HUMAN WILDLIFE CONFLICT

The significant increase in the tiger population at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode, Tamil Nadu, has been a cause for celebration among conservationists. Rajkumar, the Conservator of Forests at STR, revealed that the number of tigers has r...

In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on April 19 in Garhwal (Pauri Garhwal) and Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar, one of the major issues is the conflict between humans and big cats. The BJP won both seats in 2019. As the polls approach again, voters are f...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi halted his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra due to protests after three people were killed by wild elephants. The cost of human casualties from encounters with big animals like elephants is far higher than the loss of crops. Devel...

The sun shines strong, the terrain is flat and high-voltage transmission lines are in place from a decommissioned coal plant.

A plan to protect a 15km stretch of the Aravalis from Bandhwari landfill to Damdama lake in Gurgaon has been unveiled. The project aims to create a 15km jungle trail and establish a leopard park in Behrampur village. The initiative is a collaboratio...

India's ambitious project Cheetah on Sunday completed one year after the first batch of eight Namibian cheetahs was released in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday on September 17, 2022.

Residents of Rishikesh, India were startled when a wild elephant wandered into a residential area, causing panic among the locals. The incident, captured in a viral video, highlights the impact of heavy rainfall on wildlife, forcing animals to seek ...

With Parliament reconvening, the amended Forest Bill is up for approval. To save wildlife, we also need to rethink our economic and conservation models.

The toque macaque is endemic to Sri Lanka and common on the island of 22 million people but is classed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. Agriculture minister Mahinda Amaraweera said in June that Chi...

Recent findings from various research projects have shed light on the need to broaden the scope of wildlife research. The analysis of tissue samples from a tiger in southern West Bengal's Lalgarh, conducted at Bengaluru's National Centre for Biologi...

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which is overseeing the ambitious cheetah reintroduction project in the country, has called a meeting in New Delhi on Monday in the wake of the death of two cheetahs out of the 20 felines translocate...

"Deforestation is responsible for nearly 15 per cent of global CO2 emissions. Every year, 10 million hectares of tropical forest are lost and if we do not halt this by 2030, it will be impossible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celcius," the ...

India's 2022 all-India tiger estimation is the most extensive wildlife survey to date, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The survey spanned 20 states and involved a foot survey of 6,41,449 km, 3,24,003 sampled habitat plots, an...

"So, it would be impossible for India to take cheetahs from Asia for this reintroduction because there are a few left. Maybe one day we might be able to save the Asiatic cheetah. It's a very different-looking cheetah, but this is a species that is e...

CT-1 is referred to as a conflict tiger - that's the name given to tigers that attack humans other than for reasons like defending cubs or saving its own life.

There is no let-up in human-animal conflict as people encroach on forests and animals move closer to human habitations. This leads to loss of life, property and crops and negates the positive impact of conservation efforts.

NTCA data showed that 75 tigers have died this year so far.

Such a fence has been installed on the fringe of Rani Reserve Forest near Guwahati and "it has helped overcome the problem of elephants destroying human settlements and paddy fields," Range Officer Manoranjan Barman said.

CM Sarbananda Sonowal today ceremonially launched 15 Anti Depredation Squads of Forest Department which would be stationed in 15 major human wildlife conflict districts in order to mitigate the problem and to ensure safety of both humans and wildlif...