North Bengal wildlife on high alert after heavy rains, Buxa to have new tigress
Forest officials have been directed to keep Quick Response Teams (QRTs) ready and set up control rooms to monitor the situation continuously.
Forest officials have been directed to keep Quick Response Teams (QRTs) ready and set up control rooms to monitor the situation continuously.
A group of people has been protesting against forest officials for strictly enforcing the state government’s annual 90-day closure of the reserve.
"The base camp for the Buxa Bird Festival will be set up at the Rajabhatkhawa Nature Interpretation Centre in the BTR,"
According to study reports of the Wildlife Institute of India, 90 leopards are in the forests, including in the Gorumara National Park, Jaldapara National Park and Buxa Tiger Reserve.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority had on 29 July, 2019 published a report of the fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation2018, and it showed that there is no existence of the animal in the BTR.
Forest officials said that this was the second time that they had released a leopard fitted with the chip, and that the radio collar will help them study the its behaviour. The initiative was taken by the state forest department, in association with the Wildlife Institute of India.
The post-mortem of the carcass was done on the spot where the animal was found dead, while the body was later burnt right there, according to forest sources.
A North Bengal-based environmental group is set to host a nature camp, which will engage around 100 underprivileged children in activities like trekking, camping and rock-climbing.
The central government, as well as the state government, can immediately implement schemes and programmes for the development of the Dukpas, as the community is up to the creek and there is almost no means left for them to bring home the bacon.
We have recently noticed a concrete wall on the Indo-Bhutan border area. Construction of such a wall along the international border will be detrimental for wildlife for the corridor will be closed, leading to increase in human and wildlife conflicts on both the sides, said state forest minister Binay Krishna Barman.
