Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Bimal Gogoi && Others Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding Stage I Forest Clearance and Stage II Forest Clearance granted by the MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project (1750 MW) in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh which would lead to diversion of 1415.92 ha (1408.30 ha surface land + 7.62 ha underground land) of forest land.
Panaji: Seeking greater protection for Goa's big cats, two wildlife conservationists recently recommended that the state's sanctuaries be declared a tiger reserve, with a primary core of 150-200sq
BENGALURU: As many as 146 people have been killed by wild elephants and tigers in the past four years in Karnataka, which translates into three deaths per month.
NAINITAL: In a bid to add more teeth to its surveillance capabilities and collect comprehensive ground information on a real-time basis, the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) administration has initiated
According to Babu Ram Lamichhane, a wildlife research officer with Nepalese non-profit National Trust for Nature Conservation and lead author of a study published this month in the journal Oryx, Ne
Nagpur: The state government has constituted an 11-member high-level committee to formulate a strategy to decide whether conservation translocation of tigers to areas devoid of wildcats will be fea
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Deaths, 01/08/2017. The total number of tiger deaths in the country, as reported by States, during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise is at Annexure-I.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Human-Wildlife Conflict, 01/08/2017. The State-wise details of loss of human lives due to tiger and elephant, during the last three years, are given in Annexure-I and Annexure-II.
Bijnor: The exact count of tigers falling prey to poachers’ bullets in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) may not be known anytime soon due to the lack of coordination between Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhan