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TIGER TRAPS IN GADCHIROLI TRIGGER ALARM BELLS - 31st January 2012

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN NAGPUR: The two steel traps found in Venkatapetha in Pranhita forest range in Gadchiroli district a few days ago are a wake up c...

DID LEAK ABOUT ACTION LEAD TO FOREST FIRING? - 10th January 2012

TNN Two days after a cat and mouse game between fishermen and foresters in Totladoh reservoir in Pench tiger reserve turned ugly leading to firing up...

FORESTS CANNOT BE RECREATED IN ORIGINAL FORM - 22nd November 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN NAGPUR: Vrukshayurveda, the science of plant life, says "ten wells are equal to one pond, ten ponds are equal to one lake, te...

TIGER KILLED IN WIRE TRAP NEAR TIPESHWAR - 21st November 2011

TNN NAGPUR: In a setback to tiger conservation in the region, a male adult tiger was killed near Bothgaon village in Patanbori range of Pandharkavda ...

FORESTED REGIONS NEED TO LEARN FROM SIKKIM - 15th November 2011

Sikkim has protected its 47 % geographical area under tree cover and brought 31 % geographical area under protected area network (Sanctuaries / Nation...

'CONGRATULATIONS ON RESCUING TWO TIGRESSES, BUT PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE' - 15th October 2011

Aparna Nair, TNN | Oct 15, 2011, 04.10AM IST NAGPUR: Two tigresses' have been rescued, after falling into wells, in a short span of nine months. Bo...

VILLAGERS MOVE OUT OF TIGER ZONE, AND ARE THE RICHER FOR IT - 17th October 2011

Vivek Deshpande At a time when the rehabilitation of villages out of tiger landscapes has become more difficult than ever, with the Forest Rights ...

ENDLESS WAIT FOR MANSINGHDEO SANCTUARY’S STATUS - 2nd October 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN NAGPUR: It took 17 years for the state government to notify the Mansinghdeo Wildlife Sanctuary. Now that it has been done, it ...

PLANNED DEPARTMENTAL RE-ORGANISATION NOT BENEFICIAL TO TIGERS - 29th September 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN NAGPUR: Tigers in India seem to be getting cornered with each passing day. A few days after a tigress was beaten to death by Ch...

COAL THREAT TO TIGER HABITAT - 20th Sept. 2011

A ministerial panel on coal is likely to consider allocation of alternate blocks to Adani Group for its proposed 1,980-MW power plant in Maharashtra. ...

UNIFIED F.D. CONTROL OF CORE AND BUFFER FOR TATR - 15th Sept. 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN NAGPUR: In a move that could go a long way in ensure buffer area management gives priority to tiger conservation, the state gov...

BRAHMAPURI, TATR OFFICIALS' 'NO' TO MINING IN BANDER - 2nd September 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar NAGPUR: The Brahmapuri forest division and Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) officials have said 'no' to proposed mining in Bander ...

YOUNG CRUSADER - 25th August 2011

Ecowatch Column by Bittu Sahgal Madhav Rajaram Subrahmanyam, a 13-year-old school student, speaks to Bittu Sahgal about his mission to save the tige...

MINING FIRM DENIES ROLE IN MASOOD KILLING - 25th August 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN NAGPUR: Even as the Madhya Pradesh police are groping in the dark in RTI activist Shehla Masood's daylight murder in Bhopal,...

GOVT. APPROVES IN-PRINCIPLE 6 NEW TIGER RESERVES - 10th August 2011

New Delhi The Central government in-principle has approved the National Tiger Conservation Authority to create six new tiger reserves in the country ...

KAWAL IN ADILABAD TO BE A NEW TIGER RESERVE – 27th June 2011

V. Pinjarkar, TNN | Jun 27, 2011, 12.52am IST NAGPUR: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has in-principle agreed to recognise Kawal wil...

REDUCED FIRES IN MELGHAT TIGER RESERVE – 20th June 2011

TNN AMRAVATI: Due to the efforts of the officials and employees, incidents of fire have dropped considerably in the Melghat tiger reserve. Every yea...

BOOST FOR BAMBOO, BUST FOR TIGER – 23rd April 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar NAGPUR: Even as Maharashtra will rewrite history in Gadchiroli on April 27, as bamboo, a hugely contested product of India's forest...

PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE OVERRIDES ENVIRONMENT MINISTER’S PROTECTION OF REMAINING FORESTS – 16th March 2011

The Pioneer Newspaper Moushumi Basu, New Delhi The raging debate over development versus environment continues. The Ministry of Environment & Fore...

SIGHTINGS RARE BUT TIGERS ARE IN MELGHAT TIGER RESERVE - 4th February 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Feb 4, 2011 Although direct sighting of tigers did not happen in the rugged terrain of Melghat during the five-day exercise o...

NTCA RELEASES RS 18 CR TO RESETTLE MELGHAT VILLAGES - 7th January 2011

Vijay Pinjarkar NAGPUR: In a big boost to relocation of villages from inside the Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), the ministry of environment and forest ...

GMOS REJECTED BUT PORT DEVELOPMENT APPROVED - 14th October 2010

Greenpeace India: First let's say a big thank you to environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh for trashing the unscientific report supporting the...

WILDLIFE BODY REFUSE PERMISSION TO WIDEN NATIONAL HIGHWAY - 14th October 2010

Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Oct 14, 2010, 06.28am IST   NAGPUR: In a major setback to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), the standing commit...

MELGHAT BUFFER PROPOSAL APPROVED - 14th July 2010

NAGPUR: On Wednesday 14th July the state-level expert committee cleared the buffer proposal for 2,027 sq km in Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Amravati...

NGO CREATES BUFFER ZONE MODEL - 1st July 2010

NAGPUR: The Nature Conservation Society, Amravati (NCSA), an NGO engaged in wildlife conservation in Central India, has created a model for the develo...

NATIONAL TIGER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY GETS NEW OFFICE IN NAGPUR – 11th January 2010

TNN, 11 January 2010 NAGPUR: Tiger conservation in the region will get a boost with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory b...

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