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Chandigarh shows highest increase in forest cover among UTs in 2 yrs
It has gone up by 2% from 21.56 to 22.03 sq km
Updated on Dec 31, 2019 12:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Rachna Verma, Chandigarh
New tiger estimation report provides glimpse of hope for human-animal co-existence
The tiger estimation report shows that the flora and fauna in the tiger landscapes of Shivalik Hills and Gangetic Plains, Central India and Eastern Ghats and southern Western Ghats has improved despite people living there, leading to tigers colonising new forest area of about 24,509 square km between 2014 and 2018.
Published on Aug 01, 2019 05:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Chetan Chauhan
Experts blame human pressure for rising tiger kills in Sundarbans
Two women were killed by tigers in Sundarbans in two days adding to the number of people being mauled to death by the big cats.
Updated on Jul 11, 2019 11:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
On the brink of extinction
Dholes face local extinctions in 37,000 sq km surveyed across the Western Ghats, which is their only habitat in India.
Published on Apr 22, 2019 12:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
MP forest dept take drone route to take on mining mafia, encroachers
In a first, the Madhya Pradesh forest department will deploy drones to take on the mining mafia, illegal loggers and encroachers of forest land
Published on Jan 29, 2019 07:37 PM IST
Bhopal, Hindustan Times | Punya Priya Mitra