Life and nature

Rare roo trapped

Environment of change

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Advantages of thick skin

Elephants are running riot in Assam. Project Elephant is a failure. Bureaucracy is indifferent

Turquoise tales

Deft as ever

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For all that is green

Standing today at the threshhold of a doom 04t can happen actually in a split second in the form of a nuclear holocaust or a germ warfare, the …

Call of the wild

The magic wand of wildlife research is literally bringing to life that sleeping beauty called extinct biodiversity - the supposedly disappeared …

‘Wildlife usage must be based on sound science and adaptive management’

Susan Lieberman, Vice President, International Policy, Wildlife Conservation Society, spoke about the highlights of the ongoing CMS CoP

Payment for Ecosystem Services: Palampur in Himachal has a model in place

The first payment for eco-system services in India, which reduces water conflict by institutionalising a legal partnership structure, merits a …

Experts call for people-oriented conservation

The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective …

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

New policy skirts hard issues

Monkey business

Primatologists of the peninsula unite under a new Indo-US project

Boost to protected areas

Wildlife management and protection in India warrants a separate ministry, says a committee recommendation

A step backwards in time

UK foxed

Misplaced care

SOCIAL CHANGE AND CONSERVATION·Edited by Krishna B Ghimire and Michel P Pimbert·Earthscan Publications, UK

Breaking the ice

A historic agreement to conserve Antarctica becomes a legally-binding treaty

Conservation pays

For conservationists of all hues

Tigers' choice

The big cats have lost one who championed their survival with the death of Kailash Sankhala

Menageries with messages

Zoos have evolved from being mere sources of entertainment to educational centres.

The environment war

The army has taken to environment resuscitation with prganised fervour, but is still facing a barrage of criticism from state forest