JAIPUR: Three years after the relocation of the first tiger to the Sariska reserve, an initiative has been launched to rebuild the lost glory of the reserve.

If the one-time dacoit-ravaged, poacher-infested Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh gives a complex to Rajasthan wildlife authorities and conservationists alike, that is all because of female fecundity.

POLLACHI: The 130 houses of the tribal people in Kozhikamudhi, Erumaiparai and Koomatti hamlets in Anamalai Tiger Reserve area near Top Slip have been taken up for renovation at a cost of Rs 19.50 lakh.

Tribal people have been living in these settlements for ages and are helping the Forests Department in maintenance of camp elephants and some of them are employed with the department as anti-poa

Minister of Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh has said that there was no politics in the tiger estimation 2010 and nothing should be read into it.

Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight.

Can you love tigers but hate forests? This question troubled me as I visited central India last fortnight.

KOCHI: The Periyar and Parambikulam tiger reserves in Kerala have been adjudged two of the best managed reserves in the country.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had jointly evaluated the 41 reserves for its management effectiveness, including tiger conservation programmes.

The reserves, which scored 240 points each, were included on

JAIPUR: Despite an order from the Central Empowered Committee earlier in the year banning all construction work at the Ranthambore tiger reserve, a huge canal is being dug threatening to affect its ecological balance.

As environmentalists raised questions over the construction, the state government sprang into action on Saturday.

The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board is cocking a snook at the Union government

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa has batted for special incentives for its forest field staff deployed in the tiger reserves (TRs) and an immediate approval for raising a special tiger task force.

In the just-concluded meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the Orissa Government demanded free ration and medical assistance to the personnel working in the inhospitable terrains.