Forest

  Madikeri, August 22 Karnataka Forest Minister Ramalinga Reddy will visit Kodagu on August 28 to review the growing human-wildlife conflict and hold discussions with residents and families affected by elephant attacks. Chief Minister’s Political Secretary and Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna announced the visit in Madikeri on Saturday. He said the Minister would assess the […]

The Kerala government has decided to approach the Centre seeking the complete exclusion of human habitations and agricultural lands from the proposed Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) around the Western Ghats, amid growing concerns over the impact of the draft notification on lakhs of residents in the state’s high-range districts. The decision was taken at a high-level […]

Chennai ,March 29,2025 A day after a 38-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack in The Nilgiris, the Tamil Nadu forest department got into action by fixing camera traps and deploying surveillance teams. A senior official of the Tamil Nadu forest department said that the department has stepped up surveliiance in the spot where […]

Chennai,March 27,2025 The Tamil Nadu forest department officials have installed surveillance cameras and set up cages in Mettur village of Salem district following villagers complaining of leopard presence in the area. Villagers and farmers in the area have complained to the forest department that a leopard has recently been attacking local livestock, including dogs, goats, […]

Itanagar, July 23 (BPNS)  After 18 days, eight of the 19 Assam workers, who went missing near the India-China border in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kurung Kumey district, were rescued from a jungle, officials said on Saturday night. Kurung Kumey Deputy Commissioner Bengia Nighee said that all the eight rescued workers were critical and their health condition […]

Chennai, July 8(BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department officials have commenced preparing Detailed project reports (DPR) to identify elephant corridors in the newly declared Agasthyarmalai Elephant Reserve. It is to be noted that the Union Ministry for Environment has cleared the Tamil Nadu Forest department’s proposal to declare 1197. 48 sq km of forest land in […]

Chennai, June 27 (BPNS) The pre-monsoon bi-annual survey as part of the monitoring of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has commenced at the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR). The survey has begun at all the 10 ranges in the STR as the pre-monsoon survey is done between June and July while the post-monsoon survey is done […]

Chennai, June 16 (BPNS) The forest department officials of Tamil Nadu have warned people to stay indoors at Talavadi in Erode as a leopard that had killed a cow on Tuesday at the village is on the prowl. Officials of the Tamil Nadu forest department told media persons that they have installed drones to track […]

Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department has advised motorists traveling by Coimbatore- Bengaluru National Highway 948 not to halt their vehicles on the Dhimbam- Hasanur route of Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR). The forest department has taken this initiative as wild animals frequently cross the stretch at many points and to prevent human-animal conflict […]