Wildlife & Biodiversity

Run-up to World Tiger Day: Can India become a tiger utopia?

The country should put more emphasis on educating people and changing their attitudes, so that a doubled tiger population can thrive with lesser repercussions

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Save the Himalayan Grey Langur

Restricted to a small part of Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba, the species is facing threats and apathy

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Why the WWF’s ‘Fortress Conservation’ model is ethically wrong

As India gets ready for the July 24 Supreme Court verdict on possible eviction of its forest-dwelling communities in response to conservationists’ petitions, here is a primer on how the biggest such organisation has actively indulged in such an approach over the years

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Amrabad Tiger Reserve: An Eden under threat

The recent in-principle clearance granted for uranium exploration in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve, will destroy a landscape rich in biodiversity and one that supports a hunter-gatherer Scheduled Tribe

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Noise Pollution: An ignored element in Great Indian Bustard conservation

Along with all other measures to revive Great Indian Bustard numbers, the aspect of regulating noise pollution levels needs to be incorporated

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Is the house sparrow out of the woods?

The house sparrow declined in urban India in the last two decades; however, conservation efforts might have just stopped its journey to extinction

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Enact a special act for protecting India’s natural pharmacy

The country’s medicinal plants, which are used in a number of alternative systems of medicine, are in danger of becoming extinct due to ignorance and over-exploitation

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Has the Great Indian Bustard just been subjected to a biblical blunder?

The administration in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer, the last stronghold of the bird, has sprayed pesticides in the area where it is found, to kill locusts

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Balancing development and conservation in Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir landscape

The Bam-e-Dunya network aims to strengthen trans-boundary cooperation and reconcile economic growth and nature conservation in the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Five actions Madagascar's president must take to save country's biodiversity

Andry Rajoelina’s term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar’s incredible natural heritage

Wildlife & Biodiversity

From being stranded to being free

How six elephant calves were rescued and brought back to the wild

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Kashmir: Why the Hangul’s future still hangs in the balance?

As the state readies itself for results from this year’s census of the critically endangered deer species, Down To Earth looks at the reasons that threaten its very existence

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Bimstec: An opportunity to conserve wildlife and biodiversity

The regional alliance can promote an international model for close collaboration, cooperation, coordination and communication in the protection and conservation of regional forests, wildlife and biodiversity of South and southeast Asia

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Twist in turtle tale

How a concerted effort changed the fortunes of two freshwater turtle breeding facilities at the two ends of Uttar Pradesh

Wildlife & Biodiversity

India’s wildlife needs its people’s empathy, not just sympathy

The trend of shooting animals declared as ‘man eaters’ is taking a toll on our wildlife, our precious natural heritage

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Scientific management of mangroves is need of the hour

40 per cent of mangrove forests in West Coast of India have been converted into farmlands and housing colonies over the last three decades

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Is India turning into a death bed for the last remaining South Asian tigers?

If the government does not wake up now and take corrective measures; Indian forests, wildlife and biodiversity have a very slim chance of recovery

Wildlife & Biodiversity

More to roosting than meets the eye

A new study from Rajasthan is uncovering interesting facets about the behaviour of Indian water birds that should aid in their conservation

Wildlife & Biodiversity

‘Bear’ing the brunt

A multi-faceted approach is needed to curtail and manage the rising trend of human-sloth bear conflicts in Odisha

Wildlife & Biodiversity

The Tawny Eagle, a raptor under threat

Increasing loss of forest cover and nesting sites have led to a decline in the population of this unique bird of prey

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Are dhole packs in peril?

Safeguarding these true underdogs of India’s tropical forests will require much greater resolve from scientists, wildlife managers and the government