Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Tamil Nadu forest department objecting to flights flying over protected areas, 07/02/2024

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Forest Dept. objects to operating flights over protected areas" appearing in the Times of India dated 31.12.2023 The application has been registered on the basis of the news item titled "Forest Dept. objects to operating flights over protected areas" appearing in the ‘Times of India’ dated December 31, 2023.

Judgement Date: 
07/02/2024
Tags:
Protected Area Conservation, Tamil Nadu, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Supreme Court, Mudumalai SA
Wildlife

Order of the Madras High Court regarding relocation of Thengumarahada village in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, 08/08/2023

Order of the Madras High Court regarding relocation of Thengumarahada village in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu.

The court said that the guidelines for preparation of the Tiger Conservation Plan itself mandates relocation of human settlements affecting the core area of tiger reserves. The Supreme Court in Ajay Dubey -Vs- National Tiger Conservation Authority (2012 13 SCC 782) has been passing orders mandating the implementation of the guidelines issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, said the order.

Judgement Date: 
08/08/2023
Tags:
Mudumalai SA, Relocation, Tribals, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Tamil Nadu, Government Of India (GOI), Wildlife Management
Forests

Mudumalai forest fire controlled: official

The devastating fire that ravaged more than 90 hectares of forest land in the buffer and core zones of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) has been brought under control, said Deepak Srivastava, Chie

Publication Date: 
27/02/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Mudumalai SA, Forest Fires, Karnataka, Bandipur NP
Forests

Kerala joins hands with T.N., Karnataka to curb forest fire

With the Wayanad forest turning into a virtual tinderbox, Forest Department officials in Kerala have joined hands with their Karnataka and Tamil Nadu counterparts to chalk out various strategies to

Publication Date: 
27/02/2019
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Forest Fires, Wayanad, Mudumalai SA, Bandipur NP, Tiger Reserves
Biodiversity

Draft notification declaring eco sensitive zone around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil NaduDraft Notification declaring Eco Sensitive Zone around Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu

The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), read with clause (v) and clause (xiv) of subsection (2) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) is hereby published, as required under sub-rule (3) of rul

Publication Date: 
29/06/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Eco-Sensitive Zone, Mudumalai SA, Tiger Reserves, Tamil Nadu
Wildlife

Amended wildlife Act to be formulated soon, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan says

An amended Wildlife Act would be formulated soon by incorporating stringent rules against poaching of animals, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said here on Sunday.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Poaching, Elephant, People - Animal Conflicts, Mudumalai SA, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife
Wildlife

4,000 families still reside in TN tiger reserves

Chennai: He is a concern those concerned with reducing man-animal conflicts in the state on the eve of International Tiger Day (July 29).

Publication Date: 
29/07/2016
P Oppili
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Tiger Reserves, Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) SA, Mudumalai SA, Tirunelveli (D), Tiger, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife
Wildlife

Drug ban gives vultures wings, improves diversity

They are natural scavengers once abundantly found across Tamil Nadu but in the past three decades the introduction of an anti-inflammatory drug for cattle proved fatal for them.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Vulture, Drugs, Endangered Species, Mudumalai SA, Ecology, Wildlife
Wildlife

Wildlife Census begins in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

To commence in Anamalai from January 4

Publication Date: 
16/12/2015
V.S. Palaniappan
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Mudumalai SA, Tiger Reserves, Nilgiri, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) SA, Tiger, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Biodiversity

Researchers to track an elusive predator lurking in Tamil Nadu’s rivers

CHENNAI: From the ancient Chinese to kingdoms in ancient Europe, Africa, and Britain, otters have for more than a thousand years helped humans fish and been a source of wonder for their industry an

Publication Date: 
07/09/2015
P Oppili
Times Of India (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Rivers, Fish Biodiversity, Amphibians, Cauvery, Mudumalai SA, Biodiversity

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