Overview

• Bhupender Yadav urged a shift from eviction-based forest management to a humanitarian approach that integrates local communities’ traditional knowledge
• The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will host a June 30 summit in Kolkata to document indigenous conservation methods from tribes across forest regions
• Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History in Coimbatore will be transformed into an institute dedicated to managing human-wildlife conflict
• Over the past 11 years India has increased its tiger reserves from 47 to 58 and expanded Ramsar wetlands from 25 to 91, now housing more than 70% of the world’s wild tigers
• New projects targeting dolphin and gharial conservation have been launched to address emerging threats such as riverbank erosion and sand excavation