Fish in the net

MALAYSIA

Vultures on death row

Human persecution is the main cause behind the high mortality of vultures in India

An award for the people

Three village communities in Rajasthan are awarded for their conservation efforts

KENYA

Going into overdrive

Project marred

Ecofriendly moves

Pleasure island

Rescue act

Worldly wise

India hardsells its troubled protected areas abroad

Living on the edge

Constitutional violations in amended Forest (Conservation and Augmentation) Act, say experts

‘Centre absolving itself from its constitutional responsibility of protecting the environment by enacting the law’

Not global warming: Reemergence of ‘extinct' black-veined butterfly in England likely due to unscientific release

Unregulated introduction disrupts actual conservation efforts and is condemned by scientists

Ahead of IUCN meet, new study says bear bile demand in China sustained by medical practitioners

Bear bile consumption in China is influenced by complex factors; consumers may use wild, farmed or synthetic versions on advice from traditional …

World Biodiversity Day: Ever more important amid COVID-19 pandemic

Various levels and forms of biodiversity such as ecosystems, species, genes across all taxonomic ranges are threatened, and facing an alarming …

Roars in lost land

As tigers are sighted in high mountains scientists wonder if they have always lived there or are migrants in search of a better habitat

When opposite poles attract

Tourism and conservation need not necessarily be in conflict with each other; handled with care, they can also benefit from each other.

Need to integrate human ecology and nature

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Compendium on natural history hooks reader

1000 Indian Wildlife Quiz & 1000 World Wildlife Quiz Deep Narayan Pandey Publisher: Rupa & Co, Delhi Price: Rs 30 each

Trees in dry zone need protection

Arid and semi-arid zone trees, especially those belonging to the genera prosopis, have become threatened species.

'We need technology, but on our own terms'

Nanuram Rawat was the adhyaksha of the gram sabha in Seed, one of the first gramdan villages where environmental resources have been regenerated …

Statehood first, ecology later

Jharkhand's leaders have successfully pressurised the Centre to consider granting autonomy to this region. But they have still not …

Born free, but...

...doomed to extinction all over the world, large carnivores may yet be saved following urgent companies in Asian countries and eksewhere, …

Hunting for the snark

Problems in conservation of sacred groves first have to be identified. The solution lies in measures that involve and encourage local people