Supreme Court orders removal of illegal residential colony from Corbett
Colony land, meant to be a temporary habitation, had been affecting movement of animals in the forest
Centre ignores certifying agency
Private players set up forest certification body even as the ministry, which manages 90 per cent of the forests, gives it a cold shoulder
Legal protection for wildlife corridors, soon: Jayanthi Natarajan
Several elephant habitats and forest corridors used by wildlife fall outside sanctuaries and parks
Fall of the paragon
Century-old teak plantation business loses ground in India because of poor management and short-sighted policies
Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga
247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years
How effective is India's disaster management authority?
Central agency has failed to carry out most of its functions in past 7 years
India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411
Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand
Allow rich people with large farmlands to keep tigers as pets, says MP minister
Kusum Singh Mahdele has written to the government asking it to consider domesticating lions and tigers as a method of conservation
SC refuses to restore stiffer charges for Bhopal disaster accused
But says it does not restrain the sessions court from enhancing the charges against them
India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment
Environment ministry says dolphins are ‘non-human persons’; morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment
The goat gamble
It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …
Missing timber for wood
As the demand-supply gap for timber widens in India, it is time to exploit the potential of private plantations and government-managed forests in …
Traditional knowledge of fisher people may be included in the process of identifying marine biodiversity hot spots
Some countries noncommittal about identifying ecologically and biologically sensitive marine areas in high seas and territorial waters
Guilty, but bailed
Seven Union Carbide officials get two-year jail term for Bhopal gas leak that has killed 20,000
Call of the phantom
Government fails to effectively execute Project Snow Leopard
Gir lions get a second home
Supreme Court orders shifting of some lions to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno-Palpur sanctuary to protect their gene pool
Will it be lions or cheetahs that will roam Kuno-Palpur sanctuary?
Supreme Court asks environment ministry to clarify stand after Gujarat opposes translocation of Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh
Smaller eco zone irks ministry
Central Empowered Committee wants to reduce eco-sensitive zones around protected areas
Price tag for tendu, bamboo
Government struggles to calculate cost of forest produce
Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals
Forestry, the Mexican way
Green tribunal gets short shrift
Most successful court on environmental matters lacks amenities, infrastructure
How foreign vessels exploit India’s loopholes in fishing laws
Misuse Letter of Permit scheme, says Greenpeace report
Rs 13,000 crore to be spent on green India mission in next 5 years
Parliamentary Committee on Estimates pulls up Centre for failing to increase forest cover in the country
Jumbo conflict
Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …