Utter silence within the group. So silent you could hear a pin drop, yes, even in the long grass swaying on the plains of Masai Mara, Africa, where we were. On a safari there a few years ago, the wait to spot a leopard was excruciating
The city is reeling under a heat wave, having registered the hottest March day since 1956. This has meant a rise in the number of forest fires at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), spread over 104 sq km.
Since January 2011, it has witnessed around 25 such cases.
MUMBAI: The Mahashivratri festival may be over, but the huge mounds of garbage and litter left behind in the forest have upset nature enthusiasts in the city.
Several places in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) are littered with non-biodegradable waste such as plastic bags and glasses, thermocol plates and cups.
Recent research on leopard behaviour shows capturing the problem animals and releasing them elsewhere only shifts the locale of the people-animal conflict. At first glance Akole taluka in Ahmednagar district seems like any other taluka in western Maharashtra’s sugarcane belt.
Hills get forest land tag, work on boundary wall set to resume
After close to 35 years of dispute, hills spread over 53 acres of land in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, home to stone quarries for over three decades, will finally be protected as forest land with decks cleared for completion of a wall under construction around the park
Bandhavgarh National Park, which had turned devoid of the bison (Gaur) in 1995, would get a few of these animals from Kanha National Park in January next year.
Mumbai As many as 145 star back tortoises, rescued from illegal traders, have made their new home at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Saturday. The tortoises, which have become popular as pets in India and abroad, were found stuffed in two gunny sacks and abandoned at Dadar railway station, said forest officials.
