Is there a growing awareness among the people of Mysuru about the concepts of climate change and global warming consequent to drought and unprecedented heat in the recent past?
Can the fragile ecosystem of Chamundi Hills in Mysuru absorb more concrete constructions being proposed under the guise of “development”, while ignoring its environmental imperatives?
There is a proposal for a blackbuck conservation reserve at Ummathur and Bagli villages in Chamarajanagar district to sustain their numbers in the wild.
The Edamalayar elephant poaching case in Kerala has triggered alarm bells in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve where anti-poaching camps have been put on high alert.
Police fine over-speeding vehicles and drunken drivers on NH 212. Ripping at break-neck speed through the Bandipur National Park (BNP) in violation of the law will soon be a thing of the past.
The second phase of the tiger enumeration exercise will commence in the first week of January and entail camera-trapping of tigers and leopards in Bandipur.
The first phase of the census concluded on Monday with the volunteers dispersing after six days of data collection pertaining to carnivores, herbivores, and the surrounding vegetations at Bandipur, Nagarahole, BRT Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhadra, Anshi-Dandeli, and other reserve forests.
Advocacy group submits memorandum to the Forest Department
The Forest Department has been urged to hire people from the local communities as fire watchers in view of a prolonged dry season and the threat of forest fire in national parks. It has also been suggested that funding could be sought from State Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority.
