NAGPUR: Children from buffer villages of Pench Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) recently attended a nature camp at Sillari in east Pench and learnt lessons on nature and tiger conservation. The camp was organized
The Kanha-Pench complex harbours around 120 tigers along with several important floral and faunal assemblages. The landscape also supports diverse land use, forest protection regimes and traditional forest
<p>Today, most wild tigers live in small, isolated Protected Areas within human dominated landscapes in the Indian subcontinent. Future survival of tigers depends on increasing local population size, as
<p><span id="itro1">NGT permitted Medha Patkar, Aradhana Bhargava, Sajje Rao & other project affected villagers to go ahead with petition filed by them challenging environmental clearance granted to
New Delhi: Lease out 150 sq km of prime forest land to private tourism companies next to a prominent tiger reserve for 50 years. Buy it, if possible. Run an exclusive resort on the cordoned off land with
The interim ban on tourism in core areas of tiger reserves has already started to tell on those who depend on tourists. Tour operators across India are coping with a large number of cancellations and have
In allowing forest staff to fire on poachers, Maharashtra’s stated objective was to protect its tigers. The challenge in meeting that, however, is to curb the means that poachers use on tigers, those working
After a delay of four years over environmental clearances, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has come up with a new solution to widen India’s longest highway NH 7 through Pench Tiger Reserve.
Good news for wildlife lovers! The tiger population in Madhya Pradesh is on rise. This central State, which is striving hard to regain its lost 'tiger State' tag, is full of reports of tiger cub births
In a bid to ensure greater accountability, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to conduct an annual tiger census from 2012 in all 39 tiger reserves of the country. This will continue
