Maharashtra to send 50 leopards to Reliance Foundation's Vantara facility in Gujarat: SourcesThe Maharashtra government will transfer fifty leopards to the Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat. This m...
06 Mar, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
Maharashtra moves SC to regularise Zudpi jungle encroachments; contradicts expert report, own lawsThe Maharashtra government is requesting the Supreme Court to exclude 86,409 hectares of Zudpi jungle land in Vidarbha from the Forest (Con...
25 Aug, 2025, 09.58 AM IST
Maharashtra to get Asiatic lions in exchange for tigers from GujaratForest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on Tuesday said that Maharashtra is set to exchange a pair of tigers from Mumbai with a pair of Asiatic ...
27 Sep, 2022, 04.42 PM IST
River conservation: Maharashtra to organize tree plantation conclave for awarenessMaharashtra govt will organize a tree-plantation conclave at Raj Bhavan on Sept 17, to highlight its mission of planting 50 crore saplings ...
16 Sep, 2017, 01.17 PM IST
Maharashtra to get Rs 2,000 cr for forest conservationThe discussions to this effect were held during a meeting on Saturday in Aurangabad where all senior officers from the Forest department pa...
26 Sep, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
Maharashtra villagers give up land to develop 'forest covers'In their bid to promote forest conservation, residents of a village in Maharashtra's Nagpur district have voluntarily relinquished their ag...
02 Dec, 2015, 07.01 PM IST
Big B to flag off tiger conservation bike rally tomorrowThe seven-day rally is aimed at promoting conservation of the big cat and eco-tourism in the State.
23 Oct, 2015, 10.00 PM IST
Big B to launch 2 safari buses in new role as tiger ambassadorAmitabh Bachchan will make his first public appearance at Sanjay Gandhi National Park tomorrow in his new role as the tiger ambassador of M...
05 Oct, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
Maharashtra government to prepare directory of NGOs in forest conservationMaharashtra govt is planning to prepare a directory of NGOs working in the field of wildlife conservation in order to improve public partic...
05 Aug, 2015, 07.56 PM IST
Maharashtra requests Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan to help save tigersMaharashtra has five tiger reserves, MP has four tiger reserves, Chhattisgarh has three tiger reserves while Telangana has one tiger reserv...
03 Aug, 2015, 11.11 PM IST
- Workshop highlights conservation issues on Deccan Plateau
As a part of its ongoing study of the grassland ecosystem, BNHS recently organized a two-day workshop on “Conservation of wildlife in Decca...
10 Mar, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
Forest department plans to domesticate wild elephants in KolhapurThe territorial forest department of Kolhapur region has planned the domestication of wild elephants in Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts.
25 Jan, 2015, 02.43 AM IST
- Six-member panel set up for cranes conservation
After a task force to monitor the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards (GIBs), the state government has now set up an six-member exp...
25 Apr, 2014, 06.25 AM IST
- Bustard conservation plans for four areas of Maharashtra
The once common bustard species of Maharashtra, viz. Great Indian Bustard (GIB) or Maldhok and Lesser Florican or Tanmor have been increasi...
18 Mar, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
- Maharshtra govt to make new rules under 86-year-old forest law
The state government has decided to amend rules under the Indian Forest Act 1927 to make them more adaptable and people-friendly besides en...
19 Sep, 2013, 02.38 AM IST
- Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh should team up to save wild buffaloes: Experts
At a time when wild buffaloes, an endangered mammal species, are facing extinction, the state forest department has joined hands with leadi...
06 Nov, 2012, 02.36 AM IST
- High-tech cameras to monitor wildlife in Maharashtra forests
The Maharashtra government has decided to install infrared cameras in jungles to ensure continuous monitoring of nocturnal animals in order...
11 Jun, 2011, 11.27 PM IST