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55 tigers dead in Madhya Pradesh in 2025, highest since Project Tiger was launched more than half century ago

December 30, 2025 2:21 am

The mounting toll has prompted unprecedented action from the highest levels of the state's forest bureaucracy

How rainforests, Earth’s oldest ecosystems, are critical to climate goals

December 04, 2025 1:20 pm

Tropical forests are major biodiversity regions that sustain livelihoods, protect watersheds, regulate regional climates, and store vast amounts of carbon for decades or even centuries. How do initiatives like the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF) seek to conserve these ecosystems? See infographics for key insights.

When Valmik Thapar threw a punch for tigers

June 02, 2025 4:36 pm

Valu, as many of us called him, was an outspoken man who wore his heart on his sleeve, calling a spade a spade. You didn’t have to agree with him to admire him for his strong convictions

Pune: Forest department probes reports, footage of leopard sighting

October 13, 2021 10:26 am

Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF) for Pune Division, Rahul Patil, said, "Some residents have contacted us and shared images from security cameras capturing a leopard.

Chandigarh: Medicinal plants a hit in forest department’s plant distribution drive

July 22, 2021 7:57 am

Over 19,320 plants have been distributed since, most of which are medicinal in nature.

After multiple Gaur sightings within weeks, govt to study why animals moved to forest close to Pune

December 24, 2020 1:14 am

Subsequently, nets and barricades were put up by Forest department staff at the points from where the Gaur could move towards the highway bypass road or into the city area.

Preservation in mind, Department of Forests and Wildlife identifies 31 ‘heritage’ trees across city

May 21, 2018 8:40 am

A grand Peepal tree, which is said to be 250-year-old, is situated in Sector 9B, which was once Kalibard village. It is 70-feet high and at present falls in the jurisdiction of Carmel Convent school.

HC makes a case before UT admn for allotment of land for advocates’ chambers

March 25, 2015 3:53 am

The bench observed there are only 131 advocates’ chambers in the high court.

citybriefs: Forests official held on graft charges

July 31, 2013 4:45 am

The Anti-Corruption Bureau Tuesday arrested an assistant conservator of forests,Junnar,for accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a truck driver carrying wood

Kaziranga rhino count increases

March 27, 2013 1:50 am

Census puts figure at 2,329,despite poaching

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