MP inks pact with Centre for tiger conservation
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Finally MP signs Tiger conservation pact with Centre
After months of dithering and relentless pressure brought in by activists the MP govt has finally signed the tripartite agreement with centre and NTCA paving the way for direct flow of funds to tiger sanctuaries and increased accountability of reserve officials. MP was the only state left to sign the pact after all other states with tiger populations had done so. The signing happens as Rajya sabha was informed yesterday about MP being the state with highest number of tiger deaths this year stroking fears that it might loose the premier tiger state tag to Karnatka very soon. With the inking of the agreement the last hurdle for better management and conservation of parks can kick in.
Kerala gets new tiger reserve
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh will inaugurate the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, the second in Kerala after the Periyar Tiger Reserve, on February 17.
Forest Minister Benoy Viswom will preside over the function. The new reserve will have a total area of 648.5 sq km, with a buffer zone of 225.3 sq km. The newly added core area measures 188.2 sq km. and the existing core of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary is 235 sq km.
Converting the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary into the tiger reserve, adding forest areas spread across Kerala and Tamil Nadu, will help in the better protection of the area, sanctuary officials said.
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article54327.ece
State desperately trying to cover up Goa tiger death as centre confirms poaching
After months of trying to cover up the poaching of a tiger in Goa, the state govt finally got a slap in their face when Minister MOEF Jairam Ramesh listed a tiger poached in Goa amongst other 58 deaths of tigers this year during a debate in Rajya Sabha. Red faced forest officials in Goa withering under the twin assaults of green activists and political mafia had nothing new to offer except claim that the dead animal was not a tiger. In a shocking series of incidents starting with the publishing of pictures of a dead tiger in local papers, the stat govt has tried its best to bury the case. From implicating the photographer who took pictures to filling cases against local forest officials who are investigating the case to changing samples of the animal before it got to Wildlife Institute Dehradun, it is obvious that big interests are at work behind the scenes. Since the acknowledgement of poaching has come from none of other than India's Central Minister one wonders if there are any steps his ministry will take to bring justice in the case.
Central government confirms tiger poached in Goa, state denies |
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