Sunday 22 April '07
Startling discovery comes in October 2006 photo-census which shows only 18 adults when 26 were counted in August 2005Tuesday 21 November '06
Tiger Authority issues notice on fresh poachingSunday
19 November '06National Tiger Conservation Authority says it will ask forest officials to explain reports that a poacher’s confession hasn’t been taken seriouslyFriday
17 November '06There’s a proposal to raise the tiger, then sell it, to save it. But it’s not just about saving the big cat but saving it in the wildFriday
3 November '06India, home to most of the world’s remaining wild tigers, and China, the largest consumer of tiger products mostly as traditional medicine, are busy finalizing a MoU to save the endangered big cat.Wednesday
1 November '06We must come clean and ask ourselves if we are ready to pay the huge prescribed cost of fighting global warming without being sure that human steps can defer the climate catastrophe.Sunday
29 October '06During Oct 15-20, the Wildscreen fest got the world’s top wildlife film-makers to BristolFriday
20 October '06Two Indian entries bagged the prestigious Red Panda at the 25th Wildscreen Film Festival here.Saturday
16 September '06The Ministry of Environment and Forest has given the go-ahead for six states to notify eight new tiger reserves...Thursday
14 September '06Even as the fifth tiger is “poached” in the outskirts of the Corbett Tiger Reserve since October 2005...Wednesday
13 September '06The National Tiger Conservation Authority is just a week old as the first clear-cut case of poaching since the crisis hit national attention has struck the showpiece Corbett Tiger Reserve.Wednesday
6 September '06Stephen Irwin made wildlife accessible to millions but was he a victim of his extravagant ways? Perhaps; his motives weren’t in doubt, his methods wereSaturday
2 September '06A unique solution to resolve the elephant-human conflict, that could serve as a model for conservation elsewhere, is taking shape in Chhattisgarh.Friday
25 August '06Stormy scenes are expected in the Lok Sabha on the last day of the monsoon session during the debate on the Wildlife Act Amendment Bill.Monday
14 August '06Govt sits on Bill meant to enact Prime Minister’s tiger panel prescriptionSunday
6 August '06What is the value of our forests? For the first time, it has been estimated ‘‘conservatively’’ at Rs 88,60,259 crore as on 2003.Monday
31 July '06Katerniaghat: Villages demand land rights in sanctuary: ‘Our villages don’t exist on India’s map. Why should we follow IPC or CrPC?’Sunday
16 July '06West Bengal Forest department doesn’t accept ISI count: “need to validate its software”Sunday
25 June '06Is Microsoft Excel the reason why tigers can’t be counted?That’s the official explanation, howsoever bizarre it may sound...Tuesday
20 June '06The tiger is going through its worst crisis ever, the Supreme Court, the PMO, the CBI and the dwindling numbers agree. But not the Ministry of Environment and Forest.Monday
19 June '06Tribal bill is coming up before Cabinet. The version Left wants will destroy forestsTuesday
23 May '06Members of the tiger task force, set up by the PM, are sharply critical of the manner in which a Bill meant to implement its key proposal, to set up a national tiger conservation authority to empower Project Tiger, has been put in deep freeze.Monday
22 May '06The Centre has finally decided to phase out veterinary diclofenac, two-and-a-half years after scientists held the drug responsible for the mass death of vultures in the sub-continent.Thursday
18 May '06The much awaited Bill to amend the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972 to set up a National Tiger Conservation Authority and empower the Project Tiger with constitutional authority was to be tabled in the Rajya Sabhae today.Wednesday
17 May '06Last January, when the Ministry of Environment and Forests began its Rs 13-crore tiger census it said that by this July, it would have the first “scientific” count.
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