Kaziranga needs both, animals and humans
We cannot straitjacket the park and its neighbouring areas into “humans-only” and “animals-only” landscapes
Last chance for the big cat
Several countries are getting tough with tiger poachers and traders in what may be the final attempt to save the magnificent beast:
Catch a tiger by its pug
Accurate tiger census methodology assumes significance in the context of the recent controversy over the declining number of tigers in the Indian …
Siberian tiger in the cold
Conservationists draw up strategies to arrest the rapid decimation of the great Siberian tiger
Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve is a butterfly hot spot, finds survey
Reserve has 246 of 340 species seen in the Western Ghats
Let the tiger roam
Melghat Malaise
This first of three Down To Earth analyses of tiger reserves finds Melghat in Maharashtra in a legal mess
Endangered in Sariska
Death of a translocated tiger highlights the task force was not heeded
Saseendran’s ‘tiger cull’: Kerala forest minister made a gaffe; but state’s human-wildlife conflict needs redressal
Removing invasive plants, restoring vanishing wildlife corridors and eco-restoration inside forests should be the solution to human-wildlife …
Tigers and tribals
Five arrested in connection with tiger poaching in Tadoba Andhari reserve
Forest officials employed known poachers to guard waterholes
India now has 1,706 tigers
At the last count their number was 1,411; experts doubt latest census
Uncertain future
Villages in the sanctuary
MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags
The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …
RTI reveals MoEF&CC cleared 3 highway proposals disregarding WII’s views
Ranthambhore tigers, Chambal gharials and a host of other species could be in trouble due to the clearance given to the highway proposals
Blues for the big cats
Everyone knows of the tiger's endangered status, but the government seems unwilling to face the reality. So far, it has tried to resolve the …
Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra launches first advanced AI System for forest fire detection
AI system can differentiate between smoke and clouds, thus minimising false alarms and ensuring that alerts are accurate & reliable
Move beyond tiger numbers
Project Tiger must now take a holistic approach to benefit the wild cats and communities
Simply Put: Caveman or forest staff
IN PHOTOS: This Kolkata journalist uses matchboxes to contribute to tiger conservation
Gopi De Sarkar, a phillumenist, has over 9,000 matchboxes, many of which depict tigers
Simply Put: Food and fire
Gaur back in Valmiki Reserve thanks to increase in grassland cover
At least 150 gaur in the reserve currently, according to information from camera traps
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (May 20-26)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Simply put: Climate change will wipe out the Sundarbans till 2070
Allocation for environment, forest and climate change ministry up by 33%
But key forest initiatives get paltry allocations, one as low as Rs 1 lakh