OCTOBER 1 (Thursday)
A full grown female hog badger exploring the soil after her
release in the woods of Rangalu forest under Burhapahar Range in Kaziranga
National Park (PHOTO): October 1
Weather in NE: October 1
Poor Monsoon Leaves
a Third of Odisha Parched - 11 per cent deficit: October 1
10 districts of
Odisha have reported over 20 per cent deficit. Sonepur and Kandhamal have
received the lowest rainfall in the State. Malkangiri, on the other hand,
received 1,870 mm rainfall, reporting 41 per cent excess showers, the highest
in the State. Total rainfall was 1,024 mm between June 1 and September 30
against the normal of 1,149 mm.
New lizard species
discovered in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh: October 1
Compensatory
Afforestation Bill: October 1
<http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/lost-in-a-forest-of-bad-ideas/article7707959.ece?homepage=true>
Malabar Botanical
Garden, recently upgraded as Institute of Plant Sciences, at Pokkunnu in
Kozhikode. The garden features
almost all the 700 plus plants documented in the 12-volume book published from
Amsterdam in Latin between 1678 and 1693
by the then Dutch Governor of Cochin Hendrik Van Rheede.
<http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/in-the-fragrant-garden-of-malabar/article7709669.ece>
NHRC seeks report
from the Special Secretary, Environment, Odisha on the elephant menace that has
forced villagers to spend nights on tree tops in Nilgiri area of Balasore
district: Oct 1
OCTOBER 2
Thirsty leopard:
October 2
A leopard got its
head stuck in a pot while drinking water in Sardul Kheda village in Rajsamand
district of Rajasthan on Wednesday. The animal was roaming in the village for
almost three hours before forest officials tranquillised it and released it in
the forest.
Good spell of rain
in several districts in Karnataka: October 2
Rainy first day of
October in Calcutta after a dry September: October 2
230 mm of rain in
September- the lowest Sep. rainfall in Calcutta in a decade
Good spell of
rain in September has brought down the
overall rain deficit to 18% in Karnataka: October 2
OCTOBER 3
Sone Beel in
Karimganj district, Assam - a home for both migratory & local birds:
October 3
89 species have been
recorded in Sone Beel - Assam's largest wetland!
Hunting is passé in
'wild' Nagaland: October 3
Birds breeding in
large numbers at Keoladeo NP - first time in a decade: TNN | October 3
Birds breeding in
large numbers at Keoladeo NP - first time in a decade: TNN | October 3
India to cut emissions intensity by 33-35 per
cent by 2030 from 2005 levels: October 3
India's climate
action targets, known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC),
were submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on
Friday. INDCs proposed by various countries will go into negotiations being
carried out ahead of the Conference of Parties 21 meeting in Paris in December
to forge an agreement. The agreement in Paris will seek to limit the increase
in average global temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels by
cutting greenhouse gas emissions. To absorb emissions, India will create an
additional 'carbon sink' of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent
by expanding forest and tree cover.
Saalumarada
Thimakka, 105-year-old environmental activist
from Hulikal Village in Ramanagara District, Karnataka has creating a
revolution of sorts by planting 387 banyan trees along the 4 km stretch of
highways: October 3
Nilgiri tahr
population over 3,000 in Western Ghats - WWF-India: October 3
Elephant attacks
continue to claim lives - in 7 districts abutting Western Ghats in Tamilnadu: October 3
OCTOBER 4 (Sunday)
Poachers killed a
male rhino near Sarali forest camp of Burhapahar range in Kaziranga NP on
Friday night: October 3
Forest guards, on
hearing the sound of bullets, opened fire prompting the poachers to flee before
they could chop off the horn of the dead rhino. The guards recovered 19 empty
cartridges of AK 47 rifle and a night vision device on the spot.
Asian elephants play
a vital role in the ecology of the forest and help spread green cover, says a
study by IISc and Princeton University: October 4
Heavy rainfall that
lashes Dharwad taluk: October 3/4
Heavy rains
continued to lash several districts in the State for the second consecutive day
on Friday.
Kochi’s bird
population has managed to cling to some islands of greenery amid increasing
urban activities: October 4
Sanjay Gandhi NP
leopard’s diet has now more deer, fewer dogs: TNN | October 4
Coral site found in
Arabian Sea off Konkan coast by NIO: PTI | Oct 3
A
coffee table book, 'The Valley of Silence'
on Silent Valley NP
brought out by Kerala Tourism and Forest Department released: October 3
OCTOBER 5
Strong thunders with
lightning across Srinagar on Saturday evening causes scare among the residents:
October 4
On Saturday night
between 7.30 and 8.30 PM strong thunder
accompanied by lightening was
heard across the Srinagar city. It was almost akin to cloudburst, though there
were no reports of cloudburst from any place. It was later followed by
rainfall. There are no reports of thunders or rains from any other place in
valley. The lightning and thunder was so strong that the entire communication
system at the police control room was paralyzed for a while and the building
developed cracks at many places.
Bhaderwah town in
Doda district today witnessed the season’s first snowfall: October 4
Heavy rains pound
several parts of North Karnataka on Sunday: October 5
An upper air
cyclonic trough formed between Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea over Karnataka is
bringing the rains.
Though the
south-west monsoon officially concluded on September 30,the withdrawal of
monsoon, which yields rains, begins after eight to 10 days. North Karnataka
which is receiving better rain than the south. On Sunday too, Dharwad district
received heavy rains due to thunderstorm activities. Belagavi district, Bagalkot, Haveri district,
The coastal and Malnad regions of Uttara Kannada district, several parts of
Shivamogga district, Chitradurga district, Tumakuru, Mysuru and Hassan
districts received moderate to heavy rains. Bengaluru Urban district received
more than 50 mm of rain,
considered heavy.
The State has faced deficit rain of 21 per cent. The hydrological drought is
severe. The water level in major reservoirs is just 54 per cent.
Wildlife NGO operating in Satyamangalam forests in the
dock , after arrest of a person and recovery of six kg of tiger bones, skull
and nails: October 5
Telukunche bird
sanctuary in Icchapuram mandal of Srikakulam district neglected by district
administration and the forest department: October 5
Hundreds of Open
Billed Storks migrate here during their breeding season. The local DFO said
that this year, as many as 734 birds migrated to Telukunche.
OCTOBER 6
Project to conserve
Hoolock Gibbon launched: October 5
A new project called
'Conservation of Eastern Hoolock Gibbon' in Eastern Assam-Arunachal Pradesh
(CHGAAP) was officially launched today by Dr. Shashi Kumar, PCCF and Principal
Secretary (E&F), Department of Environment and Forest, Arunachal Pradesh today.
The project will be implemented by ENVIRON, a society for conservation and
management of nature and natural resources in North East India in partnership
with Department of Environment & Forest and partner NGO Aitijya (The
Heritage) through education, awareness and community conservation initiatives.
The Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University and GB Pant Institute of
Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED), NE Unit, Itanagar will provide
all technical supports to the project. Dr. Kuladip Sarma is the Principal
Investigator of the Project.
Over 50 species of
butterflies spotted in Pange Valley in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal
Pradesh: October 6,
Sariska Tiger Reserve - a harbinger of change:
October 6
After 2004, no
tigers or its pug mark have been seen here. The complete disappearance of
tigers in this habitat stunned India
enough to re-access its policies, conservation strategies, and tiger protection
plans that fateful year. Issues like habitat loss, habitat destruction and most
importantly poaching, that was found to be the reason behind the loss of all
the tigers of Sariska, could no more be swiped under the carpet. The nation
with the highest wild tiger population had to answer the world whether it chose
a future with tigers or without them. It changed the way India counted its
tigers. It changed the way India protected its tigers and it is because of the
loss that a novel conservation plan was put into place to translocate for the
very first time, tigers from an old habitat to a new one in the hope that the
lost glory could be brought back to Sariska. National Tiger Conservation
Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau were set up in 2006. In
2008, overcoming local and political hurdles and amidst huge controversies, the
first-of-its-kind tiger translocation was carried out from Ranthambore National
Park in Rajasthan to Sariska.
Southwest monsoon
deficit in Karnataka: October 06
IMD-Bengaluru said
that Karnataka has received 679.7 mm of rains against the normal of 832.3 mm,
thereby registering a deficit of 18 per cent. Bengaluru and most parts of south
interior Karnataka were receiving rains because of an upper air cyclonic circulation
over west central and adjoining north west Bay of Bengal off north north
Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. According to IMD, the city received
deficit rainfall in September which is considered to be the wettest month of
the year. The normal rainfall forecast for September is 211 mm while the City
received 189.8 mm.
Sneezing monkey,
'walking' fish found in Himalayas: WWF: AFP | October 6
OCTOBER 7
Maoists abduct 3 TDP members in A.P from their homes
in a village in in G.K. Veedhi mandal in Vizag agency area on Monday evening:
October 6
A warning letter was
sent to local reporters next morning, saying that they would pay a heavy price
if the Government failed to announce winding up of plans for bauxite mining
within a week. CPI (Maoist) has stepped up its activity after the Andhra Pradesh
Government made its intention clear to exploit bauxite in the Visakha Agency.
The mining activity is also facing protests from the local Girijans and
environmentalists.
Tawi, Jammu’s lifeline on verge of extinction:
October 7
Tawi,
which is also called “Suryaputri” is being polluted by 18 sewage channels from city, while the
sand mafia is indulging in unabated mining on riverbed. The Tawi originates from the Kali Kundi glacier,
southwest of Bhadarwah in Doda district and is a major tributary of the Chenab
that flows into Pakistan. The flow of water in the river has decreased
alarmingly in the recent years as the glacier has been receding. The river is
on the verge of extinction as the pollution as the dissolved oxygen and BOD
levels have deteriorated rapidly.
Cyclonic circulation
slowly moving north over the Bay of Bengal from the direction of the Andaman
Sea: October 7
The cyclonic
circulation has turned into a very strong system as it has extended up to 3.6km
above the mean sea level, a met official
said. "Under its influence, a low-pressure area is expected to form in the
next 48 hours." This is likely to strengthen and bring rainfall to the
coastal regions of Bengal and Calcutta
Herd of Elephants
and a tiger create terror in NE: October 7
WWF
report says 211 new species have been discovered in the eastern
Himalayas between 2009 & 2014: October 6
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151007/jsp/northeast/story_46525.jsp>
OCTOBER 8
OCTOBER 9
The Krishak Mukti
Sangram Samiti sets up an Orchid park and Biodiversity conservation centre at
Durgapur village in Kohora range of Kaziranga NP: October 8
The park will house
500 orchid species found in Northeast, 200 varieties of paddy, medicinal plants
which are fast becoming extinct, various types of local flowers and fruits. The centre will be inaugurated on October 14.
The Nature-loving
Commandant of CRPF - Munna Kumar Singh: October 9
The chief of the
CRPF's 22nd Battalion has taken up thetask to free full-grown trees from
natural and manmade fetters such as parthenium weed and gabions, which are
meant to protect only saplings, before painting them. He and hisand his dedicated
green army of jawansand even volunteering schoolchildren will paint more than
5,000 trees inHazaribagh and
highways and roads connecting the town to other districts. The CRPF officer has
already given Hazaribagh Lakes a fresh lease of life and conducted cleanliness
campaigns on and around Canary Hill.
The 1.5km-long pond
at Matokhar Sharif: October 9
The pond in Kaare
panchayat under Sheikhpura constituency, is considered to be the longest such
waterbody in Bihar by the locals. The pond gets visitors in large numbers to
the mazaar (shrine) of Hazrat Khwaja Ishaq Magrabi Rehmatullah Aleh. This place
symbolises communal harmony, as during Chhath, the villagers use the banks to
offer arghya to the sun god.
More than five herds
of elephants sighted near Rourkela city limits: October 9
India's
1st dolphin community reserve to be set up in the Hooghly river between Malda
and Sundarbans: October 9
A
decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the W.B State Wildlife Board.
The stretch of the Ganges river, known
as Hooghly in West Bengal, is roughly 500 km long and it passes through the
densely populated Kolkata before merging with the Bay of Bengal in the
Sundarbans.
Point
Calimere sanctuary sees early arrival of migratory birds: October 9
OCTOBER 10
Maoists make inroads into Satkosia
forest: October 9
More than 300
heavily armed cadres, drawn mainly from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, had been
camping in the reserve forest since the beginning of this month. Their presence
has been reported at Chutkei, Krushnachakragarh, Chuanri, Tuluka and Pampasar.
A clouded leopard,
an animal spotted rarely in the Dooars, was for the first time found near the
Buxa Tiger Reserve (picture below) on Thursday and tranquillised. It was later
released into the wild. The adult male was
spotted in the labour lines of the Kumargram tea estate: October 10
Great Indian Bustard
population falls from 44 to just 13 in Rajasthan in one year: October 10
No dolphin found in Ramganga in the stretch that passes
through Bareilly during recent census: October 10
Demoiselle cranes,
with their young ones, spotted at a lake in the Osian town of Jodhpur district
in Rajasthan on Friday: October 10
Osian is not the
usual destination for these cranes. Phalodi, also in Jodhpur district, gets
them in hordes during winter.
OCTOBER 11 (Sunday)
US conservation
initiative honours ‘Forest Man of India’ Jadav Payeng: October 11
Payeng is credited
with singlehandedly transforming a 1,400-acre barren river sandbar of Jorhat
district of Assam into a bustling forest ecosystem by planting and nurturing
thousands of saplings.
Hoolock gibbon has
given birth to a baby at Biological Park, Itanagar on Oct 7: October 11
The Biological Park,
Itanagar has started conservation breeding programme on Hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) in 2007 after getting
approval of Central Zoo Authority. It has earned the distinction of breeding
Eastern Hoolock Gibbon in captivity, for the first time, on August 5, 2008.
Now, the Park has 20 gibbons including the new born baby. Hoolock gibbon is the
only ape found in India's North Eastern states, including Arunachal Pradesh.
The total population of gibbons in Arunachal Pradesh is estimated to be around
1500. It is a highly endangered species.
OCTOBER 12
BSI discovers new
species of banana from a remote tropical rain forest on the Little Andaman
islands: October 11
Ivory dealer,
“Eagle” Rajan and a prominent client arrested in New Delhi - huge stash of
elephant tusks seized: October 12
India has a
deficient monsoon of 14 per cent - for the second year in a row; will possibly
impact farm sector: October 11
Rainfall deficiency
was most acute in the north-west region at 17 per cent, followed by central at
16 per cent, south peninsula at 15 per cent and east and north-east at 8 per
cent. In the north-west and east and north-east, rainfall deficiency was lower
compared with last year. This time, five States have seen a rainfall deficiency
of 20 per cent or more. “The sensitivity of agriculture sector to monsoon has
been moderating due to continued improvement in yield, rising share of
irrigation, increased global linkages and pro-active food management policies
by government, said Anurag Jha, Citi Economist.
Though the cumulative rainfall was 14 per cent deficient in the southwest
monsoon, “the timely onset had led to an increase in sowing of kharif crops
especially that of pulses and oilseeds”, Mr. Jha added. However, he said, due
to poor rainfall after July, the water storage in key reservoirs are around 22
per cent lower than last year, which could possibly impact the rabi crops.
Deficit rainfall,
particularly due to the long dry spells during the critical stages of various
kharif crops, results in crop damage/affects yield of several crops in
Telengana: October 12
The average rainfall
deficit was about 25 per cent till August-end with Nizamabad and Medak having
nearly 50 per cent deficit and Mahabubnagar and Ranga Reddy district recording
nearly 40 per cent less. However, by September-end the average deficit has come
down to just 14 per cent with the four districts still having deficit ranging
from 25 per cent to 45 per cent. Against normal extent of cultivation of 41.43
ha in Kharif, only 35.78 ha cultivated. 212 mandals had deficit rainfall above
20% and extent of rain-fed crops damage was above 50% in 7 districts.
Sugar output
expected to decline in 2015-16: October 11
India, world’s
second largest sugar producer, is likely to witness a shortfall in production
in the current sugar year (October-September). According to latest estimates,
total sugar output for 2015-16 (October-September) is placed at 26 million
tonnes, two million tonnes lower than the previous year. The drop is mainly due
inadequate rainfall in Karnataka and Maharashtra. However, in Uttar Pradesh,
the second biggest sugar producer after Maharashtra, sugar output in 2015-16 is
expected to be maintained at last year’s level.
OCTOBER 13
An upper-air
low-pressure trough between sub-Himalayan Bengal and north Bay is delaying the
exit of monsoon from Jharkhand: October 13
Heavy rains that
lashed almost the entire state since Sunday night except Chennai: October 13
South-West monsoon
poised to withdraw: October 13
T.N Government has
withdrawn Ketoprofen, a NSAID used for
veterinary purposes to save the vulture population in the three western
districts: October 13
Forest Department
has erected barriers at 16 places between Dhimbam and Karapallam on NH 209 to
prevent road kills: October 13
OCTOBER 14
Bridge to connect
the fractured community of the endangered western Hoolock Gibbon on either side
of a train track that divides the Hoollongapar Gibbon WLS in Jorhat district:
October 13
The Gibbon is spread
over 20.98 square km and is the only one
in India to house seven species of primates (many endangered). According to a
census carried out six years ago, there were about 30 families of gibbons having
a population of 110 with a majority of them residing on the northern side of
the forest.
Rare sightings of
butterflies by Tamil Nadu Butterfly Society members: October 14,
CPI (Maoist) asks
the A.P.government to come out with a definite statement that it would not go
for bauxite mining: October 14
A senior leader of
the Maoist party’s east division committee, Jambri told reporters from the
Agency area on the border between Koyyuru and G.K. Veedhi mandals on Tuesday,
before addressing a rally of Girijans organised by the Adivasi Rytu Coolie
Sangham.This was a day after Andhra Pradesh CM,N. Chandrababu Naidu said in
Vizag on Oct. 12 that the State government had not taken any decision on
exploiting bauxite in the Agency. The Maoist leader also told reporters that
the three Telugu Desam activists, who have been kidnapped, would be ‘tried in a
praja court’ if the government failed to come out with a clear statement on
bauxite mining. He repeated the party’s demand that all the Telugu Desam
leaders and workers at the district and mandal level should resign and join the
people’s agitation against the bauxite mining proposal.
OCTOBER 15
Rains lash most
parts of J & K since Wednesday; Cold wave across Kashmir: October 14
Thunderstorm in
Jammu: October 15
Jammu wetlands:-
Surinsar-Mansar: October 15
Winged visitors to
Kashmir valley: October 15
Most parts of
Himachal lashed by heavy to moderate rain, while the higher reaches of the
state had snowfall: October 14
Rare Oriental Darter
bird spotted by Thane environmentalist: TNN | October 14
About 100 Asiatic
lion cubs in the GIR Sanctuary during the four-month closure period: October 15
Odisha's identifies
16 districts as drought-hit; CM announces Rs 1,000 crore package for farmers
hit by drought conditions: PTI, October 15
ADDITIONS:
Rainfall in Karnataka - June to September 2015
(in mm)
DAKSHINA KANNADA
2567.1; UDUPI 3184.8; UTTARA KANNADA 1828.4
S. I. KARNATAKA:
BENGALURU RURAL 501.5; BENGALURU URBAN 437.6; CHIKKAMAGALURU 1160.3; KODAGU
1885.2; MYSURU 436.1; SHIVAMOGGA 1552.5
http://www.imdbangalore.gov.in/
Close sighting of a
tiger in Bandipur: October 14
On a recent van-ride
in Bandipur, we (Preston Ahimaz of WWF/MNS) came upon a huge male tiger
lounging in a water pool right by the track. He was totally unmindful of
the tourist and sat there for 15 minutes while the whole van-load plus a
jeep-load of excited tourists clicked their camera in a frenzy. Finally
he got fed-up and got up and walked off without so much as a backward
glance. An article recently about this pressured proximity of people
(tourists) on wildlife where the author cautions that this might dull their
natural wariness and caution which could put them at risk with other
animals and other people (poachers). Bandipur has become full of the
nefarious Lantana which has started ascended trees to disturbing heights. What
can be done? (Email from Preston Ahimaz)
 
Mr. Ramesh of
Junglescapes, a grass root NGO working in Bandipur is involved in fighting the
lantana menace.Mr. Ramesh is a
chartered accountant, who has dedicated the better part of his time to
conservation purposes. They are working on lantana removal and reintroducing
native tree and shrub species. They also have a furniture workshop by name
Chital in a village called Lokkere in Bandipur. They have done this
successfully in 250 acres now. I felt it would be great if you people get
connected. He can be reached at +919445282628 and by mail ramesh@junglescapes.org.
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