At a time when state government is deliberating with the Centre to denotify 86,409 hectare zudpi jungle, environmentalists have demanded to notify other equivalent 'non-forest' lands first as fores
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has always been advocating human intervention based on scientific research combined with people's participation to ensure effective conservation of the rem
After spending over Rs283 crore on relocation of villages from reserves, sanctuaries and national parks in Maharashtra in the last 12 years, the state government would require a further Rs 900 cror
In a big boost to the forest department's efforts to strengthen protection mechanism, Mumbai-based Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) has announced a series of measures to save tigers in buffer and
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked all the chief wildlife wardens (CWLWs) of tiger range states to take urgent measures for preventing wild animal mortality due to train hits.
The move follows a 10-month-old tiger cub getting killed and another getting seriously injured when a speeding train hit them on April 15 night near Kelzar on Gondia-Chanda Fort section. The injured one, which suffered leg fractures, is still being treated in city.
In 2006, 1,114 tigers roamed the country's forests. In 2010, that number rose to 1,706. Come 2014, will Waghpurians and other tiger lovers across the country have a reason to rejoice?
NAGPUR: With 46 tiger deaths in just 7 months this year in the country, most of them due to poaching and several shrouded in mystery, the Global Tiger Day on Monday will be celebrated under a dark
To know about density, abundance and demographic ratio of tigers, the wildlife wing of the forest department for the first time will implement a research project titled 'Long-term monitoring of tig
