Articles for Reserve Forest

Efforts Underway to Tranquilize Tigress Zeenat and Bring her Back to Similipal
1 day 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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One held for poaching in reserve forest near Tiruvannamalai town
1 month, 2 weeks ago

One held for poaching in reserve forest near Tiruvannamalai town

The Hindu  

A 46-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for poaching wild animals in the Sorakolathur Reserve Forest near Tiruvannamalai town. The police said a special team under the crime wing of the district police was conducting vehicle checks near the forest on the outskirts of the town, and came across two persons on a two-wheeler. “They have been poaching in the …

Reserve Forest
Odisha to Get First Tiger from Maharashtra on Sunday Night
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha to Get First Tiger from Maharashtra on Sunday Night

New Indian Express  

Odisha is set to get its first tiger from Maharashtra on Sunday night in a major relocation project aimed at improving the genetic diversity of the striped predators in the Similipal landscape. The female tiger from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) will be transported in a special vehicle via road and is expected to be shifted to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) …

Environment Law Wildlife Translocation Bhubaneswar
450 families evicted from reserve forest in Assam
2 months, 4 weeks ago

450 families evicted from reserve forest in Assam

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 450 families, who had illegally occupied part of the Bandarmatha Reserve Forest in Assam’s Goalpara district have been evicted during a drive by the state authorities, officials said on Tuesday. Many illegal structures erected in the reserved forest area in Assam’s Goalpara district were razed using bulldozers and other earth moving vehicles on Monday. Goalpara divisional forest office Tejas …

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NTCA green-lights world’s first melanistic tiger safari near Similipal in Odisha
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NTCA green-lights world’s first melanistic tiger safari near Similipal in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has green-lighted the world’s first melanistic tiger safari near Similipal tiger reserve of Odisha, officials aware of the matter said on Monday. Simlipal tiger reserve is the only tiger habitat in the world to have melanistic tigers that have broad black stripes running across their bodies and thicker than those seen in normal tigers. While …

Odisha Black Tigers Similipal Ntca Reserve Forest Safari
Amrabad Tiger Reserve core area will be a plastic-free zone: Officials
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Amrabad Tiger Reserve core area will be a plastic-free zone: Officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Since the state government has prioritised making the Amrabad Tiger Reserve a plastic-free zone, 4,500 pieces of plastic waste have been collected near the entrance gate of Amrabad Tiger Reserve in the last 25 days. “Between July 1 and 25, we collected around 4,500 kg of single-use plastic waste from near three checkposts. Commemorating the International Tiger Day on …

Tiger Plastic Plastic Waste Reserve
Kerala’s thumbs-up to NGO’s novel forest conservation initiative
7 months, 1 week ago

Kerala’s thumbs-up to NGO’s novel forest conservation initiative

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a novel nature conservation initiative, a Kolkata-based NGO has purchased four acres of private land along the forest enclosure in Malappuram’s Kurali village, to “re-wild” it, before handing it over to the forest department. Nature Mates Nature Club purchased the land coming under the Sankarankode forest enclosure and approached the department with the request to receive and register …

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Tiger population grows in Odisha, Similipal sees increase from 16 to 27
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Tiger population grows in Odisha, Similipal sees increase from 16 to 27

Deccan Chronicle  

BHUBANESWAR: The tiger population in Odisha has increased. At present, there are 30 tigers and eight cubs — all below one year old, revealed the first All Odisha Tiger Estimation report 2023-24. As per the report, of the 30 tigers, a total of 27 unique adult tigers were camera-trapped during the AOTE exercise in Similipal Tiger Reserve other forest ranges. …

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Forest Department prevents visitors taking over 2 tonnes of single-use plastic to Anamalai Tiger Reserve in a year
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Forest Department prevents visitors taking over 2 tonnes of single-use plastic to Anamalai Tiger Reserve in a year

The Hindu  

Proactive steps taken by the Forest Department have prevented visitors from possibly dumping more than two tonnes of single-use plastic materials in places falling under the Anamalai Tiger Reserve and popular tourism destination Valparai in the past one year. Supriya Sahu, Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Climate Change and Forest, visited the facility at Aliyar checkpost on January 27 and instructed …

Tiger Department Pollachi Plastic Reserve Forest Valparai
Action sought against private resorts for conducting night safari in reserve forest area in Koppal district
1 year, 1 month ago

Action sought against private resorts for conducting night safari in reserve forest area in Koppal district

The Hindu  

Social activist Dinesh Kallahalli has written to the Forest Department and the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change seeking action against the owner of a commercial resorts for what he said running jungle night safari in the Sanapura Reserve Forest area in Koppal district. In a letter addressed to Secretary of Ministry of Environment Forest, Additional Principal Chief Conservator …

Forest Area Owner Reserve Forest Area Koppal District Vallabhachandra
Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants
1 year, 3 months ago

Logging is growing in a Nigerian forest home to endangered elephants

LA Times  

A bare-chested man loads timber onto a truck inside the Omo Forest Reserve in Nigeria on July 31. This was miles into the conservation zone of Omo Forest Reserve in southern Nigeria, a protected area where logging is prohibited because it’s home to threatened species like African elephants, pangolins and white-throated monkeys. But forest rangers hired by the nonprofit Nigerian …

Conservation Nigeria Trees Area Nigerian Logging Reserve
Indian bison from Indapur translocated to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian bison from Indapur translocated to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve

Hindustan Times  

The forest department translocated an aggressive Indian bison from Indapur to the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Chandoli on July 16. Ashutosh Shendage, assistant conservator of forest, Pune forest division said, “During the lockdown, a group of Indian bison left their natural habitat and migrated to Indapur via Baramati-Saswad and resided there for a few days.” “While the rest returned to …

Rescue Animal Indapur Bison Several Complaints Sahyadri Tiger Reserve Shendage
Bus to Sambhuvanipalem, tucked in reserve forest, brings cheer to tribals
1 year, 5 months ago

Bus to Sambhuvanipalem, tucked in reserve forest, brings cheer to tribals

The Hindu  

For residents of Sambhuvanipalem, June 24 was a day they finally felt connected to the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, which their village is part of. “We used to walk in the forest for half an hour and pass a reservoir before reaching the nearest bus stop at P.M. Palem, some 3 km away from our village.” On luckier …

School City Forest Bus Residents Lack Village
Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari
1 year, 6 months ago

Forest personnel monitor Arikomban’s movement at tiger reserve in Kanniyakumari

The Hindu  

June 07, 2023 04:45 am | Updated 04:56 pm IST - KANNIYAKUMARI After releasing the tranquilised wild elephant Arikomban in the Lower Gothaiyar Dam area of the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Kanniyakumari district shortly before Monday midnight, the forest personnel have camped there to monitor the movement of the tusker. Since the truck carrying the elephant could not be taken …

Kerala Forest Elephant Area Kanniyakumari Kanniyakumari District Forest Personnel
Waste processing facility works near reserve forest in Coimbatore halted as Forest Department raises concerns
1 year, 6 months ago

Waste processing facility works near reserve forest in Coimbatore halted as Forest Department raises concerns

The Hindu  

Works by the Gudalur Municipality in Coimbatore district to set up a waste processing facility abutting a reserve forest has been put on hold temporarily following strong objection raised by the Forest Department. Coimbatore District Collector Kranthi Kumar Pati confirmed that the works for the waste treatment facility were stalled due to the Forest Department’s objection. The Hindu in its …

Department Waste Coimbatore Reserve Forest Forest Department Periyanaickenpalayam Objection
Reject move for 2,880 MW hydro project, tribal rights group tells Arunachal government
1 year, 6 months ago

Reject move for 2,880 MW hydro project, tribal rights group tells Arunachal government

The Hindu  

A New Delhi-based tribal rights group has asked the Arunachal Pradesh government to reject a move by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that paved the way for a 2,880 MW hydropower project. The IRAC urged them to “outrightly reject” the recommendation of the MoEFCC’s Forest Advisory Committee for establishing a community reserve on the right bank of …

Community Rights Land Indigenous Forest State Reserve
Arikomban is now in Megamalai reserve forest: T.N. Forest Minister Mathiventhan
1 year, 6 months ago

Arikomban is now in Megamalai reserve forest: T.N. Forest Minister Mathiventhan

The Hindu  

The lone tusker - Arikomban has moved inside the Megamalai reserve forest area and the pachyderm is being closely watched by a team of officials and ground staff from the forest department, with the support of personnel from the police, fire and revenue departments, said the Tamil Nadu Forest Minister M. Mathiventhan here on Sunday, May 28, 2023. Now, with …

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Officials say tiger’s death in Bandipur reserve unnatural
1 year, 10 months ago

Officials say tiger’s death in Bandipur reserve unnatural

Hindustan Times  

Bandipur forest officers on Thursday confirmed that the tiger’s death in Mallayyana Katte lake in Kebbepura village in Gundlupet taluk, Chamarajanagar was unnatural. HT Image The officers said the carcass was found in the Kundakere range forest of Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Tuesday. According to forest officers, the tiger died at another place around four days back and was thrown …

Death Tiger Bandipur
Elephants re-colonise Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, helped by the local community
2 years, 2 months ago

Elephants re-colonise Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, helped by the local community

The Hindu  

“There were no elephants in these forests for over 100 years,” says Anshuman Shah, Head naturalist at Samode Safari Lodge in Bandhavgarh Tiger Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. “Initially it looked like a part of elephant movement along the tiger corridor, but the herd is back and is living here now,” says Shah. We have started an initiative, Haathi Mitra Dal, …

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Vizag foresters rope in wildlife experts to trap tiger
2 years, 5 months ago

Vizag foresters rope in wildlife experts to trap tiger

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Officials of the forest department in Visakhapatnam are consulting experts from the Wildlife Institute of India and Dudhva Tiger Reserve to trap the four-year-old male tiger that is on the prowl around Aarli village under K. Kotapadu mandal of Anakapalle district, about 45 km from Vizag. “We are planning to trap the tiger tomorrow when it returns to the …

Tiger Visakhapatnam
Wildlife in Kawal Tiger Reserve facing drinking water shortage
2 years, 9 months ago

Wildlife in Kawal Tiger Reserve facing drinking water shortage

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: As temperatures in Adilabad district touched 42 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, many ponds and other drinking water sources within Kawal Tiger Reserve have dried up. Some of the wild animals, especially antelopes, are coming close to canals and water bodies on outskirts of villages in search of drinking water. Though forest officials have dug saucer pits and are filling …

Water Forest Wild Forest Officials Drinking Water Kawal Tiger Reserve
NH-44 neglect burns orchards, reserve forests
2 years, 9 months ago

NH-44 neglect burns orchards, reserve forests

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The neglect on the part of the NHAI in developing greenery on the NH44 road in its Anantapur stretch has resulted in a fire on the main road, spreading to nearby orchards and reserve forests along the Anantapur-Penukonda sector. Dry grass and plants in traffic islands on NH44 road were burning for the past one week after they were …

Forest Road Fires Reserve Forest Penukonda Reserve Forests
Forest officials clueless about movements, safety of tigers
3 years, 1 month ago

Forest officials clueless about movements, safety of tigers

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Forest officials and staff allegedly failed to track tigers’ movement and maintain tiger conservation and management up to the expectations of the National Tiger Conservation Authority in the erstwhile Adilabad district. Though the NTCA mentioned this in its reports in the past, now it is proved with forest officials getting information about the death of a tiger, one year …

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‘Evidence’ of tiger’s presence found near PTR after 15 months
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Evidence’ of tiger’s presence found near PTR after 15 months

Hindustan Times  

Strap: Forest officials came across pug mark of a tigress in Lohardaga district, close to Palamau Tiger Reserve HT Image Evidence of a big cat’s presence was recently found in Lohardaga district, adjacent to Palamau Tiger Reserve, for the first time in over 15 months after a tigress was found dead in the reserve in February last year, forest officials …

Tiger Forest Ptr Reserve Lohardaga Tigress Lohardaga District