Wildlife

Four-year tiger conservation project starts in 2014

WildTeam’s efforts in tiger conservation include empowering more than 350 village volunteers around the forest edge to save human, livestock, and tiger lives through the Village Tiger Response Team

Publication Date: 
20/11/2013
Dhaka Tribune (Dhaka)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Tiger, Endangered Species, Wildlife, Tiger Conservation, Livestock, People - Animal Conflicts, South Asia, Biodiversity
Wildlife

Human intervention hinders tiger connectivity

Study finds that connectivity between protected areas is affected by urban expansion.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Tiger, Protected Area Conservation, Urban Development, Tiger Reserves, Melghat SA, Pench SA, Kanha NP, Tadoba NP, Nagarjunasagar SA, Nagzira SA
Wildlife

Tiger census from November 17

Synchronised data collection will begin simultaneously in four Southern States

The synchronised phase one data collection for tiger census will begin simultaneously in the four Southern States – Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnata – on November 17.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2013
P. Oppili
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tiger, Census/ Habitat Monitoring, Tiger Reserves, Wildlife
Wildlife

Connectivity of Tiger (Panthera tigris) populations in the human-influenced forest mosaic of Central India

Today, most wild tigers live in small, isolated Protected Areas within human dominated landscapes in the Indian subcontinent.

Publication Date: 
06/11/2013
Aditya Joshi, Srinivas Vaidyanathan, Samrat Mondol & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Tiger, People - Animal Conflicts, Endangered Species, India, Protected Area Conservation, Melghat SA, Pench TR, Nagzira SA, Tadoba NP, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Kanha TR, Nagarjunasagar SA, Migration
Wildlife

Forest department wants National Tiger Conservation Authority to decide Satkosia tiger's fate

The forest department on Monday said it would not make any suggestions regarding relocation of the stray wild male tiger (now at Nandankanan zoo) to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

Publication Date: 
05/11/2013
Riyan Ramanath V
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Nandakanan SA, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Satkosia Gorge SA, Scientists, Tiger, Wildlife
Environment

Bangladesh State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, October, 2013

Environment and forests minister Hasan Mahmud slammed Transparency International, Bangladesh for its recent investigation report on the government’s climate change trust fund utilization. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bangladesh State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2013
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment, Bangladesh, Climate Change, Bt Brinjal, GM Crops, Supreme Court, Agricultural Research, Rice, Pest Control, Aquaculture, Dams, Rivers, Hydroelectricity, Forests, Horticulture, Leather Industry, Soil Erosion, Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Non Motorised Vehicles, Urban Water Supply, Sanitation, Nutrition, Sundarbans, Power Industry, Nuclear Power Plants, Renewable Energy, Tiger, Wildlife, South Asia
Wildlife

Dudhwa gears up for tiger census

Dudhwa reserve is gearing up for the tiger census amid hope that it will throw up an increased count of the royal animal.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Dudhwa NP, Tiger, Census/ Habitat Monitoring, Tiger Reserves, WWF, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Environment

High air pollution in Goa's mining talukas: ISM study

Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, assigned to conduct an environment impact study (EIS) on Goa's mining, has found high air pollution in the state's five mining talukas.

Publication Date: 
29/10/2013
Murari Shetye
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Mining Waste, Indian School Of Mines, Air Quality Monitoring, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Vehicular Pollution, Tiger, People - Animal Conflicts, Environmental Health, Environment
Forests

Indonesia’s forests are shrinking despite reforms

At home and abroad, Indonesia is highlighting its progress in curbing the environmental destruction that has depleted forests and made it a leading source of greenhouse gases.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2013
Japan Times (Japan)
Tags:
Indonesia, Forests, Green House Gases, Deforestation, Palm Oil, Tiger, Endangered Species
Wildlife

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh push for centralized databank of poachers

With several tiger poaching cases being unearthed, the interstate meeting of wildlife and territorial forest officials from Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday has strongly pushed for a centr

Publication Date: 
23/10/2013
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Wildlife, Madhya Pradesh, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Tiger, Endangered Species, Pench NP

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