Counter affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in the matter of Pradeep Singh Shekhawat Vs State of Assam & Others dated 30/01/2025. The application complained about the illegal constructions, including the illegal construction of road to Bhuban Hill, within the Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary located …
For over two decades, the State Forest Department is mulling over the creation of a wildlife sanctuary in Kodaikanal hills. Yet, the task has not been accomplished. The 14th Legislative Assembly’s Petitions Committee says in a report: “The committee asks the forest department to take steps to carve out a …
PANJIM: In a major development, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has directed two mines operating within 10 kms of the Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary in Sanguem taluka to shut down operations with immediate effect for failing to get clearance from the National Wildlife Board. The orders have been …
close to the Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa to stop their operations. The MOEF order has observed that both the mines — Gangadhar Narsinghdas Agrawal and Pandurang Timblo Industries — had no clearance from the National Board for Wildlife as both these mining leases operate within 10 km away …
‘Realignment of highways in forests will prevent big cat deaths’ The recent capture of a ‘man-eating’ tiger at Bommalapura hadi in HD Kote taluk in Mysore district (near Nagarahole Tiger Reserve) makes a case, once again, to defragment critical wildlife habitats. The tiger, according to wildlife experts, had a home …
The Centre would approach the Supreme Court to look into the rightful claims of tribals living near wildlife sanctuaries, while addressing the ban on tiger tourism. On July 24, the Supreme Court had issued a stern directive to nine states to notify core and buffer zones of tiger reserves and …
The increased tiger population in the three states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the last census is seen as the result of better conservation efforts. But now, some of the tiger reserves and sanctuaries in these regions are facing increased threat from the poacher gangs, which were until …
PANJIM: The much-awaited report on buffer zone for wildlife sanctuaries and national park, the recommendations of which is likely to result in the closure of 44 mines, would be submitted to the state government by September 15. The government appointed committees, are likely to propose three to five kilometres as …
Ramadevarabetta in Ramanagara district is declared sanctuary The State government has declared 346.14 hectares in Ramanagara as Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary (RVS), to protect long-billed vultures, which are on the verge of extinction. The 15 vultures on cliffs of Ramadevarabetta are now protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, in the sanctuary …
The Forest and Wildlife Department is gearing up to implement a Rs.6-crore project to curb the increasing man-animal conflict in the district. As a part of the project, the department would install 300 km of solar power fence around human settlements adjacent to forests, P. Dhaneshkumar, Divisional Forest Officer, South …
Lucknow: Acting on the government directives, the state forest department will speed up creation of eco-sensitive zones. Principal secretary forest RK Singh has directed officers to act on the recommendations of the committee set up to identify the eco-sensitive zones. To conserve wildlife, state forest department has planned setting up …
PANJIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) will urge the Central government not to grant any relief to the State to reduce the 10-km buffer zone around the wildlife sanctuaries. “I will meet the Union that there should not be any reduction of buffer zone as it will encourage mining …
Ninety travel operators under the banner of Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT) have expressed their unhappiness at the Supreme Court order disallowing tourism activity in core areas of tiger reserves. Expressing his anguish over the judgment, Dr Goverdhan Rathore, a lodge owner and son of the legendary conservationist Fateh Singh …
Nudged by the Supreme Court to put in place a set of comprehensive measures for conservation of tigers and wildlife in entirety, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has submitted its final guidelines in the court on ‘Eco-tourism in and around protected areas’. Stressing on promoting “community-based tourism”, the …
The issues of `Framing ecologically sound policy for dealing with linear intrusion’ was discussed during the 5th Meeting of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) held on 18th March 2010 under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime Minister wherein it was resolved that the Ministry would formulate necessary guidelines. The matter …
New Delhi: All tourist operations within 5km of all 600-plus tiger reserves, national parks, sanctuaries and wildlife corridors in the country will have to fork out a minimum of 10% of their turnover as a “local conservation fee”. The fee will be used not only to protect wildlife areas but …
The State Government has approved constitution of 12 committees which will study eco-sensitive zones (ESZs) for 13 wildlife sanctuaries of Odisha. As per the direction of the Supreme Court and subsequent notification issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the zones need to be notified after due consultation and …
A committee of experts constituted by the Goa Government has recommended a cap on extraction of iron ore in the coastal state to 20-25 million tonnes (mt), which is almost half the existing exports. The panel, headed by renowned scientist Mr Raghunath Mashelkar, in its Goa Vision 2035 report, submitted …
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh government has issued strict instruction to all the officers of forest department and wild-life divisions throughout the State for protection of forest, wildlife and bio-diversity. The instruction was issued by the Chief Minister Nabam Tuki while considering the plea of Fringe Peoples Forum-WL (FPF-WF) of East …
There appears to be considerable opposition from the local population to the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) proposed to be set up at Rawatbhata near Kota in Rajasthan. The complex, with an envisaged capacity of 500 tonnes fuel a year, is to cater to the four PHWR (Pressurized heavy water reactors) …
Minister for Forests, Sports and Cinema K. B. Ganesh Kumar told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government proposed to take up programmes to regenerate forest cover. Replying to the debate on the demand for grants for forest, the Minister said that the Department was undertaking regeneration of natural vegetation …
