Melghat Malaise

This first of three Down To Earth analyses of tiger reserves finds Melghat in Maharashtra in a legal mess

Happily uprooted

A well-calculated compensation plan eases relocation pain of forest dwellers from the core area of Melghat Tiger Reserve

Tigers in, people out

Impotent plan?

In August 2005, the Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega). The latest avatar of state-financed employment …

Uncertain future

Villages in the sanctuary

Split approach

Spiders weave web in tiger den

Melghat reserve has the highest concentration of giant wood spider

Simmering

Forest fires, tribal discontent in Melghat Tiger reserve

Corridors of uncertainty

Saving corridors connecting big cat habitats is a must

Tension over relocation at Melghat sanctuary

Green light to buffer zones

Centre approves buffer zone around two tiger reserves in Maharashtra

77 tigers go missing in Maharashtra

Census figures do not show whether tiger population in the state is rising or falling

Seven Maharashtra villages protest dam

Compensation too meagre, say Melghat tribals

Railway gauge conversion threatens Maharashtra's Melghat Tiger Reserve

Petition filed against proposed broad gauge conversion through Melghat 

Blazing India: The sun beats down mercilessly on Vidarbha

With no rains yet and the heat wave still on, the situation in Maharashtra’s easternmost region has everybody worried

Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …

Villagers allege illegal tree felling in Melghat; forest dept denies claims

Village Gram Sabha sent a letter to principal secretary, Maharashtra forest department, on Jan 27, seeking action