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International Snow Leopard Day: Of snow leopards and domestic dogs

‘Man’s best friend’ has become a big threat for the charismatic cat in Ladakh, as this account shows

'All these sites have multiple stresses affecting them. Climate change only adds to that'

Adam Markham, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Deputy Director for Climate and Energy and lead author of UNESCO’s recent report on World …

Lightly treads the tourist

Nepal's Annapurna Conservation Area Project has made tremendous strides in pursuit of eco-tourism. The key is empowering local people

Tigers buffered

Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear

Setback for jumbo corridor

SC stays order evicting resorts near sanctuary in Tamil Nadu

Water wars

Panchayat fights to retain what is left of Saligao's groundwater

What the debate on Singur hasn't touched

Supreme Court bans tourism in Jarawa reserve

Turns down plea of Andaman administration to allow limited tourism and small government guest houses in buffer zone

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2023)

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

Tadoba reserve: Tourism is good news, but infra projects bad

While wildlife tourism earned the reserve 286% more revenue in the past five years, the park needs to be protected from infrastructural projects, …

Tourism in Uttarakhand needs regulation

1.3 million pilgrims go for Char Dham Yatra in a month; no assessment of impact, carrying capacity

Treating sewage

Tourist revulsion

Steeped in pollution, Ranchi lake is no more a crowd-puller

Plantation land for tourism

President's assent to Kerala Land Reforms Act amendment legalises resorts on plantations, which mostly border sanctuaries

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 …

NGT probe into cruise operating in Bhopal Ramsar wetland

Pollution control authorities directed to monitor contamination by ship periodically

Nilgiris Elephant Corridor: SC upholds Madras HC order affirming animals’ right of passage

Apex court also sets up committee to look into complaints on the issue

The coast is not clear

A new report paints a grim picture of the world's coastal areas

Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

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

Tourists, not trash

How a popular tourist destination in Sikkim became the first village in India to ban bottled water and manage the trash left behind by tourists, …

Lost valley of flowers

Floods have washed away two villages that cared for the upkeep of the precincts around the World Heritage Site. Will its residents get a chance …

Malarial vector back with a vengeance in Rajasthan

Incessant rains and the resultant stagnant water in canals and fields have spawned a malaria epidemic in the western part of the state

Eyeing the coastlines

Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …