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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. XVI No. 1 February 2010 (No. 83) LIST OF CONTENTS Maharashtra 10 EDITORIAL 3 Dismantled film sets degrading forests adjoining Don’t forget those on the frontlines the Sanjay Gandhi NP NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES Van majoors protest non-payment of wages; Andhra Pradesh 3 stops tourists from entering Nagzira WLS Jerdon's courser sighted in Sri Lankamalleswara Deer and neelgai translocated from Nagpur to Wildlife Sanctuary Bor Wildlife Sanctuary Assam 4 Shifting of villages from Tadoba Andhari TR to Database of all rhinos in Assam be expedited Increased human - elephant conflict in Assam MoEF rejects mining project near Tadoba Over one lakh people visited Kaziranga National Andhari Tiger Reserve Park in 2008-09 Orissa 12 PWD study for diverting traffic from NH 37 Seven month ban on marine fishing in Orissa section through Kaziranga NP from November 2009 14 rhinos poached in Kaziranga NP in 2009 Oriental small-clawed otter reported from Ramsar tag proposed for Dhir Beel, Son Beel, Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary Kaziranga Beel and Dordoibam Beel Punjab 13 Two senior Nagaland officials suspect in rhino Illegal fishing rampant in Harike WLS poaching Rajasthan 13 Bihar 6 Illegal fishing in Sariska TR; four arrested Railway track creates new rhino habitat adjoining NTCA approves Darrah Tiger Reserve Valmiki TR New road threat to Ranthambore TR Tourism promotion plans for Valmiki TR Tamil Nadu 13 Tiger Protection Force proposed for Valmiki TR New facilities, tourism initiatives at Mudumalai Mining ban shows positive results in Valmiki Tiger Reserve Tiger Reserve Convention held on livelihood rights of peasants, Gujarat 7 repatriates and adivasis of Nilgiri District Bio-tech efforts to conserve Gir lion Uttar Pradesh 14 Jammu & Kashmir 8 Additional compensation from FD to those killed Satellite collars for black bears in Dachigam NP in feline attacks Karnataka 8 Advanced detectors to locate metal traps in Work to proceed on Mysore –Mananthavadi road Dudhwa TR through the Nagarhole NP Daily wages in Dudhwa TR not paid for seven Kerala 9 months Joint initiatives with Tamil Nadu for Periyar TR 17 tiger cubs sighted in Dudhwa TR Madhya Pradesh 9 Rhinos near Indo-Nepal border to get unique State signs tri-partite agreement with NTCA for identities tiger conservation Wildlife law enforcement and training in Bhopal Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) Uttarakhand 16 New threat to vultures from Ketoprofen 70% resorts around Corbett TR used for non- Ministry of Tourism to carry out audit of seven wildlife tourism protected areas West Bengal 16 Central Empowered Committee of the SC under Pollution, road widening project threaten East purview of RTI Kolkata wetlands Sanctuary Wildlife Awards 2009 State signs tri-partite agreement for tiger conservation; allotted Rs. 300 crores for Buxa SOUTH ASIA 22 and Sunderbans TRs Nepal Gaur run over by train near Chapramari WLS Bardia NP expanded by 900 sq. kms Growth in elephant, rhino & gaur population in Pakistan Dooars region Virus kills more than 70 ibex in Khirthar NP Dalma WLS elephant herd caught in Maoist- police war in West Bengal OPPORTUNITIES 22 Deer in Sunderbans being poached for Kolkata WWF Prince Bernhard Scholarships for nature hotels conservation Move to supplement tiger prey base in Sunderbans CEPF-ATREE Western Ghats Small Grants Call for nominations: Wildlife Tourism Awards NATIONAL NEWS FROM INDIA 19 JRFs needed for research in the Southern Western Forest Area Under Encroachment Ghats SeasonWatch – A project to monitor plant phenology across India UPCOMING 24 IGNOU, WWF offer PG Diploma in 13th Biennial Conference of the International environmental law Association for the Study of Commons Protected Area Update Publication of the PA Update has Vol. XVI, No. 1, February 2010 (No. 83) been supported by Foundation for Ecological Security (FES) Editor: Pankaj Sekhsaria http://fes.org.in/ Editorial Assistance: Reshma Jathar Duleep Matthai Nature Conservation Trust Illustrations: Madhuvanti Anantharajan C/o FES Greenpeace India Produced by: Kalpavriksh www.greenpeace.org/india/ Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Ideas, comments, news and information may www.rspb.org.uk/ please be sent to the editorial address: Indian Bird Conservation Network http://www.ibcn.in/ KALPAVRIKSH *** Apartment 5, Shri Dutta Krupa, 908 Deccan Information has been sourced from different Gymkhana, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India. newspapers and the following websites Tel/Fax: 020 – 25654239. Email: [email protected] http://wildlifewatch.in/ Website: www.kalpavriksh.org http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in Protected Area Update Vol XVI, No. 1 2 February 2010 (No. 83) Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) particular, why treat those at the bottom of the hierarchy with such callousness? And that too EDITORIAL for only their legitimate dues. The lesson should be a simple one – if conservation is to be successful, things need to Don’t forget those on the frontlines be in order, first, inside the home. Everything else can come later. If technology, money and good intentions were enough, there would be no reason for any In memorium concern about the fate of Indian wildlife. There The last few weeks have seen the sad passing is plenty of that in evidence even in this issue of away of a number of stalwarts - individuals the PA Update – calls for more PAs, declaration who inspired innumerable and who leave of more tiger reserves, larger demands and behind huge and important legacies: commitments for money, sophisticated conservationist and bird man extraordinaire, equipment for surveillance and use of newer SA Hussain; tiger man of the Dudhwa technologies for various aspects of research, grasslands, Billy Arjan Singh; and the tireless management, and protection. Much of this is fighter for the rights of the coastal fishing necessary and welcome. But, is it enough? Are communities and ecosystems, Harekrishna we, in the clamour for all this and more, losing Debnath. sight of something more essential and The Kalpavriksh team expresses its absolutely fundamental? heartfelt condolences to their families and There are at least two reports in the close ones. Their absence will be deeply felt. pages that follow that force these important questions – about the treatment and the neglect of the foot soldiers of conservation; those in the NEWS FROM INDIAN STATES forest staff that are out there, working where it matters the most. What can be the justification for non payment of many months of wages to daily wage workers in the Nagzira Wildlife ANDHRA PRADESH Sanctuary in Maharashtra and in Uttar Pradesh’s Dudhwa Tiger Reserve? It is indeed a sad state Jerdon's courser sighted in Sri of affairs when these workers have to strike Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary work and block tourist traffic (like in Nagzira) to bring attention to their plight. After several years, the first confirmed sighting Needless to say, these are not new of two Jerdon's coursers was reported from the happenings and delayed salaries are only one of Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh. The birds an array of problems that they are forced to face were seen by Bombay Natural History – working conditions are poor and outright Society’s (BNHS) senior research fellow Rahul dangerous sometimes; there are no family care Chavan in the Sri Lankamalleswara Wildlife facilities; training and equipment are often Sanctuary (WLS). The researcher also reported inadequate and there are few avenues for hearing the call of the bird on a number of promotions and other incentives. occasions in the last few months. If this is the treatment that will be The BNHS has a long term research meted out to the most vulnerable can we really project on the Jerdon’s Courser that has been hope that management, conservation or going for nine years. Those supporting the protection will happen effectively? Lofty hopes work include The Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed and pronunciations will remain merely those if Species Conservation Fund, United Arab issues of brass-tacks continue to be neglected in Emirates; the Royal Society for the Protection this manner. of Birds (RSPB), UK; the Andhra Pradesh When many crores of rupees are being Forest Department; and the Universities of allocated for wildlife conservation in general Cambridge and Reading, funded by the UK and to individual PAs and tiger reserves in Protected Area Update Vol XVI, No. 1 3 February 2010 (No. 83) Create PDF files without this message by purchasing novaPDF printer (http://www.novapdf.com) Government's Darwin Initiative. (Also see PA path of agitation, if the government fails to Updates Vol XII, Nos. 2 & 1) protect people. Four wild elephants have also been Source: ‘Jerdon's courser sight for first time in reportedly poisoned in the months of October many years in Andhra Pradesh’ and November. Locals allegedly mixed www.wildlifewatch.in poisonous substances in country liquor, Contact: DFO, Wildlife, Sri Lankamalleswara jackfruit, sugarcane and other eatables as a WLS, Cuddapah. Tel: 08562-244480 retaliatory measure Dr. Asad Rahmani, Director BNHS, In 2001, close to 40 elephants were Hornbill House, Shahid Bhagat Singh poisoned to death allegedly by the villagers. A Marg, Mumbai 400 023 Maharashtra. report by the wildlife department states that Tel: 022-2821811. Fax: 2837615. wild elephants have killed about 260 people in Email: [email protected] Assam since 2001. 280 elephants have also died during the period, many of them victims ASSAM of retaliation by angry humans. Satellite imagery shows that villagers have encroached Database of all rhinos in Assam about 280,000 hectares of thick forests in Assam. Villagers in the past drove away Taking a cue from marauding herds by beating drums or bursting Kenya’s Masai Mara firecrackers. Now they poison the animals.
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