Why are fires raging in Similipal?

The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts

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 …

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 

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

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

A roar in captivity

A Ranthambore tiger wakes up the world community

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

Simply Put: Caveman or forest staff

Wrong roars