17 May 2012
The Supreme Court has directed all states to demarcate and notify buffer zones around each of their tiger reserves within three months. While conservationists say the order would curb commercialisation of revenue land around tiger habitats, tribal rights activists think its implementation will result in repression of forest dwellers by forest departments. Click on date for more details
15 May 2012
A forest ranger and a forester were recently beaten up by the illegal mining mafia in the core area of the Rathambhore reserve. For more information click on date
08 May 2012
Aptly titled, 'Corbett, now on sale', a story in a weekly magazine brought an open secret out in print: The land around - and even inside - the Corbett Tiger Reserve is up for grabs, controlled by the country's Who's Who. It highlighted how tourism resorts have destroyed the Kosi river corridor, cutting off access for animals to a crucial water source. This matter had in fact first come to light in a report, 'Impact of tourism on tigers and other wildlife of Corbett', published in January 2010. Click on date for more details
Bigger Nagzira-Navegaon reserve on cards
seeShelving the earlier plan of including only existing area of Nagzira-Navegaon in proposed tiger reserve, the wildlife wing has now come up with a much more conservation oriented plan of creating a 556.12 sq km reserve for the big cats.
This will be done by including adjoining forests that come under territorial wing and Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) area. The new proposal includes 251.56 sq km area of Navegaon national park and 304.56 of Nagzira wildlife sanctuary. Thus, an additional area of 117.68 sq km will be added to Navegaon and 151.75 sq km will be added to Nagzira.
