‘Insatiable demand from the East, greed & lack of political will is enabling poaching across Africa’

Wildlife veterinarian Dave Cooper talks about poaching, effect of climate change and his experience with conservation 

Shrinking lion numbers in Africa: 40% geographic populations have 50 or fewer big cats

Somalian and Malawian lion populations most fragile; Paper points to need for including socio-political aspects along with ecology for lion …

Botanical gardens failed to conserve threatened plants despite Rs 48 crore budget: CAG report

‘Unfruitful’ expenditure of Rs 73.35 lakh on demonstration project by MoEF&CC observed

Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far

Protecting forests and grasslands can help slow climate change by promoting carbon storage in soil and plants

Mismanagement, negligence and political pressure are killing Kuno cheetahs

Experts say not too late, but a severe restructure and competent authorities incharge needed to salvage the project

World Elephant Day: Why conservation efforts in Africa evoke opposing reactions

Uneven distribution of the jumbos across the continent has led to increase in human-wildlife conflict and loss of habitat

“The source of the danger is black people” — Why is racism normalised in conservation?

Extra-judicial killings of innocent people — including children — in Africa and Asia are airily dismissed as collateral damage in a &…

As told to Parliament (December 23, 2022): India building 11 nuclear power reactors with 8,700 MW capacity

India currently has 22 nuclear reactors with an installed nuclear power capacity of 6,780 megawatts, Jitendra Singh tells Rajya Sabha  

Tourist behaviour in Western Ghats robbing simians of their foraging skills, hurting forest ecosystem, activists say

The animals are often given food in packaging, which they discard deep inside forests and pollute the natural environment

Climate change threatens African great apes habitats, may witness frequent extreme climate events in future

Majority of ape sites would be subject to a high frequency of heatwaves, finds new research

Mountain goats in Alps are turning nocturnal due to climate impact, making them more vulnerable to predators

Species’ need to escape excess heat outweighing drive to avoid predators, finds study

Why are Olive Ridley sea turtles dying in large numbers on Odisha’s coast?

Non-compliance with 2-decade-old orders by CEC constituted by Supreme Court likely cause

Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct

Oxford University’s WildCRU, Panthera join forces for Africa’s lions; appoint joint programme director

There are only 24,000 lions today in Africa and 674 in India’s Gir forest

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 8 – July 14)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation

The decisions were proposed and recommended at the CITES standing committee meeting 

Eggs from rescued pythons artificially hatched in Odisha

Hatchlings emerged from 27 of the total 30 eggs preserved in a hatchery

Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials

Fishermen, whose nets are damaged by gharials, will also be compensated

Heat stress, water scarcity threatening Zimbabwe elephants

Recent report shows high mortality rates of elephants peaking 10.47 per cent

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

Climate change & wildlife: How focused monitoring of distribution, population trends can help conservation efforts

Data limitation on species occurrence, evironmental parameters main hurdle for ecologists

Climate impact in Zimbabwe: Elephants, other wildlife begin early mass migration to escape drought conditions

Poor rains in preceding rainy season, water sources ran dry in August

Pangolins in Cameroon are on the verge of extinction

At least 400,000 pangolins are hunted and consumed in central Africa every year

Brazil GEF meet: Agreement on new biodiversity conservation fund; to be ratified in August

Indigenous peoples and local communities to get 20 per cent of the funds

What’s on the menu for India’s most endangered canid?

Decrease in natural prey is a primary reason for decline in dhole population