Tiger census will be held in all the Reserve Forests of India from January 22 to 27 and accordingly all the preparations have been made for the same in Bhadra Reserve Forest, which is considered as the best Tiger Conservation spots in Asia.
To prepare an action plan on the tiger census, a meeting will be held at Bhandipura in November, said DCF Marcandeya.
A male tiger which was captured through camera trapping technology between 2005-07 in Bhadra reserve forest. Photo/ CWSSpeaking to Deccan Herald, he said there will be 53 to 58 tigers in Kudremukh, Bhadra Reserve Forest.
Mullaiahnagiri, Bababudangiri, Kemmangundi chain of hills in Western Ghats are said to be the most sensitive regions. Since the sthese hills naturally form the shape of a crescent moon, they are named as
Forest Department officials said that the four-year-old tigress may have died of fatigue and hunger. However, they are waiting for the postmortem report.
The tigress which was shifted to Bhadra tiger reserve by the Forest Department, after it was trapped at a private resort at Nagarhole National Park died on Saturday morning.
Eminent environmentalists in the district have expressed their concern over the death of tigress in Bhadra Reserve Forest, and have opined that Bhadra Reserve Forest would have been one of the best reserve forests in Asia if it had a good wildlife medical team in place
The tigress was found dead in Muthodi forest after being transferred from Antharasanthe range.
In a bid to boost tiger conservation in its natural habitat, a young tigress has been relocated to Antharasanthe forest in Nagarahole national park.
A team of experts led by D Yathish Kumar, in charge Deputy Conservator of Forests at Nagarahole National park tranquilised the big cat and released it in the Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats.
Bhadra Reserve Forest has a distinct place of its own at the national-level when it comes to conservation of wild life.
There are large number of tigers dwelling in the forest. Unfortunately, certain illegal activities are going on reportedly with the support of Forest Department is likely to mar the fame of the reserve forest and throw the wildlife into dire straits.
The Western Ghats constitute one of the three biodiversity hotspots in India, which is under constant threat from various quarters. Among the several anthropogenic factor, which plays a pivotal role in vegetation succession and ecosystem processes. It is very important to understand the ecological changes due to fire and other anthropogenic factors for conservation and management of biodiversity.
The relocation and resettlement of people from nature reserves is a controversial issue in the conservation community. The perceived poor success rate of resettlement efforts, combined with availability of few well-documented studies, warrants a detailed examination of this issue. The authors has analyzed a relocation and resettlement project in India
