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The forest of musings
The Hindu , Friday, October 26, 2012

Padma Mahanti, as Deputy Director of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, played an important role in developing its eco-tourism model. Her compilation of poems, Mist and Musings, tells of her experiences there ...More


UN Strategizes to Fund Biodiversity Recovery in 100 Countries
Environment News , Friday, October 19, 2012

HYDERABAD, India, October 18, 2012 (ENS) – Delegates from 170 governments meeting in Hyderabad today adopted a new environmental strategy to address the unprecedented levels of biodiversity loss throu ...More


NTCA to create a national data base for tigers
K. Venkateshwarlu
The Hindu , Friday, October 19, 2012

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) will soon create a national data base for tigers, the flagship species of India, and each one of the big cats will have a unique identification number ...More


Middle path
Deccan Herald , Friday, October 19, 2012

The Supreme Court has done well to reverse its interim decision banning safaris in core tiger areas. New government regulations that allow for tourism in these areas even as they further the cause of ...More


One more rhino killed in KNP
From our Correspondent
The Sentinel , Friday, October 19, 2012

NAGAON, Oct 18: One more rhino has been reportedly found dead inside Kaziranga National Park with its horn intact. The forest officials however dehorned the dead rhino. If rhinos from Kaziranga are ...More


India to have five more tiger reserves
Deccan Herald , Friday, October 19, 2012

In another effort to increase India`s tiger population, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has advised the states to create seven more tiger reserves and has accorded in principle-approv ...More


7 more tiger reserves to come up in India
The Assam Tribune , Friday, October 19, 2012

HYDERABAD, Oct 18 (IANS): In another effort to increase India's tiger population, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has advised states to create seven more tiger reserves and has acc ...More


Spurt in rhino poaching: Demand in China likely cause
R Dutta choudhury
The Assam Tribune , Thursday, October 18, 2012

GUWAHATI, Oct 17 – Availability of a large market of rhino horns in China may be one of the main reasons for the sudden spurt of poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park and involvement of ...More


UK wildlife crime laws a 'mess', MPs say
Adam Vaughan
The Guardian , Thursday, October 18, 2012

Britain's laws to tackle wildlife crime – such as the poisoning of birds of prey and illegal trading of species online – are a "mess", an influential committee of MPs said on Thursday. The report fro ...More


Rhino poaching issue politicised: Rockybul
The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, October 16, 2012

KOHORA, Oct 15 – State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain has appealed to the people of Kaziranga not to get misled by the rumours spread by vested interests in regard to poaching of rhinos recently who ...More


AGP seeks white paper on rhino poaching
Staff Reporter
The Assam Tribune , Tuesday, October 16, 2012

GUWAHATI, Oct 15 – Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) today demanded immediate release of a white paper on rhino poaching and urgent steps to bring an end to all such nefarious deeds. AGP working president Atu ...More


Poaching biggest threat to tiger relocation at Sariska
Anindo Dey, TNN
Times of India , Monday, October 15, 2012

JAIPUR: The ambitious but controversial tiger relocation programme at Sariska Tiger Reserve is set to enter the next phase with the introduction of two female and a male tiger in the park before the e ...More


Tiger gets lion's share of wildlife funds in 12th Plan
Chetan Chauhan
The Hindustan Times , Sunday, October 14, 2012

The tiger has garnered a substantial portion of the wildlife funding pie for the next five years. The Planning Commission has allocated Rs. 5,889 crore for 1,706 tigers in the 12th Plan (2012-17), co ...More


Poachers kill one more rhino in KNP
The Assam Tribune , Sunday, October 14, 2012

A rhino was today killed and its horn removed by poachers who were also engaged in a gun battle with forest guards in Kaziranga National Park, reports PTI. Forty-two rhinos have so far been killed by ...More


New software to help monitor big cat conservation
The Pioneer , Saturday, October 13, 2012

A software developed by the Wildlife Institute of India will now help monitor tiger conservation efforts across India. The Monitoring system for Tigers Intensive Patrolling and Ecological Status (MSTr ...More


Cost of saving endangered species £50bn a year, say experts
• Ian Sample, science correspondent
The Guardian , Friday, October 12, 2012

Spending on conservation projects must rise by "an order of magnitude" if governments are to meet their pledges to manage protected areas and halt the spectacular rate of extinctions caused by human a ...More


Union Forest Minister visits KNP, announces Rs 1 crore fund for tiger reserve area
The Sentinel , Thursday, October 11, 2012

JORHAT/GUWAHATI, Oct 10: Union Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday announced a fund of Rs 1 crore for the infrastructural development of Kaziranga National Park’s (KNP) ti ...More


Unmanned aircraft to keep tabs on Assam rhinos
Bijay Sankar Bora/TNS
The Tribune , Thursday, October 11, 2012

Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), the abode of one-horned rhinoceros, is all set get an un-manned remote-controlled aircraft and an electronic surveillance system for protecting the rhino and oth ...More


Unravelling biodiversity
SRAVASTI DATTA
The Hindu , Thursday, October 11, 2012

Conservation expert Martin Kaonga says that formulating effective policies and including local communities in decision-making is essential for conservation Consider this: forests are not far removed ...More


Kaziranga security to be strengthened
The Assam Tribune , Wednesday, October 10, 2012

KOHORA, Oct 10 – Union Environment and Forest Minister Jayanthi Natarajan today made an on-the-spot assessment of the impact of floods on the Kaziranga National Park cum Tiger Reserve and announced a ...More


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