World Wildlife Day: India’s conflict with elephants
Elephants stand at the focal point on the occasion of World Wildlife Day. In India, human-elephant conflict is increasing due to shrinking habitats
Good Lord! No trees
Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles
Damning report
Jharkhand police accused of using brute force to quell anti-dam drive
Food security issue resonates in Security Council amidst conflicts
FAO chief says that fighting hunger and boosting rural livelihoods can lead to peace
A year of leadership failure
Farmers face police wrath, 3 killed
75 villages protest government decision to give their water to Pune
Poisoned again
The death of 18 elephants in Assam revives the debate over human-animal conflict once more
Quest in vain?
How can CDM resolve the conflict between developed and developing country interests?
Bone of contention
Neither Project Tiger nor the eco-development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore
Erasing the dots
Even as Goa's politicians and the mining mafia employ multiple strategies to denotify two sensitive wildlife sanctuaries in the state's Western …
Two for tangle
Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other
7 million internally displaced people live in Central Africa – they need more support
Displaced people are forced to live in crowded and unsanitary camps
Refugees in their own home
In Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, thousands of hectares of land leased to private contractors is threatening wildlife in the region
Banking Ordinance a bold step but silent on considering environmental and social risk management to reduce NPA: CSE
The CSE calls for mandating environmental and social risk management for internal credit risk appraisal process
Yemen needs aid to tide over worst hunger crisis
Twenty of the country’s 22 governorates are in “emergency” or “crisis” food-insecurity phases and almost two-thirds …
Corruption in timber trade fuels deforestation, biodiversity loss
Illegal timber trade also gives rise to conflicts between local communities and logging companies
Africa development challenges are heavily under-researched
African leaders call for "critical interrogation" of the current challenges that the continent is facing
Enemies of the state?
As the Centre for the first time allows widespread culling of nilgais, it triggers a debate over whether culling is the only way to save crops …
Almost half of the population of Kashmir Valley mentally ill, claims survey
According to the survey, 41 per cent of people exhibit symptoms of probable depression, 26 per cent show symptoms of probable anxiety and 19 per …
Refuge pockets critical for persistence of Blackbuck in human-dominated landscapes: Study
The study examines how blackbuck use habitats characterised by seasonally changing resources, threats of predators, intensive human pressures in …
Several African countries in need of food assistance
Drought associated with El Nino has affected agriculture prospects in Southern Africa
Not so safe cities – role of urban planning
This blog highlights that besides other factors that contribute to lack of safety in Indian Cities, a particular approach to urban planning and …
What led to forest officer’s killing
In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back
Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report
At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …
Anti-nuke protests in Tamil Nadu
Gram sabhas call for closure of Koodankulam plant