New strategy suggested to save crocodiles

Respecting the territorial rights of crocodiles will help reduce the chances of conflict between the interests of humans and reptiles.

Where a community maps its resources

It's a unique experiment. Three Kerala organisations are involving local communities to evolve a blueprint for development based on …

New hope for the hirola

Kenyan Somalis use the court to prevent the Wildlife Services from translocating the endangered hirola antelope

A new home

A tale of four rhinos from Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park to bardia, 600 kilometres away, the rhinos are forced to live in a new place for …

Saving species

At a recently-held wildlife meet in Cape Town, delegates draft an action plan to conserve migratory species of wild animals

Wild killing

A Maharashtra minister's call for killing protected animals like nilgai sparks off a controversy

A retired railway officer knows how to save water and energy

R K Palhan, former general manager, Central Railways, has two innovations to his credit. One has already been implemented in most railway …

Star strike

With environmentalists failing to hold back destructive activities in us national parks, musicians have decided to take on the crusade

Conversing on conservation

Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation Editors: Mahesh Rangarajan and Vasant Saberwal Publisher: Permanent Black Delhi Rs …

Who"s the safekeeper?

COMMUNITIES AND CONSERVATION: NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA' Edited by Ashish Kotharl and Neema Pathak, et al-Sage …

Book review of "Environmentality: Technologies of government and the making of subjects"

Book>> Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Oxford University Press, Delhi 2006

Are community reserves the answer to conservation?

The 2002 Amendment to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972) -- the bible of the conservation movement -- calls for a new category of …

As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let’s not forget the familiar ones

To conserve nature, we must maintain our focus on the familiar

Climate change, invasive species wiped away N America’s bee species

Almost 94% wild bee, native plant species gone in last 30 years, flags study

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

Conservation of shallow water bodies: Ecological consequences due to multiple anthropogenic stressors

The United Nations declared 2021-2030 the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

Promoting integrated village planning

Self-sustaining rural communities could be India's answer to her disrupted ecosystem.

Jungle clinic

RHINO POACHING INCREASES

Uneducated villagers bring about a miracle

Communitise natural resource management

A home of its own

A haven for turtles

Protecting a wilderness

Tending turtles