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
Tigers bounce back, 16% rise in population
NEW DELHI: The endangered Indian tiger seems to be back from the brink. The striped predator, whose population touched a low of 1,411 in the last census, has shown a 16% rise in numbers with the latest count released on Monday showing an estimated 1,706 tigers in the country including 70 found in Sundarbans, which was not part of the 2006 count.The census report, the second counting exercise to use scientific sampling methods, shows India's tiger population is stabilizing and even thriving in many big reserves. The most impressive surge in numbers was from the Nagarhole-Wayanad-Mudumalai belt (across Karnataka, TN and Kerala), which with an around 382 tigers has shown a 36% rise from the previous count.
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