Kaziranga braces to curb human-wildlife conflict ahead of monsoon
Water levels rise inside the park every year, prompting animals to move highlands in areas of heavy settlements
Elephant crushed by train in Odisha’s Sambalpur
This is the 29th such death in Odisha in a decade and the second death in Sambalpur district within a month
Leopards in my backyard
India is the only country where high densities of people and livestock share space with carnivores
Ladakh’s mountains of serenity and uncertainty
Battling extreme-weather events is not the only concern for the residents of high-altitude villages
Piecing together problems with conservation in India
Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis directed by Arindam Mitra and Chandramohan Puppala, producer, Arindam Mitra 77 mins Tiger The …
How solar-powered fences mitigated human-elephant conflict in Assam
A biologist employed with a non-profit in the North East describes her organisation’s efforts at reducing negative encounters between …
Border conflict
Clashes between wild animals and farmers are rising along forest fringes. But the government is yet to gauge their intensity, forget developing a …
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
Out of control: why monkeys are a menace
Damage by raiding monkeys has become a menace of unprecedented magnitude. Down To Earth travels to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar …
Lies, deceit and relocation
People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights
Happily uprooted
A well-calculated compensation plan eases relocation pain of forest dwellers from the core area of Melghat Tiger Reserve
Displaced for nothing
First Asiatic lion, then cheetah: officials struggle to decide which animal to introduce, and when, in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary. But they evict …
Book The economics of biodiversity conservation valuation in tropical forest ecosystems
Book>> The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Report flags violations in creation of India’s first critical wildlife habitats
CWH notification was first initiated in 54 of Maharashtra’s 55 protected areas, where rights of forest dwellers can be recognised under …
Poor enforcement, weak laws make poaching an easy game
Salman Khan might be in the arclights because of his poaching misadventures. But many people routinely get away with killing protected animals; …
Pangolin scale seizures jumped 10 times between 2014 and 2018: UN report
Pangolins have, recently, been vilified because of reports that linked them to the emergence of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes …
Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …