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Animal intrusion continues to trouble Ramanathapuram farmers
15 hours, 9 minutes ago

Animal intrusion continues to trouble Ramanathapuram farmers

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Despite flagging the menace of animal intrusion during the grievance redressal meetings every month, the issue continues to remain unresolved in Thiruvadanai and Paramakudi, alleged the farmers of the region. Though the forest department has installed trap cameras on the migratory paths to map the movement of deer and wild boars in Ramanathapuram, the farmers demanded a permanent fix …

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Leopard that spread fear caught in Pathanamthitta
15 hours, 9 minutes ago

Leopard that spread fear caught in Pathanamthitta

New Indian Express  

PATHANAMTHITTA: A four-year-old leopard, which has been spreading fear, was caught from Pakkandam near Inchappara of Kalanjoor panchayat in Pathanamthitta district on Monday. Following complaints, the forest department installed cameras in the area which confirmed the presence of leopards. A three-year-old female leopard was trapped in a cage that was placed at Rakshasanpara area of Inchapara on October 29. The …

Leopard Pathanamthitta Fear Caught
Leopard caught in cage in Kerala's Pathanamthitta
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15 hours, 9 minutes ago

Leopard caught in cage in Kerala's Pathanamthitta

New Indian Express  

PATHANAMTHITTA: A four-year-old leopard, which has been spreading fear, was caught from Pakkandam near Inchappara of Kalanjoor panchayat in Pathanamthitta district on Monday. The leopard was caught in the cage placed in the farmland of Manoj of Niramel house. Following complaints the forest department installed cameras in the area which confirmed the presence of leopards. A three-year-old female leopard was …

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Efforts Underway to Tranquilize Tigress Zeenat and Bring her Back to Similipal
20 hours, 39 minutes ago

Efforts Underway to Tranquilize Tigress Zeenat and Bring her Back to Similipal

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Efforts are in full swing to tranquilise and relocate tigress Zeenat, who strayed into the forests of West Bengal from Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve. With no signs of the tigress returning to her habitat on her own, Baripada Regional Chief Conservator of Forests Prakash Chand Gogineni confirmed plans to tranquilize the big cat to ensure her safe return. Four …

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Tigress from Odisha’s Similipal strays into West Bengal’s Purulia
22 hours, 36 minutes ago

Tigress from Odisha’s Similipal strays into West Bengal’s Purulia

The Hindu  

A three-year-old tigress has strayed into the Bandwan area of West Bengal’s Purulia district from the Similipal Reserve Forest in Odisha. A senior State government official said the West Bengal Forest Department was trying to drive the tigress back to Similipal by the same route. Efforts are also being made to capture the animal and release it into a wild …

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Higher count of butterfly species recorded in Pachamalai during Forest Department study
1 day, 3 hours ago

Higher count of butterfly species recorded in Pachamalai during Forest Department study

The Hindu  

A recent study by the Forest Department in the lush, green and serene Pachamalai Hills under the Tiruchi Forest Division has recorded a higher count of butterfly species and a healthy butterfly population. A total of 126 butterfly species were recorded during the two-day study that was carried out by The Nature and Butterfly Society in coordination with the Forest …

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India's forest and tree cover grows by 1,445 sq km
1 day, 13 hours ago

India's forest and tree cover grows by 1,445 sq km

Deccan Chronicle  

India's total forest and tree cover rose by 1,445 square kilometres since 2021, reaching 25.17 per cent of the total geographical area in 2023, according to the latest government data.The forest cover grew by just 156 square kilometres while tree cover expanded by 1,289 square kilometres. Most of the gain in forest cover occurred outside the Recorded Forest Area, which …

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Man City crisis deepens after another loss and Arsenal closes gap on Liverpool
1 day, 14 hours ago

Man City crisis deepens after another loss and Arsenal closes gap on Liverpool

Deccan Chronicle  

Manchester City’s stunning slump deepened after losing to Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.Goals from Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers at Villa Park consigned the four-time defending champion to a ninth defeat in 12 games in a season that is unravelling. They are not good,” Guardiola said.Third-placed Arsenal closed the gap on league leader Liverpool to three …

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Man dies in suspected tiger attack in Assam's Kaliabor
1 day, 15 hours ago

Man dies in suspected tiger attack in Assam's Kaliabor

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: A 60-year-old man lost his life in a suspected tiger attack in Kaliabor area of Assam. We found the body parts at the Kamakhya Reserve Forest,” the official added. The Kamakhya Reserve Forest is adjacent to the Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve. He said this was the second tiger attack in the area in recent times.

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Minister Khandre Urges Wildlife Conservation in Mining Areas
1 day, 20 hours ago

Minister Khandre Urges Wildlife Conservation in Mining Areas

Deccan Chronicle  

Bellary: In an effort to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts in mining-affected areas, Forest, Biology, and Environment Minister Eshwar B Khandre has directed officials to draft a plan to establish a botanical garden in each taluk. During a progress review meeting at the Ballari Forest Department office, the minister instructed officials to utilize funds from the Karnataka Mining Environment Restoration …

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Minister Khandre Urges Wildlife Conservation in Mining Areas
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1 day, 21 hours ago

Minister Khandre Urges Wildlife Conservation in Mining Areas

Deccan Chronicle  

Bellary: In an effort to mitigate the adverse environmental impacts in mining-affected areas, Forest, Biology, and Environment Minister Eshwar B Khandre has directed officials to draft a plan to establish a botanical garden in each taluk. During a progress review meeting at the Ballari Forest Department office, the minister instructed officials to utilize funds from the Karnataka Mining Environment Restoration …

Mining Forest Officials Minister Ballari Minister Khandre Khandre Urges
Man City crisis deepens after another loss and Arsenal closes gap on Liverpool
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2 days ago

Man City crisis deepens after another loss and Arsenal closes gap on Liverpool

Associated Press  

Manchester City’s stunning slump deepened after losing to Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. Third-placed Arsenal closed the gap on league leader Liverpool to three points with a 5-1 win at Crystal Palace, but has played two games more. While it looks unlikely to win a fifth straight title, a place in the top four and Champions …

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25% of India’s total area under green cover: Government report
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2 days, 7 hours ago

25% of India’s total area under green cover: Government report

The Hindu  

India’s forest and tree cover has reached a quarter of the country’s total geographical area, according to the India State of Forest Report 2023, released by the Government of India on Saturday. The Forest Survey of India defines “forest cover” as land with tree canopy density exceeding 10% and covering at least one hectare. The FSI counts trees outside forests …

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The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla
2 days, 15 hours ago

The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla

Al Jazeera  

During the nine months that it was “occupied”, the Grunheide Forest became home to hundreds of people - some for a few days at a time, while others remained for months - and is described as “a space for living and activism”. One of them, identified only as “Max” and equipped with climbing gear and a walkie-talkie ready to act …

King Charles makes a wry joke about his health as it's confirmed his cancer treatment will continue into next year
3 days ago

King Charles makes a wry joke about his health as it's confirmed his cancer treatment will continue into next year

Daily Mail  

Charles met Caroline again outside the community hall in east London today King Charles made a wry joke about his health this afternoon amid reports his cancer treatment will continue into next year. The monarch, 76, spoke to Caroline Akuffo outside Waltham Forest Town Hall in east London, who presented him with the old picture The then-Prince of Wales met …

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52 kg gold, Rs 10 crore cash seized from Innova abandoned in Bhopal forest
3 days, 15 hours ago

52 kg gold, Rs 10 crore cash seized from Innova abandoned in Bhopal forest

India Today  

The Income Tax Department on Friday recovered 52 kg of gold and Rs 9.86 crore in cash from an abandoned Innova car in the forests near Bhopal, the police commissioner said. So far, Rs 2.85 crore in cash has been recovered from the house and office of former RTO constable Saurabh Sharma. According to Lokayukta DSP Ravindra Singh, 60 kg …

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Rajasthan BJP leader sentenced to three years in jail for slapping forest officer
3 days, 15 hours ago

Rajasthan BJP leader sentenced to three years in jail for slapping forest officer

India Today  

A special court in Kota sentenced BJP leader and former Rajasthan MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat to three-year imprisonment on Thursday for slapping a forest officer in 2022. Apart from Rajawat, his aide, Mahavir Suman, has also been sentenced to three years in jail. Speaking to the press after the judgment, Rajawat claimed that he had just put his shoulders around …

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Forest Department uses drones to locate stray leopard near Gudiyatham
3 days, 21 hours ago

Forest Department uses drones to locate stray leopard near Gudiyatham

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has intensified operations to locate the leopard inside Veethi Chetti reserve forests at Durgam village, around 30 km from Gudiyatham town in Vellore on Thursday by using drones. Thursday’s efforts by forest officials come in the wake of the death of a 22-year-old graduate who died after a leopard attacked her in Durgam village.. A seven-member forest …

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No Right To Fell Trees Despite Ownership If Land Is Classified As Protected Forest: Punjab & Haryana High Court
3 days, 22 hours ago

No Right To Fell Trees Despite Ownership If Land Is Classified As Protected Forest: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that even if a person are lawful owners of land classified as protected forest under Indian Forest Act, they cannot fell trees on such land. Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, "even if assumingly the plaintiffs are owners of the suit land, yet therebys they cannot be permitted to fell …

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Kerala High Court Directs State To Constitute Teams For Carrying Out Census Of Captive Elephants, Identifying Their Custodians
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4 days, 3 hours ago

Kerala High Court Directs State To Constitute Teams For Carrying Out Census Of Captive Elephants, Identifying Their Custodians

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today directed the State Government to constitute a team for conducting a census of captive Elephants in the State. Court ordered thus: “We feel it imperative to direct the State to constitute a team comprising of the District collector and the Divisional Forest Officer of each district to conduct census of Elephants held by private individuals/institutions …

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Chhattisgarh: Bear, two cubs killed in IED blast by Naxals in Dantewada
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4 days, 15 hours ago

Chhattisgarh: Bear, two cubs killed in IED blast by Naxals in Dantewada

India TV News  

Dantewada IED blast: A female bear and her two cubs were killed in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh when an Improvised Explosive Device planted by Naxalites went off, a forest official said on Thursday. The outlawed Communist Party of India frequently plants IEDs along roads and in forests in the state’s Bastar region, which includes seven districts like Dantewada, targeting patrolling …

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On Big Bear’s slopes, a new ski lift opens. Is a link between resorts next?
4 days, 15 hours ago

On Big Bear’s slopes, a new ski lift opens. Is a link between resorts next?

LA Times  

The 2024-25 ski season at Bear Mountain in Big Bear opened Dec. 13. How the new lift works Bear Mountain officials said they’ve spent about $10.2 million on the new Midway lift, which replaces the now-departed chairlifts 1, 2 and 5 in the resort’s central base area. How Bear Mountain and Snow Summit could link together Like many ski resorts, …

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SC mulls tree census with help of Forest Survey of India
4 days, 21 hours ago

SC mulls tree census with help of Forest Survey of India

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday proposed a tree census to be conducted by the Tree Authority in the national capital by employing the Forest Survey of India. A Bench of Justices A.S. Oka and Manmohan also highlighted the need for a supervisory authority over Tree Officers under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994. Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati said …

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No Pruning Of Trees Till Forest Department Has SOP On Compliance Under DPTA: Delhi High Court
5 days, 1 hour ago

No Pruning Of Trees Till Forest Department Has SOP On Compliance Under DPTA: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed all the Deputy Conservator of Forests to ensure that no pruning of trees is undertaken till the Department of Forest and Wildlife has guidelines or SOP to ensure that the exercise is done and monitored in accordance with the provisions of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act.Justice Jasmeet Singh said that in case pruning is …

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