Republic of the Congo gets its first ever marine protected areas
Three zones include nesting grounds for leatherback turtles, critical habitats for Atlantic humpback whale
“The source of the danger is black people” — Why is racism normalised in conservation?
Extra-judicial killings of innocent people — including children — in Africa and Asia are airily dismissed as collateral damage in a &…
Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts
Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …
Blackbuck haven in Odisha: Protection by locals triple numbers
No poaching case reported in several years in Ganjam district
Fortress Conservation in Tanzania: Country faces balancing act as eco-policies threaten indigenous peoples & biodiversity
Indigenous communities like the Maasai & Hadzabe are locked in a perilous struggle as territories vital for their survival are encroached for …
World Forest Day 2024: Rajasthan communities at risk of losing land
Village residents oppose declaring traditional pastoral land as deemed forests, fearing loss of access and livelihood
International Tropical Timber Council concludes with major decisions, including its extension
EU expresses desire to join efforts on conservation of world forests
Nature worshippers: How Sarna rituals propagate forest conservation to new generations & other communities
The Sarna followers have also helped bring attention of scientific community to conservation of sacred groves
Water crisis in South Africa: Damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down
Monitoring and compliance were severely deficient, report shows
How robust is India’s tiger census?
Government officials and independent experts help decode the riddle of tiger estimation
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act 2023: States, UTs must act as per definition in TN Godavarman judgement, says SC
Apex court was hearing a PIL challenging constitutionality of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023
The living planet: Full coverage of 2021 biodiversity meet
A 5-part series on the World Conservation Congress held by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) from September 3-11 in …
What is killing Uttarakhand’s small wetlands? Degraded Niranjanpur pond carves a live example
These waterbodies are neglected for their size and disappear even before they are documented
Give rivers their rights, activists tell IUCN World Conservation Congress
Only 37% of rivers longer than 1,000 km still flow freely due to dams being built on them
20 years of talks later, half the Earth’s surface area to have binding environment treaty
United Nations members negotiate instrument under UN Convention on Law of the Sea to conserve, sustainably use marine biological diversity of …
This World Wildlife Day let’s take a look at wildlife crimes in India
The Union government has cut the funds released under three flagship wildlife schemes even though poaching remains rampant
Multilateral fund offers $5.33 billion over 4 years to help solve biodiversity woes
The amount offered by the Global Environment Facility is much less than the $60 billion suggested by one non-profit
Removing alien plants can save water: We measured how much
Positive effect of clearing alien trees higher in dry years compared to wet years, study predicts
75 years of people’s power: Tamil Nadu’s Nattathi village shows the way to grey water management
Over 35% of the households had kitchen gardens in their backyards and they began to use grey water to irrigate the gardens
How locals are trying to save the dying Deepor Beel
Some initiatives, along with bettering the health of the beel, have also provided employment to women from the community
India needs to rethink strategies to save its guardians of the wild
Frontline forest staff have limited resources to protect our wildlife and are tasked with fighting back traffickers who are often better equipped
Link as old as time
Considered an enigma today, cheetah is an integral part of Indian history, notes wildlife expert Divyabhanusinh in The Story of India’s …
Forest dwellers in Similipal can guide us towards sustainability
Forest protection committees, comprising locals, took up the responsibility of safeguarding Similipal’s natural treasures
Hermann Bacher: The Swiss Jesuit who revolutionised watershed development in India
Hermann Bacher, who spent 60 of his 97 years in India, was deeply impacted by the Maharashtra drought of 1972; it led him to recalibrate his …
Jammu’s Chipko moment: Green activists protest plan to chop 38,000 trees in Raika
The activists highlighted how the proposal was rushed through government departments for permissions