Panchayat seeks repeal of Centre’s draft notification
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Creation of buffer zone around Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
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Creation of buffer zone around Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
The Mananthavady block panchayat board has urged the Central government to withdraw the draft notification of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change that envisages a buffer zone around the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.
According to the draft notification issued on January 28, the eco-sensitive zone will be to an extent of 0 to 3.4 km around the boundary of the sanctuary.
“The sanctuary has a total area of around 344.53 sq.km., of which 118.59 sq.km. is declared as buffer zone. The draft notification will make people’s life more miserable, as they are already reeling under the collapse of the agriculture sector,” the resolution passed by the board said.
Wayanad resort shut after elephant kills visitor
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Property was functioning without any licence
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Throwing safety to the winds: Makeshift tents put up on the banks of a rivulet by a private resort at Elambilery, near Meppady, in Wayanad where a tourist from Kannur was killed in an attack by a wild elephant on Saturday night.
Property was functioning without any licence The Wayanad district administration on Sunday ordered the closure of a resort at Elambilery, near Meppady, where a tourist from Kannur was killed in an attack by a wild elephant on Saturday night.
Wayanad Collector Adeela Abdulla told
Discontent brewing among settler farmers inside Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
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120 families in Kumizhy hamlet in Wayanad demand expedition of voluntary relocation project, increased compensation
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120 families in Kumizhy hamlet in Wayanad demand expedition of voluntary relocation project, increased compensation
Discontent is brewing among settler farmers of Kumizhy hamlet inside the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WSS) over the alleged negligence of the government in providing them a voluntary relocation project.
The Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, had done a survey nearly 12 years ago on the relocation of settlers under the voluntary resettlement project. It found that as many as 10,604 people from 2,613 families in 110 settlements needed to be relocated.
Kerala is set to augment wildlife rehab
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Dedicated facility to treat injured and nurture orphaned big animals
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Dedicated facility to treat injured and nurture orphaned big animals
Kerala is set to augment its wildlife rehabilitation capabilities by establishing a dedicated facility to treat injured and nurture orphaned big cats and other large carnivores that are rescued from the wild.
The Forest Department has accorded in-principle approval to a proposal to establish a rescue and rehabilitation centre in Thrissur on the lines of the existing one in Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysuru that treats tigers, leopards, sloth bears, wild dogs and other animals.