The State government has been receiving technical inputs including satellite images from the Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, to identify and prevent forest fires, thereby avoiding any loss of wildlife in the Papikonda National Park in Alluri Sitharama Raju district in the Eastern Ghats. Forest fires have been reported at multiple locations and directions across the length and breadth of …
GUDISA More than 200 bird species have been recorded in the myriad diverse landscape across the length and breadth of the 1012 square-kilometre Papikonda National Park in the Godavari region of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. The survey was carried out across different geographies of the national park — dense forest cover serving as prime habitat of tigers, the …
VISAKHAPATNAM: The population of leopards in Andhra Pradesh has increased by 15 per cent from 492 in 2018 to 569 in 2022, according to the ‘Status of Leopards in India - 2022’ report released by the Centre on Thursday. Rayalaseema comprises the forests of Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Sri Venkateswara National Park, Sri Penusila Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary, and the territorial …
Vijayawada: An adult tiger, whose pug marks were found a few days ago in the farm fields at Yerrayagudem village of Buttayagudem mandal in Eluru district, is found to be returning home at the VR Puram-Chintur-Papikonda National Park. Additional principal chief conservator of forests Shantipriya Pande said the tiger’s natural habitat is VR Puram-Chintur-Papikonda National Park and it strayed into …
