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It will help wildlife managers understand habitat utilisation pattern and behaviour of the keystone species. The West Bengal Forest Department has radio collared a tiger in the Sunderban Tiger Reserve and released it in the wild. The initiative has been taken by wildlife wing of West Bengal Forest Department in collaboration with the World Wild Fund for Nature-India (WWF) India is aimed at ‘Assessing Tiger-Human Interactions through Radio-Telemetry’. According to senior forest officials, the process of radio collaring was conducted on December 26 and 27 (Saturday and Sunday) in Harikhali ...

The process of camera installation in the Sundarbans has been completed in the first phase 10 teams comprising 120 forest personnel are taking part in the exercise Canning: The tiger census through camera trapping method has started in West Bengal's Sundarbans, which, according to the last estimate, was home to 96 big cats, an official said. The process of camera installation in the Sundarbans, one of the largest mangrove forests in the world, has been completed in the first phase, and the movement of big cats will be monitored for a month, he said. "We have already installed many cameras. Th...

This article by Harsh Agarwal* is based on a freewheeling conversation with river rights activist, Shri Tapas Das of the Nadi Bachao Jibon Bachao Andolan. During this conversation, Shri Das covered multiple aspects – from his cycle rallies, the ill-effects of river barrages, weak regulatory bodies to the lack of political intent, our lackadaisical approach to river conservation and his hope for the future Shri Tapas Das runs the Nadi Bachao Jibon Bachao Andolan (Save Rivers, Save Life movement). Based out of Kolkata, Mr. Tapas has a unique way of organizing cycle rallies to raise awareness...