In a welcome drive to mobilise public opinion and conserve the famed Corbett Tiger Reserve, a group of citizens in Ramnagar cleared over five quintals of polythene garbage from the park periphery on March 7 and 9. The cleanliness campaign was a joint initiative of local NGO, the Society for Mahseer Conservancy and officials of the Corbett Tiger Reserve.
A short study was undertaken from December 2004 to April 2005, to assess the species diversity and composition of freshwater fishes in three tributaries of Ramganga river in the foothills of Western Himalaya. One tributary was within a protected area (PA; Corbett National Park); the other two were outside the PA (Lansdowne Forest Division).
The Corbett National Park platinum jubilee celebrations will begin with a workshop on strategies for preservation of the tigers of Corbett and landscape for the coming 25 years.
The workshop will be organised by the Uttarakhand Forest Department at Ramnagar on March 11 with the support of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and will be attended by senior NTCA officials and renowned wildli
A70-member team of Uttarakhand forest guards has counted as many as 34 tiger cubs along with 17 to 18 tigresses in the Corbett Tiger Reserve during four days of monitoring carried out a couple of days ago. Senior members of the team said the numbers indicated possibility of a rise in tiger population in Corbett in years to come, provided all the cubs survive.
The results of the much-awaited scientific census of tigers, currently underway, will be made public on March 26.
Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh said as much when asked about the expected time when the results of the census of the big cat were expected.
The 2007 census had shown a sharp fall in the number of tigers in the country.
Close on the heels of the shoot-out of a big cat in the Sunderkhal area of Corbett Tiger Reserve after the killing of five persons in the area, the suggestion of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on imposition of Section 144 of CrPC to
Dehradun: The human-wildlife conflict in the Corbett National Park and Rajaji National Park can be resolved effectively if the State Government allows relocation of villagers as successfully facilitated in the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
A three-member committee from Uttarakhand Forest Department visited Kanha earlier during this month to study the case where residents of three villa
There is some good news for tiger lovers: preliminary results of the second all-India tiger census, due to be released in March, show a rise in the tiger density of the country
Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment & Forests to Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on actions to avoid human deaths in Corbett area.
Haldwani: Amid increasing man-animal conflicts in recent years, people from over a dozen forest villages surrounding Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) rejected Government
