Centre asks road-making authorities to avoid construction in protected areas

Get all clearances for unavoidable projects through national parks, sanctuaries: Ministry to NHAI, others

Will IUCN ban on domestic ivory trade spark a global battle on conservation?

Two blocs of countries seem headed for a confrontation over the issue of ban on ivory trade

Ivory poaching: scientists trace origin to two hotspots in Africa

Researchers from the University of Washington matched the DNA fingerprint of ivory to the DNA profile of elephant dung to come to the conclusion

Wild elephant may have died due to Maharashtra government's neglect

Non-availability of veterinary doctors has been cited as one of the reasons for the death of the animal

100,000 killed in 3 years, Africa may have no elephants in a few decades

Asia would be responsible for their disappearance, shows study that for the first time quantitatively demonstrates scale of illegal killing

Sacred assault

High stress levels are affecting the reproductive health of endangered Asian elephants in captivity, says study

In a favour of a lesser good

The latest round of negotiations on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has left little doubt that the South must fight …

Struggle for existence

Large-scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife-human conflict in recent times

Fighting for survival

Shrinking habitat due to deforestation has forced elephants to enter human territory in Orissa's Keonjhar district

Hunting elephants, rhinos and pangolins for trade may affect climate, says UN paper; here is how

UNODC paper highlights that illegal wildlife trade has implications for ecosystem function and resilience, including to the persistence of …

West Bengal’s tea-tribe voters have a jumbo problem

Workers in Majherdabri tea estate say no candidate is addressing their fear of elephant attacks

Environmentalists petition Obama to impose sanctions on Mozambique

African country is facing allegations of colluding with poachers, resulting in killing of thousands of elephants and rhinos

Abandoned !

Months after five elephants were killed in the Corbett Tiger Reserve, authorities are yet to take corrective measures

As told to Parliament (April 3, 2023): Over Rs 7,400 crore disbursed in 2022-23 for natural gas infrastructure

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary

‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …

South Africa to set up panel to look into rhino policy

New panel to review earlier recommendation of legal trade in rhino horn; look into trade and handling of elephants, lions, leopards

"Pre-Independence India did better conservation"

M K Ranjitsinh has been involved in conservation for more than 40 years. Rajat Ghai speaks to him about his latest book, A Life with Wildlife: …

Wildlife homicide

The book lays bare wildlife mismanagement and chronicles the demise of nature in the world's most biodiverse country

Savage harvest

Five tuskers fall victim to poachers in a hunting ground called the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Authorities grope in the dark with little ammunition

Africa’s Tanzania loses 60 per cent elephants to poaching

Neighbour Mozambique had recently revealed that it lost nearly half of its elephant population in five years

Rogues tamed

In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests of southern Maharashtra

Three elephants die on Bengal's killer track

Speeding trains have killed 43 elephants in Jalpaiguri since 2004; forest and railway officials propose constructing bridges, underpasses for the …

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill

The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …

CITES COP19: India’s freshwater turtle in danger of extinction

India puts forward proposal to move it to Appendix I; Common hippo, straw-headed bulbul, African elephant at risk too