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PROTECTED AREA UPDATE
News and Information from protected areas in India and South Asia
Vol. XX, No. 1
February 2014 (No. 107)
LIST OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
The perils and promise of mass-scale bird watching
NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES
ANDHRA PRADESH
- DRDO Missile Test Range proposed within Krishna WLS
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
- Tiger photographed in Dibang WLS
ASSAM
- Three rhino poachers held at Rajiv Gandhi (Orang) National Park
- FD dismisses NFR’s proposal for iron pillars inside Gibbon WLS to prevent accidents with elephants
GOA
- Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal visits the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary
HIMACHAL PRADESH
- Villagers inside GHNP surrender guns, promise to protect wildlife
KARNATAKA
- Proposal for Wesley Bird Sanctuary
- FD needs veterinarians with expertise in handling wild animals
KERALA
- Fear of foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in wildlife in Kerala
MADHYA PRADESH
- FD alleges that villagers nearly killed two tigers when Pench TR staff was away on election duty
MAHARASHTRA
- Tadoba Andhari TR leopards to be radio-collared to track them, prevent human-animal conflict
- Increased camera fees raises over Rs. 6 lakh for Tadoba Andhari TR
- Cattle grazing poses threat to newly notified Navegaon-Nagzira TR: FD
ODISHA
- Fisherman gunned down in a mid sea gun battle at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary
- Villagers from the Sunabeda WLS take stand against Maoists
- Odisha proposes to shrink Satkosia TR
- 32 families relocated from the core zone of Similipal TR
UTTARAKHAND
- Fossil National Park proposed in Lapthal in Pithoragarh district
UTTAR PRADESH
- Centre releases first ever financial sanction of Rs. 24 lakh for Amangarh TR
WEST BENGAL
- Authorities arrest 45 involved in wildlife smuggling in border areas of West Bengal
READERS’S WRITE
IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS UPDATE
NATIONAL NEWS
- MoEF directs GIB range states to have recovery plan; Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat ready with the draft
ANDHRA PRADESH
- Dugarajapatnam port threat to the Pulicat Lake
- Flamingo festival at Pulicat
GOA
- Flamingoes at Carambolim Lake after five years
GUJARAT
- No Greater Flamingos in the Great Rann of Kutch this season
MADHYA PRADESH
- Farmers around Bhoj wetlands give up chemical agriculture
MAHARASHTRA
- Three month bird survey in Sanjay Gandhi National Park
- Opposition to research project on forest owlets near Melghat TR; other researchers back the project
ODISHA
- Poaching incidents in Chilika
UTTAR PRADESH
- NGT asks Uttar Pradesh to fix ESZ around Okhla Bird Sanctuary
The FRA, PAs and WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
- Official circulars/ guidelines related to applicability of Forest Rights Act in PAs
MAHARASHTRA
- Community Forest Rights (CFRs) rejected in Melghat TR
WEST BENGAL
- Gram sabhas stop FD from clear felling forests in vicinity of Jaldapara WLS
- First gram sabhas formed in Sunderbans TR
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Remembering Prakash Gole
A DECADE AGO
PERSPECTIVE
Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction
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Protected Area Update
Vol. XX, No. 1, February 2014 (No. 107)
Editor: Pankaj Sekhsaria
Editorial Assistance: Reshma Jathar, Anuradha Arjunwadkar
Illustrations: Madhuvanti Anantharajan, Peeyush Sekhsaria
Produced by The Documentation and Outreach Centre
KALPAVRIKSH
Apartment 5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India. Tel/Fax: 020 – 25654239. Email: psekhsaria@gmail.com
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Publication of the PA Update has been supported by
- Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
- Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust, C/o FES
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - India
- Bombay Natural History Society
- Action Aid India
- Donations from a number of individual supporters
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PROTECTED AREA UPDATE
News and Information from protected areas in India and South Asia
Vol. XX, No. 1
February 2014 (No. 107)
LIST OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
The perils and promise of mass-scale bird watching
NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES
ANDHRA PRADESH
- DRDO Missile Test Range proposed within Krishna WLS
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
- Tiger photographed in Dibang WLS
ASSAM
- Three rhino poachers held at Rajiv Gandhi (Orang) National Park
- FD dismisses NFR’s proposal for iron pillars inside Gibbon WLS to prevent accidents with elephants
GOA
- Mhadei Water Dispute Tribunal visits the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary
HIMACHAL PRADESH
- Villagers inside GHNP surrender guns, promise to protect wildlife
KARNATAKA
- Proposal for Wesley Bird Sanctuary
- FD needs veterinarians with expertise in handling wild animals
KERALA
- Fear of foot-and-mouth disease epidemic in wildlife in Kerala
MADHYA PRADESH
- FD alleges that villagers nearly killed two tigers when Pench TR staff was away on election duty
MAHARASHTRA
- Tadoba Andhari TR leopards to be radio-collared to track them, prevent human-animal conflict
- Increased camera fees raises over Rs. 6 lakh for Tadoba Andhari TR
- Cattle grazing poses threat to newly notified Navegaon-Nagzira TR: FD
ODISHA
- Fisherman gunned down in a mid sea gun battle at Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary
- Villagers from the Sunabeda WLS take stand against Maoists
- Odisha proposes to shrink Satkosia TR
- 32 families relocated from the core zone of Similipal TR
UTTARAKHAND
- Fossil National Park proposed in Lapthal in Pithoragarh district
UTTAR PRADESH
- Centre releases first ever financial sanction of Rs. 24 lakh for Amangarh TR
WEST BENGAL
- Authorities arrest 45 involved in wildlife smuggling in border areas of West Bengal
READERS’S WRITE
IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS UPDATE
NATIONAL NEWS
- MoEF directs GIB range states to have recovery plan; Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat ready with the draft
ANDHRA PRADESH
- Dugarajapatnam port threat to the Pulicat Lake
- Flamingo festival at Pulicat
GOA
- Flamingoes at Carambolim Lake after five years
GUJARAT
- No Greater Flamingos in the Great Rann of Kutch this season
MADHYA PRADESH
- Farmers around Bhoj wetlands give up chemical agriculture
MAHARASHTRA
- Three month bird survey in Sanjay Gandhi National Park
- Opposition to research project on forest owlets near Melghat TR; other researchers back the project
ODISHA
- Poaching incidents in Chilika
UTTAR PRADESH
- NGT asks Uttar Pradesh to fix ESZ around Okhla Bird Sanctuary
The FRA, PAs and WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
- Official circulars/ guidelines related to applicability of Forest Rights Act in PAs
MAHARASHTRA
- Community Forest Rights (CFRs) rejected in Melghat TR
WEST BENGAL
- Gram sabhas stop FD from clear felling forests in vicinity of Jaldapara WLS
- First gram sabhas formed in Sunderbans TR
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Remembering Prakash Gole
A DECADE AGO
PERSPECTIVE
Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction
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Protected Area Update
Vol. XX, No. 1, February 2014 (No. 107)
Editor: Pankaj Sekhsaria
Editorial Assistance: Reshma Jathar, Anuradha Arjunwadkar
Illustrations: Madhuvanti Anantharajan, Peeyush Sekhsaria
Produced by The Documentation and Outreach Centre
KALPAVRIKSH
Apartment 5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India. Tel/Fax: 020 – 25654239. Email: psekhsaria@gmail.com
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Publication of the PA Update has been supported by
- Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
- Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust, C/o FES
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) - India
- Bombay Natural History Society
- Action Aid India
- Donations from a number of individual supporters