National Parks

Time to tell the truth again

I really hope we are proved wrong when we say there are no tigers left in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. But if it is so, what is now increasingly accepted as a sad fact should actually make

Publication Date:

14/03/2005

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20050315

pp:

20

Tags:

Tiger, National Parks, Sariska NP, Poaching, India, Rajasthan

Wildlife

Joint management of protected areas in India (report of a workshop)

The Workshop on Exploring the Possibilities of Joint Management of Protected Areas in India was held at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, on 1-3 September 1994. This report is based on notes taken by the organisers and rapporteurs at the workshop, as also on the taped proceedings.

Publication Date:

Jan 2005

Author(s): Neena Singh, & et al, Sarbani Sarkar, Saloni Suri

Source: Indian Institute of Public Administration

Tags:

Joint Forest Management (JFM), Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Biosphere Reserves, India

Wildlife

Concepts in wildlife management

This book is first of its kind to embody subjects like wildlife conservation and management, ethical, ecological and recreational importance of wildlife, endangered flora and fauna of India

Publication Date:

Jan 2005

Author(s): B. B. Hosetti

Source: Daya Publishing House

Tags:

Animal Breeding, Forest Resources, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Flora, Fauna, Tiger, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, Sanctuaries, Tiger Reserves, Biodiversity, India

Wildlife

The Terai Arc landscape in India

The Terai-Duar Savanna Ecoregion is spread over the southern slopes of the Himalayas in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) lies within this ecoregion covering an area of approximately 49,500 sq km in India and Nepal stretching from the Bagmati River in the East to the Yamuna River in the west.

Publication Date:

01/01/2005

Author(s): Rajeev L. Semwal

Source: WWF India

Tags:

Land Use, Forest Resources, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, People - Animal Conflicts, Invasive Alien Species, Nepal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Wildlife

Managing people and landscapes: IUCNs protected area categories

The International Union for the Conversation of Nature (IUCN) is the lead organization in the selection, establishment and management of protected areas. In order to accomplish its advisory management function, IUCN maintains a worldwide list

Publication Date:

01/12/2004

Author(s): Pris Weeks, Shalina Mehta

Source: Journal of Human Ecology

Vol:

16

Issue:

4

pp:

253

Tags:

Ecotourism, Displacement, Tribals, Conflicts, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, National Parks, Kanha NP, Wildlife And People, Benefit Sharing, Human Rights, India, Global

Agriculture

In Mowgli s land

ANJOLI BANDYOPADHYAY visits Pench Tiger Reserve, the site of many a conservation scheme and finds the woes wrought upon the people there by ecodevelopment

Publication Date:

30/08/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Ecology, Pench, Irrigation, Tribal Medicine, Herbal Medcine, National Parks, Tiger Reserves, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra

India

OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT

June 30, 2004: The India Eco Development Project a project meant to enhance the country s biodiversity and provide people living inside and around protected areas such as national parks and reserves with sustainable livelihoods; a project once showcas

Publication Date:

30/07/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040731

pp:

0

Tags:

Ecology, Periyar, Forest Resources, Forest Villages, Development, National Parks, Buxa SA, Biodiversity, Research, NGO, India, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tribals

Water Resources

Out of place

Hydel project bang next to Kerala s evergreen forest

Publication Date:

14/07/2004

Author(s): Sridevi Mohan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, National Parks, Governance, Kerala, Palakkad (D)

Environment

Threat to a valley's silence

Silent Valley, one of the few remaining tracts of undisturbed tropical evergreen forests in India, is once again testing the resolve of environmentalists and the never-say-die dam builders of Keral

Publication Date:

02/07/2004

Author(s): R. Krishnakumar

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Kerala, Silent Valley NP, National Parks, Palakkad (D), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Public Hearing, Silent Valley HP, Hydroelectricity, Malappuram (D)

India

Herb dealers

In Himachal Pradesh s Kullu district is the Great Himalayan National Park. An eco development project meant to benefit people of Tirthan and Sainj two valleys that bound the park began in 1994. The project was scrapped in 1999. Some from Sainj valle

Publication Date:

29/06/2004

Author(s): Vikas Parashar

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Trade, Medicinal Plants, National Parks, Himachal Pradesh