Tadoba, Pench, Melghat tiger reserves adjudged ‘very good’Beat High Profile Parks Like Bandhavgarh, Kaziranga, Ranthambore
21 Jan, 2015, 03.06 AM IST
65 tiger sightings thrill volunteers in Vidarbha region's national parksThe machan census carried out in various sanctuaries, national parks and tiger reserves in Vidarbha thrilled the volunteers with a record 6...
18 May, 2014, 03.10 AM IST
- Wildlife board to clear key projects this week
Interestingly, the first meeting of the reconstituted board comes ahead of Lok Sabha elections in April-May.
18 Feb, 2014, 02.19 AM IST
- Research project on forest owlet in Melghat opposed
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) decision to allow capture of 20 forest owlets in east and west Melghat divisions outside Mel...
02 Dec, 2013, 03.03 AM IST
- After MP, study on Forest Owlets to start in state
Researchers studying the critically endangered Forest Owlet in Madhya Pradesh hope to start a similar project in Maharashtra's Melghat tige...
18 Nov, 2013, 06.21 AM IST
- Sahyadri is first reserve to get tiger plan approved by conservation authority
Of the four tiger reserves — Sahyadri, Melghat, Tadoba and Pench in Maharashtra — Sahyadri (741.22sqkm) was notified as a reserve on Januar...
29 Oct, 2013, 02.54 PM IST
- Spider numbers dip in Melghat forest reserve
The rich diversity of spiders in the Melghat forest reserve is facing severe threat from trading, urbanisation and forest fires among other...
21 Jul, 2013, 03.13 AM IST
Maharashtra: Rs 200 cr for relocation of villages in protected areasUnion Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has promised to release Rs 200 crore this year for the rehabilitation of villages in protecte...
16 Jul, 2013, 11.29 AM IST
- Baglinga project proves tiger reserves buffer no hurdle in development
The proposal involves construction of Baglinga project in compartment number 26 in East Melghat division and within 10 km of Melghat sanctu...
31 May, 2013, 12.37 PM IST
- Shahanoor shows the way to eco-tourism
Shahanoor, a tiny village on the foothills of Narnala fort and wildlife sanctuary in Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), is a classic case how eco...
09 May, 2013, 05.14 PM IST
Colour-banding may help save forest owletsAs many as 25 pairs of the critically endangered forest owlet , which is endemic to India, will be colour-banded to study their distributio...
15 Apr, 2013, 04.15 AM IST
- Tigress found dead in proposed Mahendri sanctuary
It was a bad day for wildlife. Two villagers were mauled to death by a problem leopard near Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), while a fu...
11 Apr, 2013, 01.26 PM IST
- Melghat tiger reserve has good scope for meadows
Melghat Tiger Reserve in Amravati district, one of the oldest tiger reserves in India established in 1973, has unique and excellent grassla...
17 Oct, 2012, 03.35 PM IST
- Wildlife wing to boost meadow development in PAs
In a bid to encourage speedy recovery of wildlife population, the state forest department plans to take up meadow development at relocated ...
13 Oct, 2012, 02.48 AM IST
- Two more tiger reserves in Maharashtra
Saving the tiger has received a fillip as two more wildlife sanctuaries in Vidarbha are to get tiger reserve status.
15 Sep, 2010, 02.55 AM IST
- Officials to conduct tiger census in Melghat reserve
A tiger census will be undertaken in Melghat reserve from January 27, forest officials said.
04 Jan, 2010, 01.55 PM IST
No time for tigers in MaharashtraRTI query reveals that forest officers in Maharashtra spend just 50 days a year inside forests.
04 Sep, 2008, 04.50 AM IST