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 …
Chandigarh: Over 700 acres of Nangal wetland spread over six villages would be converted into a wildlife sanctuary. Punjab Minister for Forests and Wildlife Tikshan Sud recently visited these villages to gather community support for the project. Sud said the villagers were apprehensive that their land had to be acquired …
The Environment and Natural Resources Ministry yesterday stressed the importance of Wildlife Conservation in the now liberated North and East. Environment Minister, Champika Ranawaka said yesterday that the war was over and the Environment Ministry and Wildlife Conservation Department must ensure that these areas were protected.
A pat on the back for wildlife officials is due, as the tiger count in Rajasthan's sanctuaries has increased to 44. Three years back, tiger lovers in India and other parts of the world were aghast when news came in that tigers had vanished from the Sariska Sanctuary of Rajasthan, …
Experts fear destruction of green belt A project to build multi-storey buildings on about 20 acres of land lying vacant between Shani Mandir and DND Expressway has almost been finalised by the Noida Authority. The mixed land use plan for this piece of land was approved in the Noida Authority
Katarniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, a unit of the Dudhwa Tiger reserve, remains the safest haven for the wildlife in the state. While the last census carried out by Project Tiger gave an estimated count of 110 big cats in the entire Dudhwa National Park, the state census in 2005 put the …
Noida: Noida Authority is getting richer. With prime land in Noida being transferred to the New Okhla Development Authority by the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department, the authority has become richer by 20 acres. The land in question lies between village Naya Bans DND toll and Pusta road, less than a …
A high-level committee that went into mining activities in the State, has found that there is no mining activity in or around wildlife sanctuaries in the State. The chief conservator of forest Dr Shashi Kumar today said that the committee in its reports has not found any such mining activity. …
Dharamsala: Newly elected Kangra BJP MP Rajan Sushant today held a meeting with district officials for the first time. While talking to mediapersons, he said people were facing problems due to stringent forest and wildlife sanctuary laws. Unmindful of the fact that felling in notified forest areas and the wildlife …
Dera Mandi forest is all set to earn carbon credits for Delhi Government which plans to develop 727 hectares into a zone that will help mitigate the growth in concentration of greenhouse gases. The Delhi Government
Some of the most important habitats likely to support tiger populations in Assam would be mapped by remote sensing in a project envisaged by a conservation group. Areas in and around Kaziranga, Laokhowa, Orang, Manas, Nameri, Pobitora and Dibru Saikhowa would be scanned from space, under a project planned by …
LUCKNOW: The villagers living on the fringes of Kishenpur sanctuary in south Kheri forest division are demanding relocation. The demand is coming forward from village clusters in Kamp Tanda. The hamlet was in news after a stray tiger from Kishenpur had killed three of its natives in between December and …
Himalayan Black Bear: Threat to survival Darjeeling, May 21: For the first time in India, heat sensor cameras will be used in a survey to count Himalayan Black Bear in a wildlife sanctuary here. The two-year survey, started recently by the WWF-India and the state forest department in Senchel Wildlife …
SULTHAN BATHERY: The wildlife census which concluded at Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) here on Monday is a giant step towards continuous monitoring of tiger population, predator indications and strengthening of the habitat management strategy. Talking to
