In a first, Uttarakhand monitors forest fires with drones
New Delhi/Nainital, April 24 (IANS) In a first, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has launched a drone for real-time monitoring of the forest fire and to take preventive measures, officials said here...
View ArticleIllegal Deforestation and Mining (Ministry of Environment, Forests and...
(Source: Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change of the Republic of India) In so far as tiger reserves are concerned, no such report of illegal deforestation and mining has been received....
View ArticleCivil society groups protest relocation of tribes from buffer zone of...
NEW DELHI: Several civil society organisations in Odisha are protesting the alleged "eviction" of villagers from the buffer area of the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district and recent...
View Article15 tiger cubs spotted in Pilibhit Reserve
LUCKNOW: Pilibhit tiger reserve finally has happy tidings coming in. The sprawling tiger reserve has camera-trapped as many as 15 tiger cubs since April. While eight cubs have been recorded in camera...
View ArticleCM approves special tiger protection force, pending for last six years
DEHRADUN: Chief minister, Harish Rawat, gave clearance to the formation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) for Corbett Tiger Reserve which was pending for last six years. Rawat held review...
View ArticleCorbett’s tigers to get a new home soon
The big cats of Corbett will soon find a new home in Uttarakhand. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked the state forest department to speed up the ground work for relocation of...
View ArticleHaldwani, Ramnagar to vie for global accreditation for tiger conservation
Haldwani and Ramnagar forest divisions in the state are directed by the forest department to complete documentation process by December 15 to apply for Conservation Approved Tiger Standards (CATS)...
View ArticleEntry into forests for firewood behind man-animal conflicts
A booming tiger population in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has led to an increased presence of big cats in the adjoining forest divisions, triggering conflicts with people entering the forests for...
View ArticleSwamp deer sighting outside Uttarakhand lone habitat brings new hope for species
DEHRADUN: It is only in a small patch of Jhilmil conservation reserve in Haridwar that the swamp deer population of Uttarakhand can be found. However, now a few of them have been sighted across the...
View ArticleHT Exclusive: Fact-finding panel seeks details of tiger census from Corbett...
DEHRADUN: A fact-finding committee investigating a tiger skin seizure case has written to the principal chief conservator of forest (PCCF) demanding whether all 163 big cats of the reserve were...
View ArticleCorbett tiger safari project in soup
DEHRADUN: The Centre has red flagged a proposed tiger safari project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park and asked the state government to first comply with wildlife norms. Uttarakhand ranks second...
View ArticleAmidst man-animal conflict, carcass of tigress found in Pilibhit reserve
Amidst the ongoing man-animal conflict near Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, forest officials found the carcass of a tigress from a canal in the eastern part of the reserve on Wednesday evening. The carcass was...
View ArticleCorbett director submits report on Congress MLAs' landing in the tiger reserve
DEHRADUN : Reacting to a complaint filed by the BJP against landing of a helicopter inside the Corbett Tiger Reserve, a protected area, for ferrying the Congress MLAs of the Harish Rawat camp to a...
View ArticleElephant kills 60-year-old villager in Khatema
PILIBHIT: A 60-year-old hearing impaired villager was killed by an elephant on Tuesday afternoon when he had gone inside forest area of Kilpura forest range of east tarai division in Khatema...
View ArticlePlan to lure tourists to U’khand butterfly zones
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat, looking at the photographs on display at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to celebrate Wildlife Week, appeared startled by the large number...
View ArticleBuffer zone for Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve declared
--> Virat Singh | Wed, 28 Sep 2016-08:40am , Mumbai , dna ‘Purr’fect solution | Wildlife activists welcome decision, which is also expected to bring livelihood opportunities for people in 186...
View ArticleNTCA to begin tiger counting at Terai West in Jan
NAINITAL: NTCA to begin tiger counting at Terai West in Jan nationwide tiger estimation is carried out once every four years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (The forest department is all...
View ArticleMore villages talk of tiger projects
--> Dhaval Kulkarni | Tue, 25 Oct 2016-06:55am , DNA Authorities at state tiger reserves are receiving demands from village representatives for their inclusion in buffer zones In a change from days...
View ArticleUttarkhand comes at 6th position in national elephant estimation
Dehradun : Uttarakhand has come at the 6th position with 1839 elephants in the results of All India Synchronised Elephant Estimation announced by Union environment minister Harshvardhan on World...
View ArticleTiger poaching: Minister orders probe; hands over Corbett monitoring to WII
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat has directed the head of the Forest Force (HOFF) to initiate an inquiry into the tiger poaching case, asking it to give the report within one...
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