Quandaries along a journey on wildlife conservation

From the missing connect between policy makers and locals to written accounts still seen as major indicators for measuring work, many factors …

Our tigers, their tigers

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Where's the science?

Lack of a scientific approach towards wildlife management is telling on Indian flora and fauna.

Scholars focus on degradation of mountains

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Free as a bird?

Thriving illegal trade in wild birds benefits city-based traders, while the traditional trappers are blamed and struggle to survive

Unwanted guest

Furore over the transfer of a snow leopard from the City Forest National Park in Srinagar to Darjeeling

"Future of local population rests on tiger-related tourism"

Jim Knight, UK's minister for biodiversity, landscape and rural affairs, responds to Kushal Pal Singh Yadav's queries on the British government's …

I compete with birds

When Peter Kaestner is not holding visa interviews at the US Embassy in Delhi, he prefers nurturing his ambition of spotting all the 10,000 …

The seven-second meet

On an assignment in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, TIASA ADHYA spends four days on a dinghy and chances upon the elusive cat on day three  

Green poetry

On October 15, 2003, the Prime Minister (PM) attended the first meeting of the new all-powerful Indian Wildlife Board. He gave a virtuoso …

David Attenborough solicits people’s support to save African elephants, rhinos from extinction

Wildlife broadcaster says poaching will wipe out the animals completely within the next decade

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 …

Wings to Saras Crane

A community project conserves the non-migratory birds in Rajasthan

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Creating history in a hurry

Stiffer penalty for wildlife crimes

2 leopard skins, bones recovered in Odisha, 1 arrested

At least 155 leopards have been poached across Odisha in the last 10 years

Hunters are invited

At Pakke Tiger Reserve, NANDINI VELHO learns how a hunting tribe can be partner in conservation

Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct

Wolf protection in Europe has become deeply political – Spain’s experience tells us why

Recent decisions by European Union member states do not reflect a consensus on the matter

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (June 24 – June 30)

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Don’t bait the King

“Lion Live Bait tourism” mushrooming in Gir

Orissa focus on saving elephants

Earlier proposal to create elephant reserves was discarded

India’s biodiversity can help mitigate environmental threats

It is one of the 17 mega biodiversity-rich countries and accounts for 7 to 8 per cent of the recorded species of the world