Wildlife

Letter from Jairam Ramesh to Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on actions to avoid human deaths in Corbett area

Letter from Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment & Forests to Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on actions to avoid human deaths in Corbett area.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Corbett NP, People - Animal Conflicts, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Tiger, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife Act 1972, Eco Development, Wildlife
Biodiversity

The potential of common pool resources

The 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons that was held in Hyderabad earlier this month discussed the idea of the

Publication Date: 
29/01/2011
Kalpana Sharma
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Common Property Resources, Benefit Sharing, Forest Conservation, Tiger Reserves, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple SA, Tribals, Endangered Species, Grazing Lands, Gujjar, Marine Fisheries, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity

Residential workshop on tiger conservation

Coimbatore: To stress the need for conservation of the tiger and its habitat, a three-day residential workshop for media students on

Publication Date: 
28/01/2011
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Tiger Conservation, Habitat, Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) SA, Tiger Reserves
Wildlife

A landscape-based conservation strategy to double the wild tiger population

In an unprecedented response to the rapid decline in wild tiger populations, the Heads of Government of the 13 tiger range countries endorsed the St. Petersburg Declaration in November 2010, pledging to double the wild tiger population. We conducted a landscape analysis of tiger habitat to determine if a recovery of such magnitude is possible.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2011
Eric Dinerstein, Eric Wikramanayake, John Seidensticker & et al
Conservation Letters
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Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Wildlife, Ecosystem Services, Benefit Sharing, India, Tiger Reserves, Russia, Carbon Sequestration, Protected Area Conservation
Wildlife

Translocated gaurs to be released in wild in March

Five gaurs, which have been shifted from Kanha to the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, will be released in the wild in March. For the time being, the park administration is monitoring their movement with the help of radio collars.

Publication Date: 
24/01/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bandhavgarh NP, Tiger Reserves, Madhya Pradesh, Wildlife, Kanha TR
Wildlife

The great Indian Tiger show

Thirty-seven years since the Project Tiger, the decline in numbers is shocking

Publication Date: 
22/01/2011
C R Bijoy
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Tiger, Project Tiger, Tiger Reserves, Tiger Conservation, India, Forest Rights Act 2006, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple SA, Gram Sabhas, Rehabilitation, Relocation, Wildlife, Tribals
Wildlife

Centre okays creation of five more tiger reserves

Ignoring Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Publication Date: 
14/01/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Madhya Pradesh, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tiger, Ratapani SA, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Wildlife

Panel to frame tourism norms for tiger sanctuaries

LUCKNOW: Tigers will soon have a peaceful existence in wildlife sanctuaries during the tourist season. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has constituted an eco-tourism committee to formulate tourism guidelines for tiger reserves.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2011
Times of India (Lucknow)
Tags:
Tiger, Sanctuaries, Wildlife Tourism, Uttar Pradesh, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Tiger Reserves
Mining

Go or no-go is not the question

It

Publication Date: 
07/01/2011
Nitin SethI
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Minerals, India, Ministry of Coal, Tiger Reserves
Wildlife

7-member panel on eco-tourism constituted

With uncontrolled tourism posing a threat to the wildlife habitats, particularly tiger reserves, the Government has constituted a seven-member panel to suggest guidelines to regulate forest and wildlife eco-tourism in the country.

The Environment Ministry-constituted committee, headed by ex-tourism secretary Sujit Banerjee and prominent wildlife experts as its members, will also make an apprais

Publication Date: 
07/01/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ecotourism, Wildlife, India, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife Act 2002, Tiger Reserves, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

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