 | No insurance cover for Tamil Nadu forest frontline staff amid human-elephant conflictThe sanctioned strength of anti-poaching watchers in Tamil Nadu’s 13 forest circles is 1,119. District forest officials hire additional manpower depending on their requirements. |
 | 1,197 sq km land in Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari declared as Agasthiyarmalai Elephant ReserveOnce the reserve is notified, the forest department can get additional funding under Centrally-sponsored Project Elephant. |
 | Tamil Nadu's Valparai plateau loses no one to elephant attacks in one yearThe majority of the victims were labourers of tea and coffee estates on 200 sqkm of the region and equally, 75 elephants had also died between 2012-13 and 2021-2022. |
 | Efforts underway to capture leopard in Tamil Nadu's PalacodeA farmer in the town noticed that chicken in his farm were preyed upon and spotted the leopard while checking CCTV footage, and alerted the forest department. |
 | 57 forest range officer posts in Tamil Nadu filled but 95 still vacantSources in the forest department confirmed that though the sanctioned strength of forest range officer is 542, more than 95 posts are vacant for the last six years. |
| Tamil Nadu Forest department gives nod for road in Thellai tribal hamletWith this, residents of the Thellai tribal village may no longer need to cross rocky roads and 11 river streams to get to hospitals and shops. |
 | Organisations and the pain of transformationsFor many grown-up companies, ‘creative destruction’ is essential to survive and prosper in the long term. The transformations of The Gap, Netflix, etc,. are worth reading. |
 | Tamil Nadu: No more office duty for forest watchersA ten-year ordeal for the Tamil Nadu forest department’s uniformed staff ended on Monday. |
 | Tamil Nadu: Delay in establishing holistic warning system causes death of elephants on tracksTK Ashok Kumar, District Forest Officer said projects such as setting up Human Elephant Conflict Mitigation Cell in District Forest Office could not be implemented due to administrative reasons. |
 | Tiger search: Tamil Nadu Forest department yet to sight big cat, two others spottedSources said that tiger movement was not recorded in cameras fixed near Moyar river where a cow was believed to have been killed by a tiger on October 8. |
