Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse
The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …
Assam bans mining in Kaziranga after Supreme Court order
The apex court had issued an order on April 12, 2019, ordering a mining ban along the southern boundary of the Kaziranga National Park
Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead
The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world
Do elephants grieve? Maybe, though not in the ‘human’ sense of the word
The apparent emotionality and the wide-ranging individual differences in the responses of elephants to their dead do indeed deserve further study
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 16, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Numaligarh elephants’ home restored: Deopahar notified as reserve forest after 20 years
Deopahar was the centre of a fierce battle this decade over a notorious boundary wall constructed by the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam’s …
Elephants have first right on forest, says SC while ordering demolition of Numaligarh Refinery wall
The 2.2-km boundary wall has been erected in 2011 on an elephant migration corridor in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district, for the …
Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose
Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park
Kaziranga braces to curb human-wildlife conflict ahead of monsoon
Water levels rise inside the park every year, prompting animals to move highlands in areas of heavy settlements
Wife of Kaziranga director accused of violating wildlife rules
An alleged night safari brings out the growing tension among the locals living in the vicinity of the national park and the officials protecting …
No food in forests: Weeds like Mimosa, Siam are taking over Assam’s biodiversity
Mimosa species, at its peak, covered 56% per cent of Bagori range of Kaziranga National Park
Book Excerpt: When Assam seemed unwilling to share its rhinos
Arupjyoti Saikia relates the circumstances surrounding the translocation of rhinos from Kaziranga to Dudhwa in the early 1980s in his new book
What is the best time for rhino translocation in Assam? December, says study
Adult rhinos are the best candidates for translocation, a new study has said
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 2-8)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Floods affect more than a million in Assam despite rainfall deficit in state
The situation may worsen in the next 48 hours
From being stranded to being free
How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild
