Tamil Nadu says no to Indian Neutrino Observatory project in Theni

The Tamil Nadu government filed an affidavit in the apex court stating the project in Theni would cause irreparable damage to the Western Ghats

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill

The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …

NGT steps in to save Kanha tiger from small-scale mines

Directs state to evaluate if cumulative EIA is required for the dolomite mines bordering tiger habitat

Love requited

KHAIRI, THE BELOVED TIGRESS· Saroj Raj Choudhury·Natraj Publishers, Dehradun· 203pp·Price Rs 350

Wildlife tour operators, resorts to shell out conservation fee

Fund so collected will be spent on conserving forests, managing human-wildlife conflict and generating livelihood for local communities

Sabarimala waste, power management threatens Periyar Tiger Reserve: CAG

An audit report blames Travancore Devaswom Board and the state electricity board for not setting up compositing and drainage facilities or laying …

Hunger strikes forest’s exiles

Once called lords of the jungle, Baiga groups in Madhya Pradesh are starving on the margins of Kanha National Park. Shriya Mohan chronicles their …

Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse

The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …

Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala Assembly seeks presidential reference

Supreme Court failed to consider safety of people and possible loss of biodiversity, say legislators

Obituary: Nepal's fearless crusader for environment

His field-based scientific thrust and the fearlessness with which he put forth uncomfortable truths made him stand out

Murder in the sanctuary

The killing of tigers and of forest guards in Ranthambore is the result of a conservation strategy that took away the rights of the local people …

CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench

CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Subcontinent’s last cheetah was seen in 1997 in Balochistan: Divyabhanusinh at relaunch of seminal book

‘The story of India’s cheetahs’ was first published in 1995 and has more or less been the most exhaustive work on the cheetah …

Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka

Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor

Green tribunal orders state to restrict traffic around Kaziranga

Earlier this year, an expert panel had recommended construction of elevated roads to control animal deaths due to accidents

Assam government wants to build flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos

Elevated roads are expected to provide an easy passage to animals while moving between two adjacent forest reserves

24 Chhattisgarh villages pledge to develop wildlife sanctuary on their own

Community leaders say they will increase forest cover and wildlife numbers by 150 per cent in five years in the proposed Udanti and Sita Nadi …

NTCA sounds alert for deadly virus stalking tigers

Tiger in Dudhwa park tested positive for canine distemper virus last month; four tigers died of it last year

Green tribunal bans quarrying in Sariska

Forest department found 84 stone and marble quarries operating within the tiger reserve and its buffer zone

On the trail of a man-eater

Ankur Paliwal visits Moradabad district where a tigress is on the prowl to find out why she took to killing humans

Rajasthan drafts its own wildlife tourism guidelines

Allows tourism in core tiger habitats and areas in reserves from where villages were uprooted

Trespassers allowed

Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement  

Time for new environmentalism

Wishing all our readers a happy World Environment Day, with the hope that the world will continue to work towards paying more than mere lip …