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
Tiger occupancy area has shrunk by 20,000 sq km
NEW DELHI: There's good news and bad news on the tiger front. The tiger census has shown a 16% rise in cat count. At the same time, highlighting the continuing threat to the animal, the report says tiger habitats across the country declined by about 20,000 sq km. These were mainly areas outside the protected forests.Y V Jhala of Wildlife Institute of India, who presented the report, said, "The tiger population range for 2010 is between 1,571 and 1,875 with an average of 1,706. The monitoring was done between 2009 and 2010. In 2006, the estimate was 1,411. The population analysis system was new in 2006 and we were not very confident of the numbers thrown up then.
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