Elephant crushed by train in Odisha’s Sambalpur
This is the 29th such death in Odisha in a decade and the second death in Sambalpur district within a month
NGT direction to notify Odisha elephant corridors welcome, but more needs to be done
Survival, free movement of pachyderm population possible only if connecting corridors are revived, restored
Expect more elephant raids during paddy harvest in Dooars this year
Many COVID-19 returnees have cultivated paddy this year during the monsoon due to the lack of work and livelihood opportunities
Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants
Allocation for other species reduced
Total weight of humans is 10 times that of all wild mammals put together
The weight distribution is also skewed: 40% global biomass of wild land mammals is concentrated in only 10 species
Bhupender Yadav launches field manual for forest staffers to manage human-elephant conflict
Yadav also released the Preliminary Report on Human Elephant Conflict and a booklet titled Trumpet
India identifying, defining forests wrongly, say experts at Anil Agarwal Dialogue
The urgent agenda today is to reinvent forest management for the future; so that India can build a wood-based future, but still protect the …
Wildlife parts, live chameleon seized in Odisha’s Jajpur
Forest officials trying to find whether two arrested persons are poachers or couriers
Centre asks road-making authorities to avoid construction in protected areas
Get all clearances for unavoidable projects through national parks, sanctuaries: Ministry to NHAI, others
Hunting elephants, rhinos and pangolins for trade may affect climate, says UN paper; here is how
UNODC paper highlights that illegal wildlife trade has implications for ecosystem function and resilience, including to the persistence of …
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