Wildlife

"Your Elephant on Our Land": The struggle to manage wildlife mobility on Zambian communal land in Kavango-Zambezi

Landscape connectivity that allows for wildlife mobility requires governance across a tenurial mosaic of managerial units based on reconciliation of social, economic, and ecological objectives. The proposed Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA), which includes Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, features a spectacular display of mega fauna and a number of tourist attractions such as the Victoria Falls.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2008
Simon Metcalfe, Thembela Kepe
Journal of Environment & Development
17
2
99
Tags:
Land Tenure, Land Reforms, Elephant, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife And People, People - Animal Conflicts, Private Sector, Africa, Zambia
Wildlife

Rationalisation of sanctuaries okayed

Decks have been cleared for the rationalisation of sanctuaries with the National Wildlife Board clearing the state's proposal for redrawing the boundaries of the existing protected wildlife areas to exclude inhabited areas and cultivated fields.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Sanctuaries
Climate Change

Conservation strategies to mitigate impacts from climate change in Amazonia

Protected area systems and conservation corridors can help mitigate the impacts of climate change on Amazonian biodiversity. We propose conservation design criteria that will help species survive in situ or adjust range distributions in response to increased drought. The first priority is to protect the western Amazon, identified as the

Publication Date: 
27/05/2008
Timothy J. Killeen, Luis A. Solo rzano
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
363
1498
1881
Tags:
Amazon, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Mitigation, Protected Area Conservation, Rainfall Pattern

 Basic facts

First notification as Tadoba Sanctuary: 1931 (116.55 sq km) Upgradation as Tadoba National Park: 1955 Andhari Tiger Sanctuary notified: 1986 (509.27 sq km) Tadoba Andhari

Publication Date: 
14/05/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Displacement, Compensation, Protected Area Conservation, Tadoba NP, Tiger Reserves, India, Maharashtra

 Hungry tigers

At least 31 people have been killed by tigers from Tadoba since April 2005, according to forest department records. But only two of these killings took place inside the reserve. The rest occurred

Publication Date: 
14/05/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Villages, Minor Forest Produce, Firewood, Displacement, Roads, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Protected Area Conservation, Tadoba NP, Tiger Reserves, Tourism, India, Maharashtra, Chandrapur (D)

 Tadoba tiger reserve: An unsafe haven

Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Vidarbha's star tourist attraction, is buzzing with activity. Inside the 625.40 sq km reserve, excavators are hard at work, digging up earth for an ambitious road-building project. Strips of forest, several metres wide, have been cleared alongside existing roads.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2008
Aparna Pallavi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forest Villages, Minor Forest Produce, Firewood, Displacement, Roads, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Wildlife, Protected Area Conservation, Tadoba NP, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife And People, Tourism, India, Maharashtra, Chandrapur (D)
Wildlife

Recommendations of the national workshop on critical tiger habitats and critical wildlife habitats

This set of Recommendations has emanated from a two-day National Workshop on Critical Tiger Habitats and Critical Wildlife Habitats held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) on 8th and 9th May 2008.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2008
Centre for Ecological Sciences
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Wildlife, Tiger, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Tiger Conservation, Coexistence Strategies, Relocation, India
Forests

Van Gujjars denied entry to their traditional grasslands

After Uttarakhand, it is the turn of the Himachal Pradesh government to stop Van Gujjars, nomadic tribals, from migrating to highland pastures in the state despite promulgation of the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (recognition of forest rights) Act on January 1, 2008. A total of 432 Van Gujjar families comprising more than 1,000 members and thousands of milch animals are stranded. This year these tribals have been denied entry to their traditional grasslands in Shimla district.

Publication Date: 
07/05/2008
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Resources, Forest Act, Tribes, Protected Area Conservation, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla (D), Uttar Kannad, Uttarkashi (D)
Wildlife

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Wildlife (Protection) Rules, 2008

This report is a notification dealing with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Wild Life (Protection) Rules, 2008.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2008
Andaman and Nicobar Administration (Department of Environment and Forests)
Tags:
Wildlife, Hunting, Wildlife Regulations, Protected Area Conservation, A & N Island
Biodiversity

The role of indigenous peoples in biodiversity conservation

A principal aim of this study is to get a better sense of what the World Bank (WB) needs to know in order to engage Indigenous Peoples (IPs) more effectively in biodiversity conservation projects and programs.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2008
Claudia Sobrevila
The World Bank
Tags:
Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Land Ownership, Tribals, Protected Area Conservation, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, World Bank, NGO, India, Global

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