Activist protesting Odisha’s plan to divert river forcibly removed from protest site, in hospital

The Odisha government has filed 1,000 cases and arrested 24 people who ransacked a project to divert water from the Kharosotra river  

In Africa, 64% more people became food-insecure in last five years: Report

The global burden of food insecurity also shifted towards Africa; COVID-19 expected to make matters worse

Technical committee formed to create National Elephant Action Plan

The main focus of the NEAP will be to mitigate human-elephant conflict, along with improvement of habitat

Academia can help humans and large carnivores coexist

It can help foster better institutional arrangements, especially in places like Romania, India and Brazil, where there are substantial …

No need for a new, separate leopard census, say experts

This is when leopard deaths in India have reached a five-year high, with over a third poached

India's ready to shoot man eater, man killer animals, but doesn't know the difference

Down To Earth speaks to five eminent conservationists on the nuances of these two terms and if their usage is justified in today’s world

The future of the chimpanzee

On the first-ever World Chimpanzee Day, we should consider the ways we can ensure that future human generations can enjoy sharing the earth with …

How J&K reduced snow leopard attacks on livestock

Herders in villages on the outskirts of Ladakh's Hemis National Park were involved in initiatives that helped reduce attacks on livestock and …

World Health Assembly: India abstains from voting on providing health services to Palestine

India was among 20 countries who abstained during a vote on a draft decision on 23 May, proposing support to Palestine to provide health services …

Yemen: Water and energy in times of war

Water production has been seriously hampered as fewer public wells are operational due to war damage, lack of maintenance and unavailability of fuel

Three of Namibia’s most famous lion family were poisoned – why?

Ongoing drought means increased encounters between people and lions in north-west Namibia

Gir deaths: one lion, two lionesses found guilty

While the lion killed and ate a teenager, the lionesses were not involved in attacking and killing, and ate leftover body parts

'Lions’ presence in human-dominated areas is neither new nor surprising'

Wildlife expert and authority on Gir lions Ravi Chellam, who is currently the executive director of Greenpeace India, talks about attacks on humans

God’s own country or elephants’ graveyard?

A host of reasons ranging from poaching to intake of plastic, poisonous articles and electrocution have been attributed to deaths

As war looms over West Asia, many of its major water bodies are already on the brink

The Tigris-Euphrates and Jordan river basins, Dead Sea, Zayandeh Rud, Red Sea and Persian Gulf are symbols of the intertwined geopolitical & …

Elephant kills five in Odisha

The victims were asleep on their verandahs when the tusker trampled them

Beyond the Dasara parade: 59-year-old elephant Abhimanyu’s final assignment highlights tradition-conservation clash

There are varying reports on how Abhimanyu was caught but little is known about circumstances surrounding his capture

Urban Menace: Focus on human-monkey conflict management

Translocation alone will not bring an end to human-monkey interactions 

6 died in encounters with elephants in Odisha last week

From April-June 2023, at least 25 people died due to human-elephant conflict

2022 too short, too far: How the Russian invasion of Ukraine impacted the world

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022

Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia

Various issues concerning the Asian Elephant to be discussed at the event

One in four children in conflict zones are out of school: report

South Sudan, Niger, Sudan and Afghanistan are worst affected

Study documents 245 human-leopard conflicts in Karnataka

Researchers use news reports to provide an insight into the ecology of leopards

War in Sudan enters its breadbasket, threatens to worsen hunger, malnutrition

A third of Sudanese in need of emergency food aid; country faces the greatest displacement crisis in history

‘Rogue elephant’, ‘Crocodile-infested’, ‘Tiger-haunted’: It is all in the semantics

Language has shaped or disfigured landscapes, human communities, wildlife populations and our perception of the very earth we call ‘home&…