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Move aims to provide livelihood to tribal communities in the State

Telangana forest officials promised additional support when kin and members of their communities staged a protest, carrying bodies of victims

The Forest Range Officer and staff of Gudur range detected a steel binding wire weighing around 15 kg that was laid and connected to a electric line in the Ootla north beat of Gudur section.

The State forest department did not anticipate the possibilities of elephants crossing the Pranahita river and entering the Telangana region.

The Telangana Forest Department has escalated its endeavors to prevent wildlife fatalities, particularly in the former Adilabad district.

Under the “Catch the Trap” intensive drive, the Telangana department staff would scan areas in their limits with a special focus on unearthing traps laid for killing or hunting wild animals

Black-Headed Royal Snake, a non-venomous species, is not found in Telangana and is present in Northwestern India

Circle Manager who is on deputation with GHMC was suspended after Peltoforum trees along Hitec City- KPHB Road spread around 3.5 km were axed

For the six zones of the civic body, agencies with required expertise in catching monkeys and maintaining them till release in forest areas, have come forward to take up the task in four zones

Hyderabad: On World Environment Day, Apollo Foundation’s Total Health organised a 100 km plastic clean-up drive in association with the Telangana Forest Department and the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department. The event, registered on the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) website as an official activity in India, aimed at emphasising the adverse impact plastics and microplastics […]

Hyderabad: Apart from ensuring water to the wildlife during summer season, Forest department officials face another task of curbing poaching near watering holes. During summer season, wild animals quench their thirst at these watering holes. Taking undue advantage of the situation, poachers set up snares, traps, nets, electric wires around the watering holes in forest […]

Hyderabad: Impressed by the urban forest parks developed by Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) in the last two years, officials of the Telangana Forest Department on Tuesday visited the parks located in Bibinagar of Yadadri district. The team of officials decided to plan the development of Haritha Vanams in the districts on the lines of […]

Hyderabad: Pack your trekking shoes to walk in the Nallamala forest range. The trek, which is about 4 km and begins at Mannanuru Education Centre and ends at Umamaheshwaram, is the second leg of the Amrabad Tiger Safari conducted by the Telangana Forest Department. It is advisable to avoid cotton clothes as they induce rashes […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Forest Department on Wednesday penalised a resident of Dilsukhnagar in the city for axing a tree located in front of his house. A penalty of Rs 12,000 was imposed on the person residing in Chaitanyapuri, Dilshuknagar. The complaint was reported to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) officials through Twitter following which, the Urban […]

Former Executive Director of UN Environment Programme Erik Solheim appreciated the initiative taken by Telangana govt to increase green cover

Nizamabad: Telangana Forest Department has decided to set up ‘Eco-Tourism Hub’ and ‘Community Forest Reserve’ at SRSP backwaters to develop tourism and protect wildlife and migratory birds. Telangana Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) R Shobha recently visited the SRSP backwaters at Gangadda Nadukuda village of Nandipet mandal in Nizamabad district. On the occasion, she said […]

In 2020, Friends of Snakes Society (FOSS) rescued 4,009 non-venomous and 4,886 venomous snakes from the State.

The programme is aimed at training the local tourism enthusiasts to represent their own heritage

Hyderabad: Increasing number of big cats in neighbouring Maharashtra and animal instinct of tigers to establish their territory seem to have resulted in the killing of two youngsters in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district in quick succession. Telangana Forest Department, which has embarked on locating pug marks of the two tigers that entered the State a […]