Global Eco Watch: 1.2 million Indians died of snake bites in last 20 years

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Elite in an ivory tower

Too little in environment ministry's kitty

Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most

Making slow headway

Hurdles in the way of a buffer zone in Arunachal tiger reserve

Green tribunal stays wall construction in Rajaji National Park

NGO says construction the wall would obstruct elephant movement

SC stays order evicting resorts near Mudumalai sanctuary

Madras High Court had given three months to vacate the area

Freight workers unaware of wildlife smuggling tactics

Traffickers disguise illegal commodities as common cargo

Forest panel clears Jindal's mining projects in Saranda forest

Approval given without waiting for wildlife management plan for elephant reserve

Global Eco Watch: Drying Sea of Galilee swells after years of drought

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Kerala government gives go-ahead to Athirappally hydel power project

Decision elicits angry response from a cross-section of society

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SAIL gets pristine forest to mine

MoEF flouts its own order by expanding mine in Saranda without wildlife management plan

Wild and kicking

One place in India where wild animals prosper

Jumbo problem

Spate of elephant killings forces rethink of conservation policy

Global Eco Watch: Leopard killed, eaten in Idukki as revenge for sheep-killing

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SOUTH AFRICA

JUMBO FAST FOOD

DWINDLING ELEPHANT POPULATION

ELEPHANT RESCUED

INDIA

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‘Rogue elephant’, ‘Crocodile-infested’, ‘Tiger-haunted’: It is all in the semantics

Language has shaped or disfigured landscapes, human communities, wildlife populations and our perception of the very earth we call ‘home&…

Burden or boon? Wayanad residents divided on wildlife as interest groups advocate trigger-happy responses

Since January, a pervasive anti-wildlife sentiment has descended over the district and violent protests erupted against animals and conservationists

Know what the Indian elephant, one-horned rhino and Asiatic wild buffalo usually eat and are eating instead

A shortage of food inside Indian forests is forcing these 3 megaherbivores to eat invasive species & farm crops

Activists point out dangers of highway through Bannerghatta National Park, demand shelving plan

NHAI’s six-lane highway to cut through elephant corridor, could increase human-wildlife conflict