Healthy reserves key for tiger conservation

Population of big cats is declining in states that has much of its geographical area under forest cover — Chhattisgarh (44.1%), Jharkhand (…

Conservationists have a problem with tiger relocation to Satkosia

The reserve’s officials have not been held accountable for the collapse of the tiger population in the park, which has led to translocation;…

India's tiger map

In 4 of the 5 states where the number of tigers fell, large areas of forests were diverted to mining

Maharashtra High Court quashes shoot-at-sight order against tiger

The court observed that the order was passed in violation of guidelines issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority

Tiger Census 2018: None found in Buxa, Palamu and Dampa reserves

The presence of tigers in these reserves was scarce in 2014 too; nation-wide population up 30 per cent

Will Madhya Pradesh retain its ‘Tiger State’ tag this year?

This year, 40 tigers died in MP — the highest in India

Roars in lost land

As tigers are sighted in high mountains scientists wonder if they have always lived there or are migrants in search of a better habitat

Tiger death rate in India highest since 2010

Even in the neighbouring Bangladesh, declining tiger population is a major concern

भारत में फिर से फर्राटा भरेगा चीता !

अफ्रीकी देश नामीबिया से लाकर कुछ चीतों को प्रयोग के तौर पर मध्यप्रदेश के नौरादेही अभ्यारण्य में बसाने की संभावना बढ़ गई है

How Maharashtra’s dam on ‘Human’ river threatens tigers

The dam proposed at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve threatens to submerge more than 90 per cent of a 7-km forest area

खतरे में बाघों के ठिकाने फिर भी 12 सालों में संख्या हुई डबल

सर्वे का दायरा और कैमरों की संख्या बढ़ते ही भारत में बाघों की आबादी के आंकड़ों मे जबरदस्त सुधार हुआ है। दुनिया में 2006 ...

India's tiger census 2018 may set a Guinness record

There is an application in with the Guinness Book of World Records to see if this is the largest wildlife survey ever conducted anywhere in the world

Translocation project shelved after Satkosia loses second tiger from MP

While Sundari was recently captured after it killed two people, Mahavir was found dead yesterday 

जहां वनभूमि का ज्यादा हुआ डायवर्जन वहां घटी बाघों की आबादी

झारखंड, ओडिशा, छत्तीसगढ़ और आंध्र प्रदेश  (तेलंगाना) में बाघों की आबादी में बड़ी गिरावट है। इन चारों राज्यों में ही 2015 से 2018 के ...

Bright and black

Female tigers at the Similipal reserve in Odisha are increasingly giving birth to black or melanistic breeds and catching rare worldwide attention

Mystery deaths

With understaffed forest departments and the lack of qualified wildlife veterinarians, the cause for 55 per cent of tiger deaths remains unknown

With more tigers now, government decides to redistribute big cat

Calls for conservation of tigers outside tiger reserves as well

भारत में 2021 में 126 बाघों की हुई मौत, दशक में सबसे अधिक

मध्य प्रदेश में 526 बाघों का घर था, यहां सबसे अधिक 42 बाघों की मौत हुई है, इसके बाद महाराष्ट्र में जहां 312 बाघ ...

जंगल के तालाबों में सिल्ट साफ करने की नहीं मिली इजाजत

केंद्रीय पर्यावरण मंत्रालय की वन मंजूरी समिति ने महाराष्ट्र की दो परियोजनाओं पर विचार किया। फाइबर ऑप्टिक्स बिछाने वाली परियोजना पर समिति ने विस्तृत ...

Critical Wildlife Habitat guidelines issued; NTCA order superseded  

Forest rights activists criticise Ministry of Tribal Affairs' decision to accept the guidelines without making any revisions or inviting comments …

With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses

Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves

MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags 

The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …

RTI reveals MoEF&CC cleared 3 highway proposals disregarding WII’s views

Ranthambhore tigers, Chambal gharials and a host of other species could be in trouble due to the clearance given to the highway proposals

Wildlife tour operators, resorts to shell out conservation fee

Fund so collected will be spent on conserving forests, managing human-wildlife conflict and generating livelihood for local communities

Tiger transfer