Thriving trade

Monkey business

Ebola threatens gorillas

End of innocence

Sumana Narayanan inadvertently walks the thin line between a curio and wildlife contraband

CITES CoP 2019: Giraffes accorded protection from trade for the first time

The giraffe has been placed in Appendix II of CITES, which places prohibitions on uncontrolled trade in a species

Why there is a need to protect wildlife?

In a deeper analysis, it will appear that protecting wildlife is vital for the present as well as future generations

World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our wildlife

We must depart from narrow solutions and find opportunities in our mountain landscapes to secure larger habitats, writes ICIMOD's Rajan Kotru

How ‘tiger farms’ have turned a wild animal into a species worth more dead than alive

Tigers in parts of east and south-east Asia can come in bottled form, sold openly in industrial breeding centres as tiger bone wine, a concoction …

CITES adopts resolution to end corruption in wildlife trade

This historic resolution aims at eliminating corruption at every stage of wildlife trade from poaching to selling of wildlife products

Citing an international meet

Another international meet fails to address the concerns of local poor people and follows the path shown by global bullies

Fate of the tuskers

Should nations who have done well for their elephants be punished for improper management by others?

China syndrome in tiger trade

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The Method Behind The Madness

When the official system learns to loot the official treasury, it also targets the natural estate, the biggest property of the modern state. Good …

Concealed trade

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Rustling for hair

Hong Kong

IVORY TRADE

Smuggling species

WILD CRIMES

Tiger farming controversy must not be framed in moral terms

Lift ban on shahtoosh trade in Kashmir; provide livelihood options: panel to Centre

The panel has urged Centre to conserve and breed chiru goats as that will revive the shatoosh industry and also the chiru population

COVID-19: Beijing proposes to permanently ban harvesting of wild animals

Experts say an all-out ban may not be the right solution for China's woes of wildlife trade

Drought-hit Zimbabwe plans to trade in wildlife

The country is reeling under a severe drought and over four million people need food-aid

Why environmental crimes are rising in India

There has been a 78 per cent increase in the number of environmental crimes in the country between 2019 and 2020. At the same time, courts are …

Women’s day: Meet Sasmita Lenka who is on a mission to save Odisha’s pangolins

As a forest officer and conservator, Lenka rolled out programmes to protect the population of pangolins in the long run