karnataka forest department Archives

June 28, 20260

INQUIRY INTO CHANNAPATNA TUSKER CAPTURE – IT RAISES QUERIES ON SOP VIOLATIONS

Meera Bhardwaj: The Channapatna tusker capture on June 25, 2026 has raised many questions on whether Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) guide

June 26, 20260

Meera Bhardwaj: This is the saga of a three decade long legal battle to evict encroachers who did not vacate a pristine reserve forest in Sirs

June 5, 20260

Meera Bhardwaj: Compensatory Afforestation (CA) lands too are forest lands and any tree felling activity in these lands will attract the provi

May 10, 20260

R S Tejus: The Karnataka Forest Department depends heavily on outsourced staff for its day-to-day functioning. These workers are hired by the

May 2, 20260

Meera Bhardwaj: In a shocking incident recently, an Indian Gaur was hunted and brutally butchered to pieces in Sirsi forest division, Uttar Ka

April 17, 20260

Meera Bhardwaj: Inquiry is going on into a massive cache - 51 tons of heartwood of Acacia catechu tree and other wood cuttings that was seiz

April 14, 20260

Meera Bhardwaj: The Kundapura Forest Division in Karnataka state has currently a mangrove forest cover of 250-hectare area (HA) in the afterma

April 6, 20260

R S Tejus: The usage of CSR funds for implementing civil works inside the Cauvery Sanctuary under the guise of wildlife protection & conse

March 15, 20260

GREEN MINUTE NEWS: Karnataka’s forests, conflict landscapes and zoos are being asked to protect wildlife with a veterinary system that is far

March 3, 20260

Meera Bhardwaj: The March 2nd incident of the capture of a Makhna elephant in Channapatna, Bengaluru South district, Karnataka will go down in