Protected Area Update June 2019

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Protected Area Update

Vol. XXV, No. 3; June 2019 (No. 139)
Produced by Kalpavriksh and the Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay

LIST OF CONTENTS

EDITORIAL
More than a line on the map

NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS
- WII’s dugong scholarship programme extended to North Andaman

ASSAM
- DFOs under Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council cannot issue mining 
permits: CEC

CHATTISGARH
- CRPF accused of hunting in Udanti-Sitanadi TR

GUJARAT
- Gujarat proposes a tiger corridor in state
- Additional steps for lion conservation in Gujarat

HARYANA
- More than 20 wild animal road kills in four years on 
Gurugram-Faridabad road

HIMACHAL PRADESH
- Study in Khokhan WLS suggests Himalayan yew on the brink of extinction
- FD & WII to study changing behaviour pattern of Asiatic black bear

JAMMU & KASHMIR
- LaCONES – CCMB to initiate assisted reproduction technology project 
for hangul conservation

KARNATAKA
- Kuvempu University continues to violate laws in Bhadra TR
- Heavy fines for teasing animals inside Bandipur NP
- River tern killed by drone during wildlife film shoot in Bhadra TR
- Wild animal deaths due to speeding trains on the rise in Khanapur
- No widening of NH 4A inside Dandeli WLS: NHAI

KERALA
- 75 tigers in Wayanad WLS; highest in state
- Purple frog might become state frog of Kerala

MAHARASHTRA
- 88 ha of forest land diverted for industrial project in corridor 
connecting Bor-Pench-Melghat TRs
- Large carnivores adapted to human dominated landscapes: Study
- Baramati wolves to be tracked with GIS collars
- FD mulls closure of wolf collaring project in Pune forest division
- Activists demand closure of taxidermy centre at SGNP
- Hamlet in SGNP achieves waste-management at source
- Junona village says ‘no’ to TATR’s community conservancy project

ODISHA
- New vine snake species described after 113 years; found in Similipal BR
- Hatching reported from more than one lakh Olive ridley turtle nests

TAMIL NADU
- Restoration of water flow in Sigurhalla river helps wildlife in 
Mudumalai TR in summer

TELANGANA
- Waterhole census conducted in state's PAs

TRIPURA
- ONGC gets clearance for drilling in Trishna WLS

UTTARAKHAND
- Spate of elephant attacks on vehicles in Corbett TR

WEST BENGAL
- 94 tigers photographed in Sunderbans
- GPS collars to monitor elephant movement in North Bengal
- Forest officials attacked by family of the accused in tiger poaching 
case in Sunderbans
- Captive bred Red pandas to be released in the Singalila NP

NATIONAL NEWS FROM INDIA
- CCMB scientists sequence Asiatic lion genome
- NGT seeks report on constitution of biodiversity management committees

SOUTH ASIA
NEPAL
- Common leopard gecko confirmed as 11th gecko species in Nepal

IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS UPDATE

NATIONAL NEWS
- NGT seeks report on status of GIB

GUJARAT
- Thol and Nalsarovar completely dry

HARYANA
- Release of captive-reared vultures postponed by six-eight months

MAHARASHTRA
- 19 ha of mangroves including in Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary to be 
cut for bullet train

NAGALAND
- Radio-tagged Amur falcon returns to India on her way back to China

TAMIL NADU
- Rs. 4.9 crore development works proposed in Vellode Bird Sanctuary

FROM THE ARCHIVES

PERSPECTIVE
The need of the hour – systematic scientific information for conservation!
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