Chennai, March 31 – The Tamil Nadu Forest Department is likely to postpone the third Nilgiri Tahr census in view of the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for April 23. Officials are now planning to conduct the exercise between April 28 and May 1, subject to final approval.The four-day...
ambasamudram
assembly elections
conservation efforts
data collection
direct visual count
double observer method
forest personnel
habitat health
mobile application
nilgiri tahr
population dynamics
species monitoring
tamilnaduforestdepartment
varudai
wildlife census
Chennai, March 10 – The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has planted 20,000 mangrove seedlings across 20 hectares along the Buckingham Canal during 2025–26 as part of a major initiative to restore coastal ecosystems and enhance Chennai's resilience to climate change.Sharing details of the project...
Chennai, March 5 – Tamil Nadu is set to undertake an ambitious scientific effort to precisely map its coastal “blue carbon” ecosystems, including mangroves, seagrass meadows, and tidal marshlands, using drones, Artificial Intelligence, and cloud computing.The initiative aims to generate...
artificial intelligence
blue carbon
carbon sequestration
coastal ecosystems
drone technology
ecosystem mapping
gis (geographic information system)
m.s. swaminathan research foundation
mangroves
microsoft
remote sensing
seagrass meadows
tamilnadutamilnaduforestdepartment
tidal marshlands
Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 A drone designed to tranquilize aggressive elephants without close human contact, recently unveiled by Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, marks a significant milestone in the use of indigenous UAV technology for mitigating human-wildlife conflict, the manufacturing...