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A flawed but pragmatic view The judgment is pragmatic, timely and has touched upon a crucial aspect of governance of the Sundarbans Last month, a bench of the Calcutta High Court ordered that “the Sundarban area cannot be utilized or permitted to be accessed except for its preservation, management, protection and custody by and under the control of its custodians in law; and, to extremely limited purpose to which human access could be permitted under controlled conditions that would be imposed by those in custody of that area”. The bench hearing WPA 8514 of 2020, directed that “there shall be no activity whatsoever by human intervention in any part of the three parcels, the Sundarban Biosphere Area, Tiger Reserve [STR] and the Reserve Forest. except to the extent such activity may be permitted by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Director, Sunderban B ....
Dolphin population in Chilika rises to 156 PTI Bhubaneswar: After emerging as the favourite destination of migratory birds, the Chilika lake in Odisha has also turned out to be a safe haven for rare Irrawaddy dolphins. This came to the light after the Chilika Development Authority (CDA) conducted an annual survey on the biodiversity of the lagoon, which is the largest lake along the east-coast of India. The population of dolphins has increased to 156 in 2020 against 150 in 2019, an official said. The Irrawaddy dolphin is the flagship species inhabiting the Chilika Lake. The CDA in a statement said that the present distribution range of this species is only in Asia, from Chilika to Indonesia. Irrawaddy dolphins in India are protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, ClTES (Appendix-l) and IUCN Red List. ....
Assam provides firearms as well as bulletproof jackets to forest guards. However, in many other states, the forest staff are poorly armed against the poachers ....
Expressing serious concern over brutal attack by poachers on unarmed forest officials, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the state governments to follow the Assam model and provide firearms and bulletproof jackets to forest guards.Pointing out . ....