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Law enforcement and habitat consolidation is the key to #tigerconservation
@UNBiodiversity @theGEF @WWF_tigers @Unitedfortigers @PantheraCats @IUCN @TheWCS @IBCA_official
Tigers face serious threats, including poaching, habitat loss, climate change, and illegal trade. It’s vital to support strategies that ensure their survival.
Find out how @theGEF is driving conservation efforts to protect these majestic creatures. wrld.bg/SFWT50SOb8k
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The National Board 'for' #Wildlife approves the erasure or shrinking of 35 #ProtectedAreas in defiance of law & Supreme Court orders . Examples:
#Pamed sanctuary, home to critically endangered Wild buffaloes reduced by >12 times the land originally sought for a paramilitary camp.
In Band Baretha sanctuary 2,785 ha excised, ESZ shrunk to 25m to mine pink sandstone for the Ayodhya Ram Temple.
#Ranthambhore (yes): 435 ha of #tigerreserve buffer cut for ACC cement limestone mining despite warnings that the mine lay in a tiger corridor.
Chambal: 207 ha removed from the sanctuary to legalise sand mining across critical gharial nesting banks.
The Central Empowered Committee did not object to a single denotification/boundary alteration/shrinkage abdicated its role as a watchdog .
An analysis by #PrakritiSrivastava & myself for @Article14live
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India’s National Board for Wildlife is meant to protect wildlife. Yet from 2014-2026 it recommended 35 proposals to shrink or erase protected areas—for mining, infrastructure, tourism, temples etc, report Prakriti Srivastava & @prernabindra
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Forest data exposes heavy poaching and illegal arms toll in MM Hills wildlife sanctuary
Official data from the Forest Department shows that between 2010-11 and 2026-27 (till August 19), the circle comprising three divisions saw detection of 777 wildlife offence cases, 370 poaching cases & 66 cases involving guns.
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Strategic conservation for India's smooth-coated otter
An eight-year survey spanning 7,680 km across the #Ganga River Basin reveals that a staggering 0.26% (2,138 sq km) qualifies as highly suitable habitat for the vulnerable Smooth-coated otter. Researchers from @wii_india used ensemble modeling to pinpoint the last critical refuges for this apex aquatic predator.
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#Smoothcoatedotter #GangaRiverBasin #ensemblemodelling #freshwaterconservation #biodiversity #conservation #science #scienceeducation #scicomm #Indianscience #sciencecommunication
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3,289 forest offence cases registered in Chamarajanagar forest circle since 2010-11
According to the data, the highest number of cases, 2,256, was registered in the M.M. Hills Wildlife Division, followed by 793 cases in the BRT Tiger Reserve and 240 cases in the Cauvery Wildlife Division
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Weapons, poaching, wildlife crimes rise. Things not right in Chamarajanagar wildlife circle with rising crimes. @aranya_kfd need to tighten up in @cauverywildlife.
@NewIndianXpress @XpressBengaluru @KannadaPrabha @santwana99 @Cloudnirad
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RT @tejus_rs: Gelatin blasts at APCs inside Cauvery Sanctuary
@aranya_kfd @DgpKarnataka @spchnagar @dcchnagar @ntca_india @moefcc @pargai…
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#HanurShootingCase 6 APCs (anti poaching camps) in #CauveryWildlifeSanctuary have been bombed using gelatin sticks. Incident occured a day ago came to light on Tuesday after foresters visit. None hurt. @NewIndianXpress @XpressBengaluru @KannadaPrabha @aranya_kfd @RLR_BTM – at Hubli, India
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'Ghatiana Karnataka': Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary beat forester names new crab species after state ebx.sh/CWmTBp
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#Chandrodrona mountain range including #Mullaiyanagiri is a very unique and sensitive ecosystem that needs to be secured.
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Remembering the #Ranger who shaped Nagarahole on the occasion of #WorldRangerDay
@aranya_kfd @tejus_rs
#KMChinnappa
A man who fought against all odds to revive #NagaraholeTR , it's unfortunate that there isn't even a memorial in his name in @nagaraholetr
@aranya_kfd @eshwar_khandre @RAshokaBJP @tejus_rs @wildmeera @AmitSUpadhye
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Going ahead the main focus should be on securing landscapes like the Cauvery-M M Hills, Brahmagiri-Pushpagiri and other regions in the Western Ghats. There is also potential to expand #Nagarahole #Bhadra #Kali TRs
#InternationalTigerDay
@aranya_kfd @ntca_india
#InternationalTigerDay
.@aranya_kfd understaking study on tigers outside tiger reserves to protect species, reduce conflicts, chalk better mitigation measures
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@XpressBengaluru
@KannadaPrabha
@santwana99
@Cloudnirad
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It would have been a great opportunity to use this funds for the #Voluntaryrelocation project in #Kudremukh hope better sense prevails.
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Centre rejects Karnataka govt's CAMPA fund proposal to relocate villagers in Kudremukha
In a written response to Rajya Sabha on a question by Jaggesh (BJP), Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh acknowledged the proposal submitted to the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning (CAMPA) under the ministry, but added that it was rejected
Though Karnataka has over Rs 1,300 crore of CAMPA funds, it requires approval of the national authority to use it. The state committee, headed by the chief secretary, had submitted a request seeking Rs 100 crore, for relocation of families in Kudremukha National park
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#PhysicalBarriers are just temporary measures, there is a dire need to look at corridors like the Anekad-Doddaharve and Faith-Hoovinakadu to mitigate #HEC
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Mitigation measures at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve for Man Animal Conflict.
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Destroying the pristine Kaveri Wildlife for Bengaluru water needs ☹️
The Centre has made it clear: Karnataka does not require the consent of other riparian States for the Mekedatu project.
The Karnataka Government must stop delaying and move ahead decisively. Submit the revised DPR as required and start the Mekedatu project at the earliest. This project is crucial for Bengaluru’s drinking water needs and Karnataka’s interests.
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Union government has returned Karnataka’s proposal for wildlife clearance for the proposed Kalasa-Bhanduri drinking water project in the Mahadayi river basin, saying the matter was sub-judice.
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav has written a letter to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, saying ‘the matter shall be considered afresh in accordance with the directions of the Supreme Court in future.
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A new study from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve found that dholes feed almost entirely on wild prey, with livestock making up only a negligible part of their diet.
Rajeev Tyagi reports.
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The green city’s water paradox
Researchers from @CGWB_CHQ and @westernsydneyu have found that #Bengaluru’s dual crisis of #floods and water scarcity stems from urban design failures. Rain needs a 1–2 month latency window to percolate into aquifers. Concrete growth and lost lakes block this natural path, leaving roads submerged while deep #underground reserves vanish.
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#bengaluruwatercrisis #Bengalurufloods #groundwater #science #scienceeducation #scicomm #Indianscience
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Such a sad situation in #Karnataka, 🐘 needs to be translocated from a #TigerReserve for "obstructing" vehicle movement.
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Reels craze and @aranya_kfd is silent ??
Hope @Bandipur_TR will have intense patrolling across the Bandipura forest area.
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