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 …
Hoshiarpur: To prevent human-animal conflict, the state Forest and Wildlife Department will soon fence wildlife sanctuavries across the state. It will spend Rs 58 crore on various projects to be taken under this scheme of the Union Environment and Forest Ministry. Talking to TNS, state forest minister Tikhsan Sud said …
To ensure the protection and conservation of wildlife, the state government has declared Bisalpur in Tonk district, Jodbeer in Bikaner district and Sundhmata in Jalore district as new wildlife sanctuaries in the state. Stating this on the conclusion of the 56th Wildlife Protection Week on Thursday at the Jaipur Zoo, …
Expressing concern over the reported move of the Forest Department to allow a stone quarry besides lifting of stones from the Dilli riverbed inside Joypur reserve forest in Dibrugarh district, Nature
Six years after the death of forest brigand Veerappan, a scientific study undertaken at Sathyamangalam forest in Tamil Nadu, the once notorious hideout of the brigand, reveals that tuskers and tigers have reclaimed their territory and started flourishing. The latest study carried out as per the guidelines laid down by …
There is good news in store for the lovers of wildlife and nature. Soon the wildlife sanctuaries of Kota, Darrah, Ramgarh, Bundi and Kubhalgarh will be improved and developed in the pattern of Ranthambhore National Park and the Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary. A decision to this effect was taken at a …
Even as Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and his colleague in the government, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, lock horns over environmental clearances to the Navi Mumbai airport and take pot-shots at each other publicly, Patel has found a reason to thank his counterpart. Jairam
The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has been reconstituted with Rajya Sabha member Karan Singh besides Lok Sabha MPs Chandresh Kumari and Dushyant Singh being nominated as its members. The board, which is constituted for three years, has Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as its chairman and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh …
The forest department, following a Central Zoo Authority (CZA) directive necessitating bigger homes for elephants, is planning a rescue centre for the animals at Makulakocha in the Dalma foothills. Divisional forest officer (DFO) at Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Anil Kumar Mishra said two tuskers from Birsa Munda Zoological Park in Ormanjhi, …
With the Madhya Pradesh Government giving its nod, the African Cheetah will make its way to Palpur Kuno wildlife Sanctuary in the State late next year.
Shillong, Aug. 29: A group of anglers and nature lovers has proposed to create a sanctuary for aquatic life in one of the rivers in the rich-coal district of Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya in a bid to save the degrading environment of the district. The Jaintia Fishing and Environmental Protection …
Calcutta, Aug. 19: Six spotted deer died early this morning when they were being translocated to the Sunderbans from Parmadan deer park in North 24-Parganas. Locked inside small wooden enclosures, 25 deer, in four trucks, were being taken to Godkhali ghat, around 80km from Calcutta, from where they were to …
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: While six out of 25 deer died when they were being relocated to Dobanki camp in the Sunderbans from Parmadan Deer Park in North 24-Parganas, three more were killed following a fight among themselves at the Parmadan Park today. The deer were being taken from Parmadan to …
Sixty-nine vultures and 22 vulture nests are left in Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Junagadh district of Gujarat, revealed a state-wide census of vultures in the last week of May.Activists hope the finding will derail building a ropeway through the sanctuary for pilgrims visiting the Jain temples atop Girnar mountains.
