The elephant is a large animal

Wildlife research in India is primitive and fails to live up to the crisis of conservation

Cats poisoned

Burning bright

The Global Tiger Forum becomes functional at a millennium tiger conference

Ministers on ice

Holy cat

If we can't manage wildlife in zoos then why do we put animals in a cage ?

Return of the green

A retired police officer takes up the task of restoring greenery in a remote Naga village

Dwindling biodiversity

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Optical camouflage may just be possible now

The ways of optical camouflage

Trekking to balanced development

Gandruk, a small Nepali village on a popular trekking route, will be visited by more than 80,000 tourists before the year ends. But an unusual …

A paradise in search of greenbacks

With Vietnam opening its doors to foreigners, tourism and foreign-exchange earnings are booming. However, fears are being raised of resultant …

Malaysia Marching

Successful local involvement in a Malaysian park throws up an answer to heavyweight World Bank terms and plans for ecodevelopment

Sour gripes

Non-governmental organisations face the wrath of the government for exposing the loopholes in its wildlife policy

Pachyderm policies

Indian and Kenyan elephant specialists recently exchanged views on controlling a common problem: man-elephant conflicts

Give Peace A Chance

Only a campaign that aims to conserve "wants" with the support of age-old "religious beliefs" can lead to a less strifed and more "peaceful world"

Put to the horn

Keep out the buffaloes and the cranes will also stay out of wetlands. There is more to controlled grazing and conservation of wetlands than the …

Dams: under scrutiny

Dams in the us are being dismantled to restore riverine ecosystems

Shall we tell the President...

...that he is absolutely right. The responsibility of environmental protection must be borne by both government and civil society

Green Oscar Awards

Raman Sukumar, founder-director of the Bangalore-based Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, has been selected for the prestigious …

Monkey business

Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …

Quiet Exit

Can the forest department save the Great Indian Bustard from extinction?

Chased off

Pockets of salt manufacturing uits and an army firing range within the Wild Ass Sanctuary i Gujarat are scaring the animals away

Killing them softly

Dolphins, the most playful and beguiling mammals of water, are on the verge of extinction. Awareness programmes will go a long way in preserving …

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Experiments in harmony with nature

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