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Wildlife and Conservation in the Times of COVID-19 Vol. XXVI, No. 3 June 2020 (No. 145) LIST OF CONTENTS Rajasthan 8 Four poachers arrested in Jaisalmer; may have EDITORIAL 3 killed hundreds of animals over a decade Wildlife and conservation in the times of Tamil Nadu 9 COVID-19 Two tigers die of poisoning in Anaimalai TR Telangana 9 NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES NBWL clears railway line through forests Assam 4 connecting Kawal, Tadoba-Andhari and Opposition to coal mining in Saleki of Dehing Indravati TRs Patkai ER Uttarakhand 9 Andhra Pradesh 4 Four Snow leopards camera trapped in the Nanda Plea in NGT against destruction of mangroves Devi NP near Coringa WLS Chhattisgarh 5 NATIONAL NEWS FROM INDIA 10 Two wild buffaloes arrive at Barnawapara WLS ZSI releases updated checklist of Indian from Assam amphibians Gujarat 5 Nearly 10,000 forest fires reported in April in just Two lions from Chotila walk 140 km to reach Gir three states sanctuary Golden jackals threatened by poaching and trade Karnataka 6 in India: study CM clears Hubballi-Ankola railway project through Kali TR SOUTH ASIA 11 Maharashtra 6 Nepal Maharashtra proposes exclusion of 41 villages, Tiger presence recorded at an altitude of 2,500 m 1,981 sq. km of forest from Western Ghats ESA IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS UPDATE 13 NBWL approves Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi National News Mahamarg, projects from 11 other states Gujarat emerging as gateway for Amur falcons: Tiger walks 3,000 km between Tipeshwar and WII Dnyanganga WLSs Maharashtra Leucistic Sloth bear sighted in Melghat TR for Return rate of tagged birds highest in Mumbai: first time BNHS THE COVID-19 CONNECTION 14 Punjab National News Gharials, dolphins flourish in Beas CR, Harike Conservationists urge minister to withhold forest, WLS following COVID-19 lockdown environment clearances during the COVID-19 Rajasthan epidemic Spike in poaching in Western Rajasthan during MoTA urged to ensure support forest communities COVID-19 lockdown: FD, activists impacted due to COVID-19 Uttar Pradesh Studies reveal pangolins as host of coronaviruses; FD issues instructions in view of the coronavirus Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand are illegal trade pandemic hotspots Uttarakhand WII’s wildlife app to collect data during lockdown Corbett TR builds isolation wards for animals, MoEFCC coronavirus related advisory to restrict takes other steps movement around PAs Human-elephant conflict reduces near Corbett TR Assam in lockdown period FD issues guidelines to sensitise people towards West Bengal freely roaming animals during lockdown Increased tiger sightings in the Sunderbans during Gujarat lockdown FD taking precautions to avoid transmission of coronavirus in lions FROM THE ARCHIVES 22 Kerala Human-animal conflict reduces during lockdown PERSPECTIVE 24 Maharashtra Communicating conservation in these difficult Increase in frequency of leopard sightings, other times animals, in Aarey colony, SGNP, other PAs Protected Area Update Vol. XXVI, No. 3, June 2020 (No. 145) Editor: Pankaj Sekhsaria Associate Editor: Reshma Jathar Illustrations: Ashvini Menon (Visual Design Studio), Shruti Kulkarni, Madhuvanti Anantharajan & Peeyush Sekhsaria Produced by Kalpavriksh and the Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay Editorial Address: C/o Kalpavriksh, Apartment 5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India. Tel/Fax: 020 – 25654239; Email: [email protected] Website: http://kalpavriksh.org/index.php/conservation-livelihoods1/protected-area-update *** Note: Stories that appear in the PA Update are edited version of the original news reports first published in the source mentioned at the end of the story Publication of the PA Update has been supported by Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust C/o Foundation for Ecological Security http://fes.org.in/ Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies and Donations from a number of individual supporters Protected Area Update Vol. XXVI, No. 2 2 April 2020 (No. 144) anecdotal and only a detailed and careful study EDITORIAL can confirm if there was indeed a causal relationship between the lockdown and increased hunting, if indeed it had increased at Wildlife and conservation in the times of all. A group of conservationists had initiated a COVID-19 survey to assess patterns of hunting between the initial lockdown period (25 March-4 May The two months between the publishing of the 2020), and the pre-lockdown period (23 Jan-24 last issue of the PA Update (April 2020) and March 2020). The result was not out by the time this, the latest issue of June 2020 - has seen the we went to press, but the results should provide world turn topsy-turvy in a manner never seen some interesting insights. before. No one anticipated this coming and The 3rd broad category of importantly no one really knows what to do or developments is related to the advisories issued where we are headed. by authorities at various levels, beginning with Not unexpectedly, the world of forests, those from many state forest departments wildlife and conservation too has been impacted following the report of a tiger in the Bronx Zoo and this is reflected in the various developments in New York in the USA being infected by the and what the media has been reporting (see virus. Other more overarching advisories special section, pg. 14). Going into the details resulted in concerns being raised about the and an analysis of everything will, of course, not impacts on livelihoods on adivasi and forest be possible, but a broad sweep, bird's eye view dwelling communities. Representations sent out suggests that the developments and their by activists, researchers and organisations noted reportage can be clubbed under four broad that the conditions of the lockdown would have categories. multiple effects on already marginalised The initial period of the lock down saw communities whose access to resources, health a number of reports in mainstream and social care and livelihood opportunities are precarious media on the increasing visibility of wild in the best of times. animals. Citing the reduction in human activity And finally, one saw, and continues to because of the lockdown, forest officials see the development juggernaut rolling on with reported an increased sighting of animals - even less care and concern. The Ministry of leopards in the Sanjay Gandhi NP in Mumbai, Environment Forest and Climate Change gharials and dolphins in the Beas river in Punjab (MoEFCC) seems to have gone into overdrive and tigers in the Sunderbans. There were also a granting clearances to big bang projects that number of reports of individual animals, would impact forests, wildlife and local elephants for eg., being sighted walking through communities across the country. 31 projects settlements and small towns. The drift of the were cleared in just one meeting of the National arguments seemed to suggest a welcoming of Board for Wildlife held by video-conferencing this phenomenon as wildlife and wild animals in the midst of this unprecedented crisis. Many were seen regaining what was originally and of these were granted in violation of laws and rightfully theirs. Decreased human activity was policies and without attention to due process also attributed in some cases to a reduction in and procedure. Even a global pandemic could the instances of human-wildlife conflict like we not succeed in bringing about just a momentary see with a report from Corbett TR and from pause. The more things change, the more they parts of Kerala. remain the same; they are only becoming worse The flip side of this coin, and there are where the MoEFCC is concerned. a number of reports that are still coming in, is The world has been discussing and that the lockdown and reduced patrolling has speculating on a new normal post COVID-19; resulted in a spurt of poaching and illegal we need also to be discussing a new abnormal. hunting. The evidence in many cases is Where the MoEFCC is concerned a clue lies in Protected Area Update Vol. XXVI, No. 3 3 June 2020 (No. 145) the title of researcher Nandini Velho's lead story ASSAM in The Hindu Sunday Magazine of 23 May 2020; this ministry may well be called the Opposition to coal mining in Saleki of Dehing 'Ministry of forest clearances'. There will be no Patkai ER more pretence then and no more questions will be asked. Wildlife, forests, people and A number of environmentalists and concerned livelihoods may all be damned! people have urged the Prime Minister, the ---- Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate PS: The PA Update team at Kalpavriksh is very Change of India, the Chief Minister of Assam happy to announce the publication of first non- and the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) to English edition of the PA Update. Focused on stop any current and future coal mining project Maharashtra and published in Marathi, the first in Saleki and the whole of Dehing Patkai issue of the Maharashtra Sanrakshit Kshetra Elephant Reserve (ER). They noted that legal Vartapatra (Maharashtra Protected Area and illegal coal extraction is having and will Newsletter) was released in April 2020 (see pg. have catastrophic consequences for the whole 23). Supported by the Duleep Matthai Nature ecosystem of the region. This comes following Conservation Trust and edited by Reshma Jathar the decision made in the 7 April 2020 meeting it will be published four times a year. Please of the National Board for Wildlife to allow coal write to [email protected] and/or mining here. [email protected] if you would like The NBWL's standing committee had to be on the mailing list. discussed the proposal for use of 98.59 ha of land of Saleki, proposed for a coal mining project by North Eastern Coal Field (NECF) — NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES a unit of Coal India Limited— and gave nod to it. The meeting was held by video conferencing under the chairmanship of environment minister, Mr Prakash Javdekar.
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