Green nod to 87 development projects in 2 years; 2.3 million trees to be felled: MoEFCC

Of these infrastructure projects, three highway projects will fall in Protected Areas

Bushmen's letter to president

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

Should conservation be privatised?

Since the late 1960s, many African countries, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, have adopted a new approach to conservation.…

PepsiCo vs potato farmers: ‘Gujarat will fail farmers if it succumbs to corporate lobbying’

Activists oppose govt’s attempt to settle the matter with the company

‘Protect & conserve model’ displaced 13,450 families from 26 protected areas in 2 decades

The number of protected areas increased to 870 in 2020 from 67 in 1988, the study stated

Talks begin in Australia for creating two Antarctic marine sanctuaries

Proposals for creating the protected areas have been pending for five years

Who will protect wildlife from the conservationists?

The environment ministry’s decisions on wildlife protection contradict the pledge for conservation

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

Reserve game

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 …

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

SC order on eco-sensitive zone has no scientific basis, case-to-case ESZ needed, say experts

In these times of climate change, all pockets that hold biodiversity are eco-sensitive zones, they said

Environment ministry approves proposals for 176 eco-sensitive zones

According to the government, only 15 notifications were issued between 2006 and the middle of 2014

Missing the grass for the trees

Overprotection of grasslands in India is leading to its decline

Africa Protected Areas Congress puts spotlight on protection and conservation of biodiversity

First-ever meet by IUCN to outline long-term strategies; to give voice to marginalised communities  

Lost in woods

Environmentalists see red over wildlife bill in Bangladesh

Better wild than never

In vitro testing needs a push

Not a bankable strategy

World Bank's forestry projects have not helped reduce poverty, says its own evaluator

Middle path of conservation

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Border conflict

Clashes between wild animals and farmers are rising along forest fringes. But the government is yet to gauge their intensity, forget developing a …

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

Relocate sensibly

It has never been based on any scientific forest-specific study

It can be painless

Some civil servants have relocated forest dwellers successfully