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Management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) of tiger reserves in India (5th cycle): summary report

The Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala is the best-maintained of all tiger reserves in the country, according to the 5th cycle of Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) carried out by the Centre and released alongside the Tiger Census.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2023
National Tiger Conservation Authority
Tags:
Tiger, Tiger Reserves, India
Wildlife

Status of tigers in India 2022: summary report

According to the latest tiger census data by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, India's tiger population has increased by 200 in the past four years to reach 3,167 in 2022. The tiger population has shown a steady increase from 1,411 in 2006 to 1,706 in 2010, 2,226 in 2014, 2,967 in 2018, and 3,167 in 2022.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2023
National Tiger Conservation Authority
Tags:
Tiger, Tiger Conservation, Tiger Reserves, India
Environment

Assessment report by the Space Applications Centre regarding encroachment inside wild ass sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, 31/03/2023

Assessment report by the Space Applications Centre in Original Application No. 27 of 2023 in re news item published in the Times of India dated January 3, 2023 titled encroachment alleged inside wild ass sanctuary.

Judgement Date: 
31/03/2023
Tags:
Litte Rann Of Kachh, Ecology, Industrial Pollution, Gujarat, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wildlife
Wildlife

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding Cheetah Task Force, 28/03/2023

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Centre for Environment Law, WWF & Others Vs Union of India, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 28/03/2023.

Judgement Date: 
28/03/2023
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Supreme Court, India
Wildlife

An assessment of wildlife trade between Madagascar and Southeast Asia

This new TRAFFIC study reveals Southeast Asia’s significant role in the legal and illicit trade of Madagascar’s rare and endemic wildlife and calls for intensified international co-operation to stem biodiversity loss.

Publication Date: 
23/03/2023
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Madagascar, Asia, Wildlife, Illegal Trade
Wildlife

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding elephant corridors in Odisha, 14/03/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Wildlife Society of Orissa Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 14/03/2023.

The NGT, Eastern Bench, Kolkata expressed displeasure with the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, Odisha at the lack of progress made in complying with the court order for notifying elephant corridors in the state.

Judgement Date: 
14/03/2023
Tags:
Elephant, Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Wildlife
Wildlife

Developing an insurance scheme to mitigate the impacts caused by wildlife

The case study comes from Kenya, where the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) started the Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) project with funding provided by the UK government's Darwin Initiative.

Publication Date: 
08/03/2023
FAO
Tags:
Wildlife, People - Animal Conflicts, Elephant, Insurance, Kenya, Africa
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Maru Mahotsav 2023, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, 31/01/2023

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Tapeshwar Singh Bhati, 159, Timber Scrap Market, Kota, Rajasthan Vs State of Rajasthan through Principal Secretary, Toursim, Rajasthan dated 31/01/2023.

Grievance in the application is against apprehended damage to the environment by proposed activities during ‘Maru Mahotsav 2023’ at Jaisalmer from February 2-5, 2023.

Judgement Date: 
31/01/2023
Tags:
Tourism, Jaisalmer (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Deserts, Vehicular Pollution, Wildlife, Festival
Wildlife

Herd size dynamics and observations on the natural history of Dugongs (Dugong dugon) in the Andaman Islands, India

In the last four decades, dugong (Dugong dugon) aggregations have been rarely reported from the geographically isolated, vast seascape of the Andaman Islands, India.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2023
Swapnali Gole, Sumit Prajapati, Nehru Prabakaran & et al
Aquatic Mammals
49
1
53-61
Tags:
Mammals, Marine Life, Indian Ocean, Andaman Islands, Endangered Species
Wildlife

Visualizing corruption risks in the illegal rhino horn trade supply chain

Visualizing how corruption manifests along the supply chain can help conservation practitioners and wildlife management agencies better understand both the specific risks and the potential responses to combat illegal rhino horn and other illicit wildlife trades.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2022
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Rhinoceros, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Corruption

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