Punishing the offender

No cap on mechanisms

SOUTH AFRICA

According to report

Villagers dispute elephant corridor

Nilgiri tribals and farmers without deeds barred from public hearing

Rio+20 postponed. Date clashed with Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee

54 Commonwealth head of states would have had to choose between the two events

Wild trouble

Trade threatens medicinal plants

On the backburner

New Chinese rule for wildlife

In short

Setback for jumbo corridor

SC stays order evicting resorts near sanctuary in Tamil Nadu

Indus dolphin in Punjab

Living Planet Report 2022: Wildlife populations decline by 69% in 50 years

Annual report links climate change and biodiversity loss for 1st time

Himalayan glaciers are thinning

ISRO’s analysis needs further investigation to conclude trend

Mozambique, Tanzania fail to curb poaching

Poachers refuse to pay fine, hunting firm violates wildlife rules

Studying gharials

World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF

Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit

SNIPPETS

World lost 8 per cent of its forests in past 14 years: study

UN plans to restore 150 degraded forests by 2020

Selective saving

EU criticised for contradictory policies

Words are biotic

Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic plurality are also areas of biodiversity?

Caught in the wet

Wetland management is drawing increasing flak for advocating misdirected conservation strategies and disregarding local needs

Human problems

Internal wrangling in the WWFI has conservationists wondering about the future of nurturing nature

Doing away with wood

In Niger and Mali, where timber is scarce and expensive, mud building is making a headway, thanks to the efforts of a French organisation called …