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Price of iron ore in Maharashtra’s wildlife corridor—18,000 trees & 60 tigers in return for 120 jobs

Mumbai: On one side—35.95 hectares of forest land, 18,024 trees, 60 tigers and 650 villages. On the other—a 54-metre mine, 1.1 lakh tonnes of iron ore a year, few roads and 120 jobs. The Maharashtra ...
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Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves project to be launched soon in 17 states to reduce conflict with big cat

CHANDIGARH: In order to reduce human-tiger conflict in the areas outside tiger reserves, the Tigers Outside Tiger Reserves (TOTR) project will be launched soon by the Ministry of Environment, Forest ...