From turtles to elephants

Riddle of the Ridley and Lai Lai the Baby Elephant by Shekar Dattatri Wildlife Protection Society of India Delhi and Tulika Publishers, Chennai

Leaf storm

Indian scientists are resorting to tissue culture to salvage plants facing extinction

The seeds of trouble

Privatisation of tea and rubber plantations has endangered the flora and fauna in southern Sri Lanka

Save lakes from the sins of humanity

Wood substitutes threaten plywood industry

A CPWD proposal to ban use of timber in construction has generated friction between manufacturers of wood substitutes and plywood, with each side …

Golf mania

Court ruling on tree felling worries officials

A dispute over a plot demarcation has highlighted the problem of protecting privately owned forests in Himachal.

Democratising access to data

Falling frontiers

INDONESIA

Not any drop to drink

Pachyderm vs human

Marauding elephants in Assam's Kaziranga national park killed 70 people last year

Vanishing forests

The dense foliage around the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe is fast disappearing

Farmers panic

THAILAND

High anxiety

The 20th century has taught us one thing. Use natural resources in a sustainable way or perish

RWANDA

UNITED NATIONS

Powai Lake dying

Barren continent

After the destruction of Europe's conifers, it took millions of years for the regeneration of forests

On a felling spree

Unkindest cuts

An amendment to the Orissa forest act gives sweeping powers to forest officials

Brazil

KENYA

KENYA