Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 2, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Departure from the goddess: Sunderbans’ women & Bonbibi suffer the worst of climate crisis
Women live precarious lives in the cyclone-ravaged delta, as people slowly disconnect from Bonbibi worship & its principles of ecosystem …
International Big Cat Alliance headquarters will be in India; Centre allocates Rs 150 crore
The grouping’s structure will consist of an Assembly of Members, Standing Committee and a Secretariat; its statute has been drafted …
Mixed reactions from wildlife experts after ‘black tiger’ safari announced by Odisha government
Some have applauded the move; others dislike the idea of putting the rare felids on display in enclosures
Simply Put: International Tiger Day 2023
Bihar: Reduced human activity, including mining bans, helped increase tiger numbers in Valmiki reserve
Reduced activities increased grassland cover; this supported more herbivores & consequently, tigers
Tiger Census 2022: India’s tiger population increased by 200 in last four years
However, growth slower than previous four years
Simply Put: Crime and punishment
How robust is India’s tiger census?
Government officials and independent experts help decode the riddle of tiger estimation
Tiger death rate in India highest since 2010
Even in the neighbouring Bangladesh, declining tiger population is a major concern
India lost 204 tigers in 2023, most of them in Maharashtra: WPSI
India’s tiger population increased by 200 from 2018 to 2022, according to new figures released this year
Most number of tigers seized from poachers in India in 2 decades: Report
Over 1,000 poachers apprehended in India but only 87 jailed
Simply Put: Two is company
US tiger coronavirus positive; wildlife and zoo alert in India
Zoo keepers not to be allowed in vicinity of animals without safety gear
Environment ministry favours tiger safari in buffer zones
Says will help in conservation efforts
Simply Put: Tigers & tribals
Escalating tiger-human conflict haunts Karnataka’s Mysuru, Chamarajanagar districts. Is big cat population spike to blame?
Five deaths reported in last three months
Shoddy translocation of tiger Sundari leads to bloodshed
India's first interstate tiger translocation was done in violation of the protocol
Tiger safari awaits help
'Last' census begins
Tiger trapped
Forest staff helped poachers in Panna Tiger Reserve: report
This resulted in wiping out of tiger population in the reserve in 2008
To conserve tigers, 2 villages in Jharkhand to be relocated
While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie
77 tigers go missing in Maharashtra
Census figures do not show whether tiger population in the state is rising or falling
Targeting the tiger