Rajasthan drafts its own wildlife tourism guidelines
Allows tourism in core tiger habitats and areas in reserves from where villages were uprooted
Will it be lions or cheetahs that will roam Kuno-Palpur sanctuary?
Supreme Court asks environment ministry to clarify stand after Gujarat opposes translocation of Gir lions to Madhya Pradesh
Radio-collared leopard killed by speeding vehicle in Thane
Ajoba made headlines in 2009 when he travelled over 100 km from Pune to Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Second home for Gujarat lions: 40 big cats to be moved to Barda from overflowing Gir
Translocation under Project Lion; previous papers suggest Barda may be too geographically close, may not be able to hold so many Asiatic lions
Cheetah reintroduction project shows conservation sciences need more rigour and consensus
Carnivore conservation in human-dominated landscapes requires more than expertise of wildlife biologists
Floods kill four in Assam; destroy crops
Brahmaputra and five other rivers flow above danger mark; low lying areas of Kaziranga and Pobitora wildlife sanctuary under water
Leaking Oil India well that caught fire yesterday should have been flagged earlier
Serious observations were made about Oil India project near Dibru-Saikhowa national park
How National Board for Wildlife gives legitimacy to illegal mining in Assam
The board approved coal mining proposal that diverts 98.59 hectares of forest land in Dehing Patkai
City on trial
Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan
Indigenous civil engineers
Traditional earth diggers and masons, who mined the Bhatti area of the Aravallis for decades, dig in their heels as the Delhi administration …
Age of dissent
Six villages in Madhya Pradesh reject Centre’s proposal to declare their forest a wildlife sanctuary
Green Tribunal clears way for Renuka dam, partially
Vacates stay on payment of compensation to project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh; stay on forestland diversion continues for now
Grasslands in Western Ghats diverted for resort construction
The 120 room, five-star luxury resort is being built in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka in association with international hotel chains
Gujarat’s Sardar Patel statue may face legal hurdle
Activists question authorities over construction of the statue near a wildlife sanctuary without environmental clearance
Elections hamper setting up police station in Kaziranga to curb poaching
Police station to have both police and forest department officers; collaboration necessary to handle wildlife crimes better, says Assam chief minister
MoEF's forest panel rejects Dibang, Tipaimukh hydel projects
Diversion of large tracts of forests,impact on wildlife and people’s livelihoods cited as main reasons; ball now in minister’s court