Findings of third National Family Health Survey

Kerala, Tamil Nadu & Karnataka record 13,662 jumbos; male-female ratios and age gradation healthy, say experts

Climate change, human-elephant conflict and habitat fragmentation affecting movement of the animals

Tiger Census 2022: India’s tiger population increased by 200 in last four years

However, growth slower than previous four years

Sri Lanka has 7,370 elephants

It is the first ever census of its kind in the country

Girls interrupted

Ruhi Kandhari visits Jhajjar-the district with lowest number of girl children in India-to know the reason behind the decline

India now has 1,706 tigers

At the last count their number was 1,411; experts doubt latest census

Centre identifies 62 new elephant corridors; total now 150

East central region has the most corridors at 52; among states, West Bengal tops list at 26 corridors

US, China count their poor afresh. India looks away

On the tiger's trail

Camera-trapping could augur for a more reliable method Of tiger census

Paper tigers abound in Sunderbans

Officials inflated tiger population to unrealistic figures  

Dying for ration: Centre to give free foodgrains to 813 million from New Year, but what of those excluded

Coverage of the National Food Security Act is still done on the basis of the outdated 2011 Census  

77 tigers go missing in Maharashtra

Census figures do not show whether tiger population in the state is rising or falling

Tiger population has declined, says WII census

Below Poverty Line census: fudging figures?

A survey currently underway in states to calculate the number of below poverty line households is being opposed tooth and nail by civil society …

Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar, third within a month

Forest officials believe the dead elephant belonged to a herd of elephants roaming in the area

Reinvent tiger conservation

The new conservation agenda should not revolve around tigers versus tribals. It has to be about tigers and people

'Open forests for livestock grazing'

Otaram Dewasi, Rajasthan's Minister of Dairy, Devasthan and Gaupalan department and India’s first cow minister, tells Down To Earth how the …

Huge disparity found in livestock census and NSSO data

This has happened in past surveys also, say experts

Naxal-hit areas of Chhattisgarh see sharp decline in population

Industrialisation and forced sterilisation programmes may be some reasons for the trend

Ground water levels plummet in Andhra Pradesh

Farmers in distress dig deeper for water

India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411

Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand

Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching

Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect

Tigers and tribals

Forest officials kept eyes tightly shut

When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. …

Poverty line delinked from food and other entitlements given to the poor

Government to wait for results of socio-economic caste census to decide parameters on who should be covered under social welfare programmes