Tiger Census 2018: None found in Buxa, Palamu and Dampa reserves

The presence of tigers in these reserves was scarce in 2014 too; nation-wide population up 30 per cent

Roars in lost land

As tigers are sighted in high mountains scientists wonder if they have always lived there or are migrants in search of a better habitat

Will Madhya Pradesh retain its ‘Tiger State’ tag this year?

This year, 40 tigers died in MP — the highest in India

How Maharashtra’s dam on ‘Human’ river threatens tigers

The dam proposed at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve threatens to submerge more than 90 per cent of a 7-km forest area

Translocation project shelved after Satkosia loses second tiger from MP

While Sundari was recently captured after it killed two people, Mahavir was found dead yesterday 

Mystery deaths

With understaffed forest departments and the lack of qualified wildlife veterinarians, the cause for 55 per cent of tiger deaths remains unknown

Critical Wildlife Habitat guidelines issued; NTCA order superseded  

Forest rights activists criticise Ministry of Tribal Affairs' decision to accept the guidelines without making any revisions or inviting comments …

Project Tiger merges with Project Elephant — but questions on fund split unanswered

Amalgamation will squeeze already dwindling fund flow, say experts; similar plan was rolled back in 2011 after experts raised concerns

RTI reveals MoEF&CC cleared 3 highway proposals disregarding WII’s views

Ranthambhore tigers, Chambal gharials and a host of other species could be in trouble due to the clearance given to the highway proposals

MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags 

The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …

Bihar man-eater shot: Here is when an order can be given to put down such an animal

If a tiger / leopard begins to seek out, stalk and wait for human beings and has, after killing a person, eaten the dead body, it is established …

India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411

Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand

NTCA sounds alert for deadly virus stalking tigers

Tiger in Dudhwa park tested positive for canine distemper virus last month; four tigers died of it last year

Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced

Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Tiger poaching spirals, Uttarakhand registers maximum cases

With more tigers now, government decides to redistribute big cat

Calls for conservation of tigers outside tiger reserves as well

Eco-tourism guidelines submitted in court misleading: MoEF panel members

Request minister’s intervention on eve of hearing in Supreme Court

Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority

Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24

Centre dilutes eco-tourism guidelines

Presents the new guidelines in Supreme Court; next hearing on October 3