31 iconic sites at risk from climate change, warns UNESCO report

The report gives a miss to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Sundarbans in India

It’s not just about a good holiday

Making ecotourism work for all stakeholders requires a new vision

Tadoba tiger reserve An unsafe haven

Tiger over wildlife

Turmoil in the park

Book>> Democratizing Nature: Politics, Conservation, and Development in India by Ashwini Chhatre and Vasant Saberwal OUP 2006

Science and Technology - Briefs

1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions

Don’t just cash in on tigers

Nature-based tourism: from rhetoric to reality

Robbed of the sea

Endgame for bustards

Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops

Rethink growth with forest capital

Village in arms

Solar threat to Sambhar

A mega solar power plant at Sambhar lake may spell doom for its fragile ecology and flamingoes

Smaller eco zone irks ministry

Central Empowered Committee wants to reduce eco-sensitive zones around protected areas

Misplaced pride

‘You may like to make sure that PIL does not succeed’

State wildlife warden sends friendly warning to tourism industry

Reserved for exploitation?

Karnataka repeatedly refuses to declare its forests in Western Ghats inviolate

Astray?

From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the …

Tigers on the prowl

Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months

Ministry in a hurry

MoEF agrees to ridiculously small eco-sensitive zones to help projects bypass wildlife clearance

Letters

Reluctant funding

Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost

The hunt for benefits

India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …