Similipal National Park a poacher’s paradise? Experts note a rise in incidents
On January 22, carcass of a male elephant, whose population is already on a decline, was found
Bihar man-eater shot: ‘We need to put down problem animals for wildlife conservation’
Shafath Ali Khan, who was engaged by the Maharashtra government in the operation to eliminate Avni in 2018, released a book this year to narrate …
Who will protect wildlife from the conservationists?
The environment ministry’s decisions on wildlife protection contradict the pledge for conservation
Supreme Court bans tourism in core tiger habitats
Court slaps fine of Rs 10,000 each on states that have not notified buffer zone around tiger reserves even after the deadline for it was extended …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
76 years of environmentalism
The most important gain of India’s environmental movement is the voice it has given to its citizens. This is the soul of the movement
Bright and black
Female tigers at the Similipal reserve in Odisha are increasingly giving birth to black or melanistic breeds and catching rare worldwide attention
‘Russia will do its best to protect the Amur tiger’
Sergey Aramilev is the Deputy Director of the Vladivostok-based Amur Tiger Centre. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial Conference …
Critical Wildlife Habitat guidelines issued; NTCA order superseded
Forest rights activists criticise Ministry of Tribal Affairs' decision to accept the guidelines without making any revisions or inviting comments …
One step forward, many steps back
Some recent amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act could infuse new life into a fusty act, but there are others that threaten to pull matters back
Why are fires raging in Similipal?
The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts
Camera traps click ties between species in Sumatra
The traps, deployed for eight years as part of a study, recorded the haunts and habits of dozens of species
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
Melghat Malaise
This first of three Down To Earth analyses of tiger reserves finds Melghat in Maharashtra in a legal mess
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 …
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
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” …
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 …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 8, 2022)
The forgotten tigons and litigons of Alipore Zoo and other hybrids: Part 2
‘Species’ is a concept invented by human beings. And that concept is not clear-cut
China bans trade in rhino horns, tiger bones
The Chinese people may resent the restrictions, but the government has to crack down on trafficking in products from rhinos and tigers or else …
Tiger's new friends
The Kids for Tigers initiative of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), in collaboration with Sanctuary magazine and …