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Between the months of January and March, which encompass the breeding period of the turtles, these folks walk along the Devanampattinam coast at 3 a.m. with torchlights to spot turtle tracks.

The provision will allow the public to anonymously file complaints of illegal activities like tree felling, poaching and other violations.

A total of 150 candidates were selected for a six-month induction training for the post of Forester in Tamil Nadu.

It all began with an alert by a local man on a tractor, who was on his way from the Vanabhadra Kaliamman temple in Mettupalayam to Thekkampatti and saw a cow elephant blocking the road with a herd in the background.

In their efforts to address the growing issue of man-leopard conflict in Maharashtra, Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department are micro-chipping leopards caught in conflict situations to monitor their movement patterns.

While flight would be the natural reaction of most people, one 7-year-old boy became a local hero after rescuing his friend from a vicious leopard attack in the village of Arathiya in the Gir-Somnath district of Gujarat.

Through this initiative, the region's Forest Department intends to curb the carbon footprint caused by public vehicles in the forest area & offer an environment-friendly experience for the travellers.

Installed by the Forest Department, in collaboration with WWF, the wells are quenching the animals' thirst and alleviating their stress levels too!

Maharashtra’s forest department plans to use remote-controlled robots called Backpack Rovers to track wild animals in the state’s forests.

Haryana forest department has come up with an idea to use earthen dams to recharge ground water, and also to store rainwater in large catchment areas. Two of such dams have already been constructed, and work on another one will soon begin.