Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas

Penny foolish, pond wise

Once parched, Dewas in Madhya Pradesh is now a lush green district

Pawns in conservation

Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire

BANGKOK

Genetic map

To make buffaloes stronger

CONSERVATION PROGRAMME

Protein from buffalo blood has answer to infertility

Wild buffaloes threatened

Buffalo protein against cattle diseases

Politics behind Maharashtra's milk strike

Hunting for good

India emerges as largest buffalo meat exporter

Exports by the country exceeded that of Brazil and Australia last year

Winter 2014 set to be 'coldest of the century'; climate change may be held responsible

In the UK, winter may even equal the record historic winter of 1947 which saw snowfall every single day between January and March

Maldharis demand FRA titles over grasslands

Gujarat forest department's working plan denies pastoral community their customary grazing rights over Banni

News Briefs

Environment ministry to clear controversial Demwe hydroelectric project

Wildlife board in its report had pointed that the project will affect ecology in the area

Government steps up efforts to revive wild water buffalo

Years of neglect and shortage of funds have been blamed for near-extinction of the species

India emerges as largest buffalo meat exporter

Exports by the country exceeded that of Brazil and Australia last year

Breeding benefits

A community-led initiative in Gujarat has been instrumental in getting government recognition for the Banni buffalo, a drought- tolerant breed

Meat Matters

Why slaughterhouses have to be "illegal" to be sustainable and why farmers have to give up their cattle for survival

Centre to roll back controversial ban on trade of cattle for slaughter

The government’s May 23 notification on changes made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Market) Rules, 2017, …

Patna scientist makes feta cheese from buffalo milk

Sanjeev Kumar secures patent for technology that replaces sheep and goat milk 

State animals and birds: Do they make a difference to conservation?

As the Indus Dolphin is declared Punjab’s State Aquatic Animal, Down To Earth pops the question to conservationists

India has a failed salvation policy on the not-so-holy buffalo

India’s only scheme to leverage the expanding buffalo meat exports has been in doldrums. To make it work, the government must first get rid …

40 buffaloes die of haemorrhagic septicaemia in Odisha’s Kendrapara

Locals blame officials for not acting on time, worried about livelihood