Kaziranga National Park: The Kaziranga National Park in Assam has come up with some fresh ideas to save its tigers. There are about 81 to 131 of them there. CNN-IBN's Arijit Sen travelled inside the park to learn about the technology that has been put to use to spot the big cats. Kaziranga National Park Director SK Bora said, "The habitat we are trying to protect appears to be quite...
09:27 AM, May 29, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has come down heavily on poachers. State Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam has issued 'shoot-at-sight' orders to the forest guards if they saw any poacher hunting or laying traps in tiger reserves. The orders have been in place for the past 10 years but the field staff have been reluctant to implement them as some forest guards were being booked for violating human rights despite the government...
08:27 AM, May 23, 2012
HYDERABAD: No tiger death took place in Andhra Pradesh in the last 14 months, while as many as 32 tigers died across the country in the last over four months. Moreover, the number of tigers is increasing in the state.However, six panthers died either naturally or in accidents since 2010.According to the interim report of the ongoing State Tiger Census-2012 conducted by AP Forest Department (APFD) with the help of...
11:33 AM, May 18, 2012
HYDERABAD: In the season of water woes comes another statistical surprise.The Unaccounted For Water (UFW) limit, or the quantity of distributed municipal water that is unaccounted (not traceable), has been found to be 35-40 per cent of the total water available for consumption in the city! This when the global average is just 20 per cent, with Singapore leading the pack at 18 per cent.Admitting that the issue needed to...
08:50 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: It's a great moment for conservation science. A group of Indian scientists has discovered an entire new family of amphibians in North East India. It's not a worm, its not a snake. It's a caecilian-or what is known as a legless amphibian. Scientists from Delhi University have discovered a whole new family of these wriggly creatures in the forests of NE India. The new family has been named...
08:40 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Srinagar: Kasmir Young Indian Leaders, the award, now in its second year, recognises young men and women who have charted their own destiny. Saima Iqbal, a conservation architect, working tirelessly to restore the cultural sanctity of the Kashmir valley. It's like paying a longstanding debt to the fabled Nishat garden, one of Srinagar's many beautifully manicured lawns laid by the Mughals. A place Saima still adores when she revisits it...
07:10 AM, Jul 02, 2011
Rajdeep Sardesai talks to Tiger conservationist Valmik Thapar about the rise in the population of tigers in India by 12 per cent. ...
11:20 PM, Mar 28, 2011
New Delhi: A 10 to 15 per cent increase in tiger numbers across the country - that is what expected from the tiger estimation exercise 2011. Even as the country's top wildlife scientist are totting up the numbers only to be revealed next week, here's a preview of what can be expected. An increase in tiger numbers from 1400, as sources say it could be over 1600. The Tiger reserves...
07:40 AM, Mar 24, 2011
Mumbai: Even before the numerous Coastal Regulatory Zone violations controversy could die down, a fresh one is brewing around the first re-development project of the iconic Marine Drive in Mumbai. Vasant Sagar, the first high rise in the area, has drawn the ire of the residents, conservationists and architects alike. Residents fear that the redevelopment project will only make this area vulnerable to the builder mafia. The iconic Marine Drive...
11:54 AM, Dec 17, 2010
Jaipur: A tiger that was found dead in Sariska Tiger Reserve last month had been poisoned, Rajasthan Forest Minister Ram Lal Jaat said in Jaipur on Saturday. The male translocated tiger, ST-1, was poisoned with organophosphorus insecticide, the minister said. The forensic report has confirmed poison in the tiger's body. "Scientists at the Forensic Science Laboratory found organophosphorus insecticide in the viscera sample of the tiger," Jaat told IANS. The...
12:13 PM, Dec 04, 2010
New Delhi: The Union Environment Ministry on Tuesday released the report of a specialised task force set up by it under the Chairmanship of Dr Mahesh Rangarajan to address the problems related to the Asian elephant. The report calls for the setting up of a National Elephant Conservation Authority on lines of National Tiger Conservation Authority. The task force goes on to say that the elephant should be declared as...
11:51 AM, Aug 31, 2010
While the Director wants the animal out, students say it's harmless so it shouldn't be removed. ...
09:55 AM, Jun 11, 2010
Dharmendra Khandal believes it's difficult to save tigers unless poachers are given a chance to reform themselves. ...
11:41 AM, Jun 05, 2010
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