to count segments of the population that have traditionally returned low data

Census records rise in crocodile population

KENDRAPARA: As many as 1,654 estuarine crocodiles, including four crocodiles measuring more than 20 feet, were sighted by the forest officials in the water bodies at Bhitarkanika National Park during the recent census. DFO of the Park Manoj Kumar Mohapatra said the recent census report indicates that the population of …

Bird census at Nangal wetland on Jan 22

Nangal: The second bird census at national Nangal wetland would be held on January 22. Bird watchers from all over North India would count the birds, especially migratory ones that come knocking every winter from Siberia. This is for the second consecutive that census exercise is being undertaken to study …

Tiger count begins

CHITWAN, JAN 16 - The count of the endangered stripped tiger has been begun in Chitwan National Park today. According to Chief Conservation Officer at the Park, Narendraman Babu Pradhan, the count has been started from the Chure region of the Park and camera trapping system was adopted for the …

Bird census conducted

HOSUR: A day-long bird census was conducted by the Forest Department at the seven forest ranges in the district from dawn-to-dusk on Wednesday for the first time. It was part of the Integrated Water Bird Census conducted across all wetlands and bird congregations in the State. A 240-member team of …

58 kinds of water birds identified

The Department of Forest has identified 58 varieties of water birds in different parts of the district. The District Forest Officer, V. Sundara Raju, told

Wolves, Bears Blamed For Decline Of Elk In Yellowstone

Wolves and grizzly bears are mostly to blame for a steep population decline in a signature elk herd in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park, government scientists said on Wednesday. The elk population in the northern section of the park is prized by sportsmen who hunt outside Yellowstone boundaries …

First-ever census to enumerate wetland birds

For the first time, the Forest Department here carried out an estimation of wetland birds in the district on Wednesday to have in their possession an authenticated database of water bird species for their future conservation and management. Split into three teams, the Department officials accompanied by the students of …

Forest department conducts day-long bird enumeration

A day-long bird census was conducted by the forest department here at the Point Calimere Wetland Complex at Kodiakkarai in Nagapattinam on Wednesday. The bird population estimation was part of the Integrated Water Bird Census conducted across all wetlands and bird congregations in the State. A 45-member team of ornithologists …

Use MGNREGS records to identify poor

Union rural development and panchayati raj minister C P Joshi on Wednesday suggested that the record s maintained under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme could be used to identify the poor to prepare the BPL census 2011. Emphasising the need for a one-dimensional reference for surveying the …

Census on water birds under way

The Wildlife wing of the State Forest Department began a two-day water bird census on Tuesday. An official release said the Wildlife wing conducted a two-day training programme for Foresters and Forest Guards last year in Point Calimere sanctuary in Kodiakarai. The census would help in identifying the condition of …

Bird census from today

The bird census would begin on Wednesday in different parts of the district and hence the officials of the forest department had requested the bird watchers to extend their cooperation for the successful conduct of this programme. According to sources there are many tanks including Erachakulam, Putheri, Alathankarai, Manickaputheri, Therakalputhoor, …

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