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Betla National Park Is Jharkhand's Best Safari Destination, Corbett Gets All the Credit

What Betla Actually IsBetla National Park covers roughly 250 square kilometres inside the larger Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand's Latehar district, a reserve that was among the first nine in India brought under Project Tiger in 1973. The forest is sal-dominant, dense in the valleys, opening into grassland near the…

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How Kaziranga's Rhino Conservation Brought the One-Horned Rhinoceros Back from Extinction

A Species That Nearly DisappearedAt the start of the 20th century, the greater one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis, had been hunted so relentlessly across the Indian subcontinent that fewer than 200 individuals remained, almost all of them concentrated in the tall elephant-grass floodplains of what is now Kaziranga. Trophy hunting under…

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To save its tigers, India has relocated thousands of people – it could enlist their help instead

British colonialism turned India’s tigers into trophies. Between 1860 and 1950, more than 65,000 were shot for their skins. The fortunes of the Bengal tiger, one of Earth’s biggest species of big cat, did not markedly improve post-independence. The hunting of tigers – and the animals they eat, like deer…

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The government has trapped Project Tiger, now 50, in a tough spot | Explained

The Indian government’s violations of the Wildlife (Protection) Act and the Forest Rights Act have exacerbated conflicts in Tiger Reserves between the forest bureaucracy and forest-dwellers, ultimately endangering India’s tigers.

The Hindu

Plea to rescind merger of Project Tiger and Project Elephant

Centre's move to merge Project Tiger and Project Elephant opposed by conservation activist Giridhar Kulkarni. He argued that it contravenes 2011 decision of NBWL, would dilute focus of both programmes and put endangered tiger at risk. Kulkarni wrote to Centre to rescind merger order, citing 2005 Tiger Task Force recommendations…

The Hindu

Rajasthan gets fifth tiger reserve as NTCA gives nod to Dholpur-Karauli reserve

Rajasthan has acquired its fifth tiger reserve as National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) gave its final approval to Dholpur-Karauli Reserve, Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav announced on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Explaining MoEFCC’s U-turn to merge autonomous bodies

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has walked back on a plan to merge key environmental organisations in the name of “ease of doing business”, citing technical and administrative difficulties. The plan also faced considerable opposition from the National Tiger Conservation Authority.

The Hindu

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International Tiger Day 2023 | Rising Indian tiger population cause for celebration and concern

The International Tiger Day of 2023 is an opportunity to celebrate the success of Project Tiger, and addressing the concerns that come with it.

The Hindu

India at forefront in taking action on biodiversity conservation, protection: PM Modi at G20 environment meet

Addressing the G20 Environment and Climate Sustainability Ministerial Meeting in Chennai via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said he was proud to say that India has led the way through its ambitious “Nationally Determined Contributions.”

The Hindu

Opinion split over move to merge Project Tiger and Project Elephant

There is difference of opinion within the Forest Department in the State over the Centre’s move to merge Project Tiger and Project Elephant, while activists are miffed and have sharply criticised it as dilution of focus of both the programmes.

The Hindu

New coffee book on tigers by Sunil Gadhoke launched in Delhi

Entrepreneur and wildlife photographer, Sunil Gadhoke's new coffee table book on tigers titled 'Long Live the Tiger' was launched by Amitabh Kant- Sherpa at G20 India, Former CEO at NITI Aayog and author- at an event in Delhi on July 5, 2023. The book puts the spotlight on the iconic…

The Times of India

India's tiger numbers DOUBLE in 50 years after crucial poignant intervention

By 1972, when India’s then-Prime Minister Ms Gandhi made the tiger the national animal in place of the lion, the big cat faced extinction

Daily Mirror

India’s tiger population tops 3,000, survey finds

Efforts to revive India’s tiger population began 50 years ago over fears the big cats were going extinct.

Al Jazeera

As tiger count grows, India's Indigenous demand land rights

India will celebrate 50 years of tiger conservation on Sunday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to announce tiger population numbers at an event in Mysuru in Karnataka

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