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PROTECTED AREA UPDATE News and Information from Protected Areas in India and South Asia PROTECTED AREA UPDATE News and Information from protected areas in India and South Asia Vol. XV No. 1 February 2009 (No.77) LIST OF CONTENTS Gaur translocation plans stalled following EDITORIAL 2 NTCA opposition A departure too soon Maharashtra 11 NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES RFO posts lie vacant in Tadoba-Andhari TR Andhra Pradesh 3 Coal mining leases in vicinity of Tadoba Andhari Tribals engaged to protect Kawal WLS Govt. admits that wrong tiger was killed as man- Study finds Pulicat under severe threat eater in Tadoba in 2007 Assam 4 Sanjay Gandhi NP seeks more lions for safari Seismic survey in Brahmaputra riverbed opposed; Three leopard safaris for state impact on Gangetic dolphin feared Meghalaya 13 Winter apparel donated to Kaziranga NP staff Mining stopped near Balpakhram NP Militants lay siege on anti-poaching camp in Orissa 13 Kaziranga NP Tourists flock to Satkosia Kaziranga elephants on rampage in Kaliabor area 14 fishermen held for entering Gahirmatha marine Over 100 rhino deaths in Kaziranga in 2008 sanctuary acquitted Himachal Pradesh 6 Poachers employ minors to hunt migratory birds Diesel engine steamer boats causing noise at Chilika pollution in Pong Dam Bird Sanctuary Over one lakh birds counted at Bhitarkanika this FD to set up 9 van thanas ; forest officials to get season powers to arrest Poachers injure Bhitarkanika forest guard FD to lease out guesthouses, sites for tourism Meeting held to discuss conservation and Breeding projects for endangered species livelihood issues of Simlipal BR Jharkhand 8 Rajasthan 15 Team reviews tusker safety at Dalma WLS No tigress for Sariska from Ranthambhore NP Karnataka 8 Tamil Nadu 15 The Greater Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Directory of environmentalists released proposal opposed Rs Two crore for Project Tiger in TN Kerala 8 Huge protest against Mudumalai CTH Forum for wetland protection by 2009 Tripura 16 Madhya Pradesh 9 Confusion over wildlife reserve proposal; locals Two tigresses to be translocated from Bandavgarh fear massive displacement to Panna TR Uttarakhand 17 Cops allegedly involved in tiger poaching at FD again sends back Army’s proposal for land to Kanha TR replace Raiwala depot Tourists taken into Kanha NP at night to see gaur Elephant population in state down by 250 killed by tiger Uttar Pradesh 18 NTCA opposes highway widening project at Efforts to protect Gangetic River dolphins Pench TR 263 ghariyals to be released into the wild from Kukrail West Bengal 18 Mobile veterinary service for North Bengal EDITORIAL wildlife Proposal for new rail line to avoid elephant deaths in Dooars A departure too soon FD, villagers trade charges over tiger attacks in Sunderbans It was just as we were finalizing this issue of the PA Update , we got the shattering news that NATIONAL NEWS FROM INDIA 19 Dr. Ravi Sankaran had passed away after Central Assistance for relocation for villages from suffering a massive heart attack on January 17. Tiger Reserves It was difficult to believe at first, but as the Sanctuary Wildlife Awards 2008 news sank in, there was only a sense of huge Dr. Aparajita Datta selected for the 2009 Women sadness and deep loss. In his sudden demise the of Discovery Award world of conservation has lost one of its most Dog squad to sniff out illegal wildlife trade passionate, dedicated and innovative advocates. 110 tigers dead in last six years His work on floricans, his studies of India Biodiversity portal launched the Nicobari Megapode and Edible Nest Swiftlet in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and SOUTH ASIA 21 analysis of the impact of the earthquake and Bhutan tsunami of December 2004 on the ecology of Steps proposed to deal with farmer-wildlife the islands were path breaking. He tirelessly conflict argued to allow ranching of the nest of the Wangchuk Centenary Park inaugurated Edible Nest Swiftlet in the islands as a new paradigm for conservation that ensured INTERNATIONAL NEWS 22 people’s participation and also got them International Police Group to Tackle Wildlife economic benefits. He was working on an Trafficking Crime Syndicates ambitious project in Nagaland to build up the capacities of local communities and set up OPPORTUNITIES 23 Call for proposals for conservation projects in the institutions to protect the forests and wildlife Western Ghats there, and more recently he had also taken over Openings at the BNHS as Director of the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Nature (SACON), the UPCOMING 23 institution he was associated with for a long National Symposium on Prosopis time and deeply committed to as well. International seminar on Protected Area We all have to make our departure, but Management when someone leaves at his very prime, leaves Protected Area Update so suddenly and particularly when that man is Vol. XV, No. 1, February 2009 (No. 77) Ravi Sankaran, there can only be a vacuum. Editor: Pankaj Sekhsaria With Ravi around there was never a dull Editorial Assistance: Wrutuja Pardeshi moment. He was gregarious and full of Illustrations: Madhuvanti Anantharajan curiosity, fun and laughter. He pushed many Produced by: Kalpavriksh boundaries and his great skill and capacity lay Ideas, comments, news and information may please in the fact that he encouraged and showed many be sent to the editorial address: others how they should and could push their KALPAVRIKSH , Apartment 5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 own limits. His was an unique personality, one Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, that seamlessly harmonized innumerable India. Tel/Fax: 020 – 25654239. polarities: unbearable, yet endearing at the Email : [email protected] same time; sharply critical and yet fully Website: www.kalpavriksh.org understanding of the same issue; quick to notice Production of PA Update 77 has been supported an error and quicker to admit to one of his own; by Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), challenging and inspiring; wickedly witty and Anand. deeply deeply compassionate. Protected Area Update Vol XV, No. 1 2 February 2009 (No. 77) Many of us in Kalpavriksh had the chance of knowing him, working with him, of being NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES influenced by him and hopefully, of influencing him a bit as well. Many knew him personally and others knew him in more professional ANDHRA PRADESH contexts like when he joined a workshop on community conservation in Nagaland that we Tribals engaged to protect Kawal WLS had organized three years ago. We are all rich for those experiences, and poorer now that The Forest Department will be engaging local there will be no more such occasions. tribals for the protection of the forests in the Like many others I too feel immensely Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary and has organized privileged and fortunate that I could consider awareness campaigns to sensitize villagers for Ravi a friend. I first met him nearly a decade the purpose. This program was initiated after ago, and in the years that have followed had reports revealed that 13,246 trees were illegally many priceless opportunities of spending time felled over an area of 399 hectares of the with him in the field, particularly in the sanctuary from July to October 2007. Andaman Islands. As I write this, there is an The state government has booked 53 endless string of memories and images that cases in this regard, and 420 persons have been flash by – the aristocratic élan which he arrested and remanded to judicial custody. smoked his pipe with; that warm hug at Chennai airport when we were meeting after a Source: ‘Encroachment of forest land in Kawal long time; sharing a meal with him and his field Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh’, staff in the islands; his long pony tail, those Press Release of the Ministry of many discussions and the many Environment and Forests, 04/12/08. disagreements…and yes, that comment about Contact: DFO Wildlife , Kawal WLS, Jannaram, the PA Update too. It was, if I remember right, Dist. Adilabad - 504 205. Andhra a couple of years ago when I asked him if he Pradesh. Tel: 08739-236224 thought the PA Update was useful and relevant. “Hey, stop sending it to me,” he said Study finds Pulicat under severe threat dismissively and without batting an eyelid, “I don’t read it anyway.” He then mumbled A recent survey has revealed that Pulicat Lake, something to the effect that it might actually be the second largest lake in the country, is facing an useful thing and I must continue working on severe degradation and rapid reduction in size it. Provocative, challenging, irreverent, and due to anthropogenic and natural causes. incisively brilliant– Ravi was all this and much The survey was conducted by a team more. He was a master in delivering the from the Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy unexpected; in leaving people dumbfounded working on the 'Pulicat Community-based th and groping for answers. On January 17 , he Disaster Preparedness' project. The findings did it again; the only difference this time being revealed that the lake has shrunk from 460 sq. that we’ll be groping much longer and he won’t kms to 350 sq. kms in the last few decades, even be there to help us out. primarily due to silting in the northern part of Many who read this will have their the lake. The depth of the lake has also own memories and thoughts of Ravi. Please decreased from 4 to 1.5 meters due to receding share these with us and we’d like to share it seawater inflow during summer. The rapid with all the others in the forthcoming issues of reduction of depth and the water-spread area the PA Update . It might help us all deal with an have both caused a considerable decline in the immeasurable loss.
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