West Bengal’s tea-tribe voters have a jumbo problem
Workers in Majherdabri tea estate say no candidate is addressing their fear of elephant attacks
As told to Parliament (April 3, 2023): Over Rs 7,400 crore disbursed in 2022-23 for natural gas infrastructure
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary
‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …
South Africa to set up panel to look into rhino policy
New panel to review earlier recommendation of legal trade in rhino horn; look into trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards
Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation
Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …
An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill
The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …
CITES COP19: India’s freshwater turtle in danger of extinction
India puts forward proposal to move it to Appendix I; Common hippo, straw-headed bulbul, African elephant at risk too
As told to Parliament (March 13, 2023): 19% PM2.5 emissions in Indo-Gangetic Plains come from households
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chandigarh and Delhi emit 437 gigagrams PM2.5 per year through household cooking
As told to Parliament (December 13, 2022): 130 sq km of forest land set to be diverted in Great Nicobar Island
Mitigation measures have been proposed for the ‘sustainable development’ projects
Elephant corridor report plagued with inconsistencies, could escalate conflict with humans, says expert
IISc professor Raman Sukumar stressed on effective management of jumbos in National Board for Wildlife meeting in August
‘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&…
Burden or boon? Wayanad residents divided on wildlife as interest groups advocate trigger-happy responses
Since January, a pervasive anti-wildlife sentiment has descended over the district and violent protests erupted against animals and conservationists
Know what the Indian elephant, one-horned rhino and Asiatic wild buffalo usually eat and are eating instead
A shortage of food inside Indian forests is forcing these 3 megaherbivores to eat invasive species & farm crops
Activists point out dangers of highway through Bannerghatta National Park, demand shelving plan
NHAI’s six-lane highway to cut through elephant corridor, could increase human-wildlife conflict
Good step, but not long-term answer: Activists on Odisha’s request for ‘kumkis’ & ‘mahouts’ from Tamil Nadu
Stopping illegal mining & quarrying, notifying elephant corridors would be ideal solution for human-elephant conflict
Climate crisis: Drought causes mass elephant deaths in Zimbabwe game reserve
Drought conditions had earlier also prompted a mass-movement of elephants from Hwange into neighbouring Botswana in a search for water, food
Tranquilised wild elephant dies after falling off lorry; autopsy indicates cardiac arrest cause of death
Wildlife activist alleges negligence by forest department during capture operation
As told to Parliament (February 5, 2024): Over 400 MLD industrial effluents discharged into Ganga and Yamuna daily
Conservationists slam draft of new government report on elephants
It fails to understand the ecology of elephants, they say
Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching
Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect
World Elephant Day: The trials of India’s national heritage animal
Of 21 venues housing 509 elephants, 45% were kept in severely inadequate conditions
Talcher's killer elephant detusked
The rogue elephant that killed five persons in Talcher was de-tusked
Bullet injury claims, protocols not followed: Questions shroud death of Dasara elephant Arjuna
Beloved tusker was gored by wild elephant during a recent operation by forest department
Forest officer suspended in Odisha’s Sambalpur over death of 6 elephants
The elephants died by poaching, train accidents and electrocution
Nilgiris Elephant Corridor: SC upholds Madras HC order affirming animals’ right of passage
Apex court also sets up committee to look into complaints on the issue