Ministers on ice

Holy cat

If we can't manage wildlife in zoos then why do we put animals in a cage ?

Return of the green

A retired police officer takes up the task of restoring greenery in a remote Naga village

Dwindling biodiversity

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What Sariska's taught us

Tigers vanish while tiger-wallahs flourish

Uttarakhand lets in: Migrants bring city, drop sustainability

Scarcity, conservation, equitable and fair use of limited resources does not apply to them.

Healthy rivers: How DNA tool can help keep tabs on freshwater quality

DNA technologies have revolutionised the amount of data generated from a single river sample  

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.

Forest conservation: indigenous peoples invest less than other agencies, but achieve equal outcome

According to a recent study, indigenous people and local communities are able to conserve forests by investing only 16–23 per cent of the …

How saving an endangered species can mitigate climate change

The Thanjavur Forest Division has been conserving sea grass in Palk Bay in order to save the endangered sea cow as well as mitigate climate change

Meet the villagers who protect biodiversity on the top of the world

On the Tibetan plateau, the village of Yunta shows that animals and humans can live peacefully and care for each other

Under the Sal Tree—theatre of nature

Under the Sal Tree theatre festival is a unique concept where plays are organised inside a Sal forest in Assam's Goalpara district. This is an eco-…

Trekking to balanced development

Gandruk, a small Nepali village on a popular trekking route, will be visited by more than 80,000 tourists before the year ends. But an unusual …

A paradise in search of greenbacks

With Vietnam opening its doors to foreigners, tourism and foreign-exchange earnings are booming. However, fears are being raised of resultant …

Malaysia Marching

Successful local involvement in a Malaysian park throws up an answer to heavyweight World Bank terms and plans for ecodevelopment

Sour gripes

Non-governmental organisations face the wrath of the government for exposing the loopholes in its wildlife policy

Pachyderm policies

Indian and Kenyan elephant specialists recently exchanged views on controlling a common problem: man-elephant conflicts

Give Peace A Chance

Only a campaign that aims to conserve "wants" with the support of age-old "religious beliefs" can lead to a less strifed and more "peaceful world"

Put to the horn

Keep out the buffaloes and the cranes will also stay out of wetlands. There is more to controlled grazing and conservation of wetlands than the …

Dams: under scrutiny

Dams in the us are being dismantled to restore riverine ecosystems

Shall we tell the President...

...that he is absolutely right. The responsibility of environmental protection must be borne by both government and civil society

Green Oscar Awards

Raman Sukumar, founder-director of the Bangalore-based Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, has been selected for the prestigious …

Brazil GEF meet: Agreement on new biodiversity conservation fund; to be ratified in August

Indigenous peoples and local communities to get 20 per cent of the funds