Supporting local food systems can prevent conflict

Conflict is one of the main driving factors of hunger; strengthening sustaianble agriculture can promote peace, says the UN Food and Agricultural …

Manipur: the bejewelled land shrouded in conflicts, resource scarcity

Sense of deprivation, lack of basic necessities and fear of falling out of government's favour perpetuate ethnic clashes

Wildlife decline causes human trafficking, child slavery: study

Depletion of species has increased the need for labour

War’s toll on women: UN Women report sheds light on Gaza’s water, sanitation and hygiene crisis

Over a million women and girls lack basic necessities like safe drinking water, functioning toilets and sanitary pads

No food in forests: Lack of food is driving Kerala’s wild animals into human settlements

Spread of invasive plants, habitat destruction destroying food for herbibores, which in turn is affecting carnivores

Unprecedented 93% of population in Gaza facing crisis levels of hunger, warns WHO

Region already reporting soaring rates of infectious diseases, hunger is expected to worsen illnesses

PM trains guns on ‘environmentalists’ during virtual meet with farmers

Says environmentalists who support farmers now, opposed killing animals raiding farms earlier  

What it would be like to live permanently in Antarctica

It's not only the physical challenges but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there …

Drought in the Amazon can cause local caiman extirpations, spike human-caiman conflict

Drought conditions have previously been cited as a potential factor in increased alligator attacks on humans

Cautious cats: Africa’s lions changing behaviour, skipping high density human areas to avoid conflict

Human-lion conflicts may increase due to shrinking lion habitat, lack of food availability, warns study

"Snow leopard habitat may be lost due to climate change"

The snow leopard is facing a huge threat from climate change and a hostile human population in Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Nawaz, an authority on the …

Shoot-to-kill orders issued in Uttarakhand town for leopard

Hunters are scouring Bageshwar and its surroundings after a leopard that was blamed for several attacks and two deaths, was declared a man eater …

Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: Is the Kremlin using food as a weapon of war

There is growing belief that Russia is doing so, given its exit from the Black Sea grain deal and targeted attacks on food supplies in Ukraine 

The Northern Territory does not have a crocodile problem – and ‘salties’ do not need culling

The territory’s current crocodile management plan is an example of large predator conservation done right

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide: New study

The energy price increase due to the Russian-Ukraine war would not have had such an extreme impact if not for over-dependence on fossil fuels

Over 1,500 people died in elephant attacks in last 3 years, maximum casualties in Odisha

In 2017, the environment ministry had issued a guideline for managing human-elephant conflict and had directed elephant range states to …

How to decarbonise defence: International Military Council shares guidelines

Russia-Ukraine war has once again exposed the vulnerabilities of dependence on fossil energy, its repercussions of climate change: Report

India’s wheat ban knee-jerk reaction; could prove costly for farmers

The full impact of the wheat ban on farmers will be known only in the next few days, say experts

Why sunflower oil lovers need to worry about Russia-Ukraine war

India imports about 90% of sunflower oil from Russia and Ukraine; but the Russian invasion of Ukraine has severely affected imports; besides, …

African leopard sighting raises hopes for their conservation in southern Cameroon

Although the Congo Basin was previously thought to be a stronghold for leopards, they are now believed to be absent in many parts of this region

Run-up to World Tiger Day: Can India become a tiger utopia?

The country should put more emphasis on educating people and changing their attitudes, so that a doubled tiger population can thrive with lesser …

Shark Week looms, but don’t panic

Not all sharks are the same. Only a dozen or so of the roughly 520 shark species pose any risk to people.

How humans and lesser known carnivores can coexist

Researchers suggest preventing diversion of forests for development, reducing livestock depredation and increasing efficiency of compensatory …

Fourth 'unnatural' leopard death in Odisha this year

Environmentalists in the state have raised concerns about the safety of the animals given that poaching is rampant

Researchers quantify damage caused by peafowl to farmers

They selected two plots. Peafowl were allowed in one and not in the other. After four years of repeated estimates, the researchers have concluded …