A double Bench of the Jabalpur High Court on Monday deferred the hearing in connection with the plea, seeking a ban on tiger tourism inside core areas of tiger reserves and execution of the tiger conservation measures.
The State Forest Department, National Tiger Conservation Authority and Ministry of Environment and Forest have already filed replies in connection with the petition.
There shall be no tourism within the core area of tiger conservation reserves in Madhya Pradesh. This was stated by the National Tiger Conservation Authority by way of an affidavit filed before the bench of Justices KK Lahoti and Justice S. Shrivastava of the Madhya Pradesh High Court hearing the tiger conservation matter.
The removal of lantana on the safari route inside the Bandipur National Park in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district, is helping visitors in seeing the wild animals from a close angle.
There were complaints from tourists regarding poor visibility of the animals due to growth of the lantana on the safari route.
Following complaints, the Deputy Conservator of Forests Hanumanthappa took s
Jaipur: Entry to the Ranthambore national park will now require tourists to furnish a photo identity card from December 7. In its absence they will be denied entry. A
Wildlife is the backbone of tourism in Kenya, one of the leading foreign exchange earners for the country. Although wildlife is declining, poverty among communities hosting this wildlife remains endemic.
The bitter feud on tiger tourism inside core areas of national parks in the State got even murkier with a volunteer activist expressing fear to his life, while citing the contents of an e-mail forwarded by PCCF (Wildlife) HS Pabla to tourism entrepreneurs.
The activist not only has demanded security but also sought an inquiry against the forest department official.
To defeat a public interest litigation that seeks to ban tourism in core areas of tiger reserves, the Madhya Pradesh forest department has clandestinely sought the help of very people whose activities endanger the wild cat.
