Tamil Nadu’s 18th wildlife sanctuary to come up in Erode district
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s 18th wildlife sanctuary to come up in Erode district

The Hindu  

Four forest ranges in Erode Forest Division, spread across 80,567 hectares, will form the new ‘Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary’, the 18th wildlife sanctuary in the State that was announced in the State Budget on Monday. The sanctuary is located on the western side of Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, northern side of Kollegal forest division and eastern side of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka and adjacent to Cauvery North and South Wildlife Sanctuaries in Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri. K. Rajkumar, Conservator of Forests and Field Director, STR, told The Hindu that the forest areas have good prey base and the new sanctuary would form a tiger corridor connecting Bandipur Tiger Reserve, STR, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary and Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. N. Venkatesh Prabhu, District Forest Officer, Erode Division, said that only the reserve forest areas in the division were declared as wildlife sanctuary and that there would be no new restrictions on the people.

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Telangana awaits Centre’s nod for conservation reserve
1 month ago

Telangana awaits Centre’s nod for conservation reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department plans to develop the existing corridor between the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and the Kawal Tiger Reserve into a conservation reserve. Under Section 36A of WLPA, 1972, the state government may, after consulting local communities, declare any government-owned area, particularly those adjacent to national parks and sanctuaries or linking protected areas, as a conservation reserve. The …

Chhattisgarh gets India’s 56th Tiger Reserve | Here's all you need to know
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh gets India’s 56th Tiger Reserve | Here's all you need to know

India TV News  

56th Tiger Reserve: The Chhattisgarh government has officially declared Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as a tiger reserve, increasing the total number of tiger reserves in the state to four. As India continues to touch new milestones in tiger conservation, we have notified Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla in Chhattisgarh as the 56th tiger reserve. Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla …

Chhattisgarh govt. to develop fourth tiger reserve in State
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh govt. to develop fourth tiger reserve in State

The Hindu  

The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday announced that it would establish a new tiger reserve, making it the fourth such reserve in the forest-rich State. Named Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve — after integrating the regions of Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Sanctuary located in the districts of Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur, Koriya, Surajpur, and Balrampur, it will cover 2,829.387 sq.km., an …

Chhattisgarh govt announces a new tiger reserve, fourth in the state
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Chhattisgarh govt announces a new tiger reserve, fourth in the state

Hindustan Times  

The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday announced its decision to declare a new tiger reserve, covering areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary in the state. The new reserve, called the ‘Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve’, will be the fourth in the state after Indravati, Udanti-Sitanadi and Achanakmar. “The new tiger reserve will help develop …

Tamil Nadu: Two-year re-wilding bid fails, tiger taken to Vandalur zoo
5 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Two-year re-wilding bid fails, tiger taken to Vandalur zoo

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Two weeks after the principal chief conservator of forests and chief wildlife warden Srinivas R Reddy informed the Madras High Court that a tiger could not be released into the wild, a team of forest department staff, with the help of veterinarians, shifted the big cat to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai in a special ambulance from …

Forest department tracks Maharashtra tiger in Telangana's Kumurambheem Asifabad
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Forest department tracks Maharashtra tiger in Telangana's Kumurambheem Asifabad

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Forest department is currently tracking a male tiger that made its way into the Kumurambheem Asifabad district from Maharashtra. Elusing Meru, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and in-charge Chief Wildlife Warden told TNIE that the tiger is moving along the corridor and is yet to enter the core area of the Kawal Tiger Reserve. Jogu Yellam, field biologist …

Bhadra Tiger Reserve: A paradise for scientists, tourists and photographers
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Bhadra Tiger Reserve: A paradise for scientists, tourists and photographers

The Hindu  

The sun is just about to rise as the staff of the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary office at Lakkavali keep the vehicles ready for the morning safari. Suddenly, the driver-cum-guide raises his hand, pointing his fingers to a shrub, and whispers, “Two leopards.” Even as all the tourists in the vehicle strain to catch a glimpse, the animals disappear in the …

Snippets on the Bhadra Wildlife Reserve
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Snippets on the Bhadra Wildlife Reserve

The Hindu  

How the sanctuary came to be Bhadra Wildlife Reserve was formally declared a sanctuary on September 6, 1974, making it the 25th Tiger Reserve in India. Many species of animals The sanctuary has, according to the Forest Department, an estimated 42 species of mammals, 264 species of birds, 43 species of reptiles, 18 species of amphibians, and 56 species of …

Tamil Nadu Today | PMK to form alliance for Lok Sabha polls
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu Today | PMK to form alliance for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Lok Sabha polls | PMK to form alliance The Pattali Makkal Katchi, in its special general body meeting, resolved to contest the upcoming elections to the Lok Sabha in alliance with other parties. Reserve forests in Erode becomes Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary The Tamil Nadu government has declared 80,114.80 hectares of reserve forests in Bargur Hills in Erode district, as …

T.N. gets its 18th wildlife sanctuary in the reserve forests of Erode district
10 months, 3 weeks ago

T.N. gets its 18th wildlife sanctuary in the reserve forests of Erode district

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government has declared 80,114.80 hectares of reserve forests in Bargur Hills in Erode district, as the Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. This stretch of protected forests, links the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve with Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary, and has been notified as the 18th wildlife sanctuary in the State. This region is part of the corridor that connects the …

‘Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve’ becomes Madhya Pradesh’s 7th protected habitat for big cats
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve’ becomes Madhya Pradesh’s 7th protected habitat for big cats

The Hindu  

September 23, 2023 04:36 pm | Updated 05:30 pm IST - Bhopal Madhya Pradesh, which is home to the most number of tigers in the country, has got a new protected area for the big cats named ‘Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve’, the seventh in the state, an official said. Various areas under Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve have been notified by …

NTCA approves expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan: Official
1 year, 3 months ago

NTCA approves expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan: Official

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the state’s proposal for expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan by around 1,900 sq km. A senior forest official familiar with the development said the department had submitted a proposal of expansion of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve by around 35 sq km, Sariska Tiger Reserve by 600 sq km and Mukundra Hills Tiger …

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

A tiger that migrated from the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand has been tracked in the Renuka forests of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday. The tiger has been spotted in the Renuka forests of where it arrived in the middle of August, the official said. It was a long-distance migration that saw the tiger cover hundreds of kilometres …

How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project
1 year, 4 months ago

How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 24, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ Historically, tigers existed in the Doon Valley in an area larger than what is now considered the Dehradun forest, restricted to around 450 sq km. Researchers from WWF, in collaboration with the Uttarakhand Forest Department, have gathered photographic evidence of resident male and female tigers from this reserve forest …

Madhya Pradesh: Forest belt flush with tigers, but not a reserve
1 year, 4 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Forest belt flush with tigers, but not a reserve

Hindustan Times  

Sonewani, a 180sq km forest belt in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, has 49 tigers, according to the 2022 tiger estimation report, more than the number of big cats in 32 of the 53 tiger reserves in India — but it is neither a tiger reserve nor a wildlife sanctuary. The Madhya Pradesh forest department noticed the presence of a …

Foresters to strengthen tiger corridor linking NSTR to Seshachalam
1 year, 6 months ago

Foresters to strengthen tiger corridor linking NSTR to Seshachalam

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The AP foresters would strengthen the notified tiger corridor connecting the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve to Seshachalam by providing the requisite amenities like water holes, vegetation and availability of herbivores. They have identified potential tiger habitats in Proddatur, Kadapa and Tirupati areas, these having connectivity to the tiger corridor, and also found NSTR with Lankamalleswara and other protected areas like …

Tigress spotted with cubs in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: Official
1 year, 6 months ago

Tigress spotted with cubs in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: Official

Hindustan Times  

Tigress T-124 was spotted with her cubs on Wednesday morning in a camera trap in the Rajbag forest area under zone 3 of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, said a senior forest official. Another Ranthambore tigress, T-117 delivered three cubs on April 15 in the Sarmathura forest area in the Dholpur district, which adjoins RTR, said the official, adding that …

World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer
1 year, 6 months ago

World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer

The Hindu  

A quintessential summer day in Tamil Nadu’s five major tiger reserves sees the dry rustle of grasslands, trickles of streams, and the occasional wild forest fire. Large water troughs are constructed and regularly replenished so that the animals are taken care of,” says C Vidhya, Deputy Director of Nilgiris’ Mudumalai Tiger Reserve. The habitat is now green and welcoming of …

Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park
1 year, 7 months ago

Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park

Hindustan Times  

A tiger from Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan, who has been roaming around in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur forest for the past two months, has entered Kuno National Park, a forest official said on Monday. Around half a dozen tigers from Ranthambore have entered Kuno in the past eight years The male tiger named T-136 has been trying to make its …

Dudhwa tiger reserve improves rating in mgmt effectiveness survey
1 year, 8 months ago

Dudhwa tiger reserve improves rating in mgmt effectiveness survey

Hindustan Times  

The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has been ranked under “very good” rating with 81.82 score in the latest report on management effectiveness evaluation released by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change recently. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has been ranked under “very good” rating in the latest report on management effectiveness evaluation. “Dudhwa has found a place among the 20 tiger …

Karnataka in race with M.P. to emerge as ‘Tiger State’
1 year, 8 months ago

Karnataka in race with M.P. to emerge as ‘Tiger State’

The Hindu  

Karnataka is in the race with Madhya Pradesh to emerge as the ‘Tiger State’ of the country even as all eyes are on the 2022 tiger enumeration results which will be released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru on Sunday at an event to commemorate 50 years of Project Tiger. Hills Wildlife Sanctuary as tiger reserves so that nearly …

The Hindu Archives, fifty years ago, March 31, 1973 | A great day for the Indian tiger
1 year, 8 months ago

The Hindu Archives, fifty years ago, March 31, 1973 | A great day for the Indian tiger

The Hindu  

New Delhi, March 30: April 1 promises to be a great day for the Indian tiger which has recently taken the place of the lion as the national animal, as a new project will be launched on that day to save this species from extinction. The Project Tiger, as it is called, will be inaugurated at the famous Corbett National …

T.N. Budget | New wildlife sanctuary in Erode; coastal restoration mission to prevent sea erosion
1 year, 9 months ago

T.N. Budget | New wildlife sanctuary in Erode; coastal restoration mission to prevent sea erosion

The Hindu  

To mitigate the effects of climate vagaries on the coastal ecosystem, the Tamil Nadu government has announced the Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission in the State Budget for the financial year 2023-24. The mission, to be implemented with World Bank assistance at an estimated cost of ₹2,000 crore over the next five years, is aimed at preventing sea erosion, reducing …

How many tigers can India’s forests sustain?
1 year, 11 months ago

How many tigers can India’s forests sustain?

Hindustan Times  

Two newsworthy events will occur this year. Second, India’s most successful wildlife conservation venture, Project Tiger, will turn 50 this April, a milestone to be celebrated with another record estimate of tiger numbers. Tigers also don’t understand human-drawn boundaries or maps — national parks, wildlife sanctuaries or tiger reserves. A decade ago, Valmiki Tiger Reserve had fallen off the tiger …

Tiger movement spotted in Chilla-Motichur corridor of RTR after 2 decades
2 years, 1 month ago

Tiger movement spotted in Chilla-Motichur corridor of RTR after 2 decades

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand forest department spotted the movement of a tiger in the Chilla-Motichur corridor of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve after two decades in a major development for wildlife conservation, said a senior official. A tiger was seen moving from the eastern fringe of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve to the forests on its western fringe through the corridor A tiger was …

Cauvery South wildlife sanctuary notified
2 years, 1 month ago

Cauvery South wildlife sanctuary notified

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Adding one more feather to its conservation cap, the State government notified an area of 686.405 sq km of reserve forests in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri Districts as ‘Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary,’ which will connect Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary in the State with the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka, thus forming a large, contiguous network of protected areas for wildlife. …

Tamil Nadu notifies Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary
2 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu notifies Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government has declared an area in the reserve forests of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri as the Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary. The declaration of Cauvery South Wildlife Sanctuary to include 686.406 Sq.Km of Reserve Forests in Anchetty, Urigam and Jawalagiri ranges of the Hosur Forest Division that comprises forest stretches of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts, has been made under …

Project to save tiger from extinction
2 years, 3 months ago

Project to save tiger from extinction

The Hindu  

New Delhi, Sept. 10: A Rs. 5.8 crore project to save the magnificent Indian tiger from going the way of the dodo is to be launched on April 1 next year. The report on ‘Project Tiger’, prepared by a task force of experts, at the instance of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, was presented to her by Dr. Karan …

5 National Parks That You Can Visit During Monsoon
2 years, 6 months ago

5 National Parks That You Can Visit During Monsoon

News 18  

Monsoon is a season in which nature’s beauty can be seen at its peak. It’s frustrating not to be able to visit national parks during this season, especially if you enjoy looking at animals and visiting them in their natural habitat. Here’s a list of parks that you can visit this monsoon: Nagarahole Tiger Reserve Rajiv Gandhi National Park in …

Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve

Hindustan Times  

The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary in Rajasthan was notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve on Monday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said. Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve This is Rajasthan's fourth tiger reserve after Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukundra. The National Tiger Conservation Authority had given in-principle approval to make Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining areas …

Saving the tiger in Sathyamangalam
2 years, 10 months ago

Saving the tiger in Sathyamangalam

The Hindu  

“Tyger, tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night”—William Blake’s famous lines resonate in the mind as one watches the mysterious black-and-yellow striped form making its way through the forest. The Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve is a protected area along the Western Ghats, under the Sathyamangalam and Gobichettipalayam taluks, in Erode district, Tamil Nadu. This link also …

Rajasthan may get another tiger reserve in the Kumbhalgarh area of Udaipur division
3 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan may get another tiger reserve in the Kumbhalgarh area of Udaipur division

Hindustan Times  

The four-member committee constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority has found Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary in Rajasthan as a potential tiger reserve, officials said. Representative Picture After conducting a survey of the area in the last two months, the committee has found sanctuary potential as the fifth tiger reserve but also raised certain concerns. A senior official of the forest department …

Two tiger reserves in Tamil Nadu earn a global status in conservation
3 years, 3 months ago

Two tiger reserves in Tamil Nadu earn a global status in conservation

The Hindu  

Anamalai Tiger Reserve located at Pollachi near Coimbatore, one of the largest landscapes in the south of Palghat Gap with 4000 sq km of protected area, and the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris, a bio-diversity hotspot of the Western Ghats have now earned a global elite tag in tiger conservation. Only 14 reserves made the cut including Parambikulam in …

Why Rajasthan has created a fourth tiger sanctuary
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Rajasthan has created a fourth tiger sanctuary

India Today  

On July 5, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change approved India’s 52nd tiger sanctuary. km Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Bundi district will be Rajasthan’s fourth tiger reserve and can house 35 tigers. Its creation was recommended by the National Tiger Conservation Authority last month and the new sanctuary, 220 km from state capital Jaipur, will offer …

TN gets its fifth tiger reserve in Srivilliputhur - Megamalai
3 years, 10 months ago

TN gets its fifth tiger reserve in Srivilliputhur - Megamalai

The Hindu  

Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve is the fifth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu. In a government order, State Forests Secretary Sandeep Saxena has declared the creation of Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve on Monday. With the new Srivilliputhur – Megamalai Tiger Reserve, the forests will be better protected and the Vaigai river, its tributaries will start flowing again,” says T.S. Now, tigers …

Sariska Tiger Reserve revival: As villagers relocate, conditions improve
3 years, 11 months ago

Sariska Tiger Reserve revival: As villagers relocate, conditions improve

Hindustan Times  

The relocation of several villagers from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the past four months to the outskirts has resulted in better visibility of tigers and more inflow of tourists in the habitat, which lost all its native tigers in 2005, forest department officials said. “Also, our children will get schooling facility at Sariska Tiger Reserve and later employment there,” …

Over a Third of India’s Big Cats Reside Outside Tiger Reserves in Forest Divisions, Sanctuaries: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Over a Third of India’s Big Cats Reside Outside Tiger Reserves in Forest Divisions, Sanctuaries: Report

News 18  

Over a third of India’s wild tiger population resides outside the 50 tiger reserves, the latest All-India Tiger Population Estimation Report has revealed. As many as 1,923 tigers or 65% the total tiger population was found inside tiger reserves and the rest were estimated to have a range that was largely found in neighbouring forest blocks, the government’s report on …

Corbett has most tigers in India; none left in Dampa, Buxa and Palamu reserves, says report
4 years, 4 months ago

Corbett has most tigers in India; none left in Dampa, Buxa and Palamu reserves, says report

Firstpost  

In the state-wise distribution of tigers, Madhya Pradesh had the highest number of the big cats at 526 followed by Karnataka at 524 and 442 in Uttarakhand New Delhi: The Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand has the highest number of 231 big cats in the country, and while there are t he reserves in Mizoram, West Bengal and Jharkhand have …

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