Sri Lanka: tourism impacts corals, fish catch in coastal town
Coastal conservation law has done little for the health of the very marine park that brings tourists in hordes to Hikkaduwa
Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts
Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …
Wildlife NGO group gets flak for seeking curbs on forest rights of indigenous people
Application moved in Supreme Court by three wildlife NGOs seeks to reverse rights granted under Forest Rights Act, allege tribal rights activists …
18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
Sulking contractors refuse to put in auction bids; state tribal development corporation to the rescue
Cyclones and climate change
Some climate models predict two- to seven- fold increase in the frequency of Hurricane Katrina magnitude events for a 1°C rise in global …
Vulture numbers rise in Girnar hills
Maximum concentration of birds found on route of proposed ropeway which will destroy birds, says environmentalist
Pollution killing freshwater species of Western Ghats: IUCN
16 per cent fish, plants and other freshwater species threatened; 2 per cent near threatened
New goals set for CERN's Large Hadron Collider
After the quest for Higgs Boson, next set of experiments at the LHC will be to test the theory that predicts a whole range of particles that haven&…
World Water Week 2023: We must invest in natural solutions like spring revival for water security
Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities
Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report
Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion
International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Spotlight on nature-based solutions
The purpose of observing the International Day for Biological Diversity is to highlight importance of conserving biodiversity
Communities require policy support to manage forests well, says FAO
UN body recommends setting up forest and farm producer organisations so that small-scale forest producers can compete with large-scale business
Rajasthan announces Project Great Indian Bustard
State's population of 100 bustards crucial for recovery of the critically endangered bird in India
Environmental fallout of cooperation
Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …
Green poetry
On October 15, 2003, the Prime Minister (PM) attended the first meeting of the new all-powerful Indian Wildlife Board. He gave a virtuoso …
"It happened by sheer accident"
More great discoveries in the realm of science get stumbled upon by the unprepared mind than untangled by methodical research. dna fingerprinting,…
Who's to blame?
Management of protected forests is a hotly debated issue. In the absence of a sound policy based on a scientific approach, there are as many …
Mountain biodiversity tops Montreal meet agenda
The entire gamut of activities that threaten ecosystems in the mountain regions dominated discussions at the meeting of the scientific advisory …
Farming fish and mussels
When bad management and increasing demand for inland fish led to plummeting stocks, fishing villages around the Ashtamudi estuary in Kollam …
Chipko: an unfinished mission
In 20 years, Chipko has acquired many facets, primarily as a conservation endeavour by the poor, a struggle for local control of natural …
Wooing back the salmon
International experiences in effective environmental management have their foundation in strict adherence to legal statutes. In this context, …
Are community reserves the answer to conservation?
The 2002 Amendment to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972) -- the bible of the conservation movement -- calls for a new category of …
A green company in a grey market
There was a time when Payinthulasi, a 40-year old herb gatherer of village Utchananthal in Virudunagar district of Tamil Nadu, had to trudge to …
On the Edge
In Vietnam, an astonishing array of species, some never before encountered by humans, are being threatened by deforestation and an illegal trade …