India

 Tigers threatened

WHILE plans are being drawn up across the world to protect endangered tiger species, the Madhya Pradesh government's decision to lift the ban on the collection of tendu leaves from 44 protected

Publication Date: 
14/05/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, India, Madhya Pradesh
India

 Shoot to count

TIGER census will now be done by shoot- ing the cats - with a camera, of course! Earlier, pug marks counting was the only method. "Camera trapping", as ,he new method is known, lalls for the

Publication Date: 
29/04/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, India
India

 A lesson in bad environmental management

"RANTHAMBORE is like a leper's pock mark on this district," says a senior citizen of Sawai Madhopur, the town near which this important national park is located. The comment sums up the disdain in

Publication Date: 
30/05/1993
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Forests, Fodder, Rural Habitat, Rehabilitation, Tiger, Ranthambore NP, India
Forests

 Catch a tiger by its pug

Accurate tiger census methodology assumes significance in the context of the recent controversy over the declining number of tigers in the Indian sub continent. And counting pugs is the easiest and cheapest method of tiger census.

Publication Date: 
14/12/1992
L A K Singh
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Forests, Flora, Fauna, Tiger

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