Desertification in Africa: 10 things you must know

In Africa, desertification is said to be happening at an estimated 20,000 hectares per year

Graziers protest land diversion

The last remaining contiguous grasslands in Karnataka diverted for development

Villagers veto sale of grazing land to Mundra SEZ

The goat gamble

It has been a slow and steady shift over decades. Forced by declining returns from farming in ecologically fragile areas, small farmers have been …

Act before vicious cycle sets in

Without a grazing policy the goat economy can go bust

Dalit farmers in Kasauli march to common grazing land

They held a cattle grazing drive to show they won’t give grazing rights on the land, which the upper castes claim is theirs

How 40 villages in Odisha came together to address water crisis

Charmalik has recorded a 2-2.5 ft increase in the surface and sub-surface water level since 2010

Drought in Kenya forces herders to invade wildlife habitats

Over the past few weeks, about 10,000 nomadic herders have systematically targeted private game lodges, ranches and smallholdings

Grazing concerns

Over-grazing is leading to the degradation of pasture lands

NEEDED: A WAKE-UP CALL

Foresters need to throw away their blinkers. Scientists need to prioritise areas of research

Village in arms

TRAMPLED DESTINIES

What happens if conservation is based on half-baked knowledge? Ask a person rendered homeless by wildlife managers "No conservation strategy …

WORKING IN ISOLATION

A mutual lack of trust and understanding between forest officials and wildlife scientists may be responsible for the mismanagement of India's …

CONSERVATION TO DEATH

Misguided conservation efforts are leading to depletion of biodiversity and exploitation of poor people

Global food companies fail to ensure deforestation-free beef

No initiative by top global brands to check deforestation in South America, finds study

Greenhouse gas emissions from man-managed grasslands similar to global croplands

Study highlight need to use sustainable management to preserve and enhance soil carbon storage of grasslands

Humans may have transformed the Sahara from lush paradise to barren desert

The world's biggest desert used to be green, lush and full of hippos. A new theory suggests humans could have tipped the environment over the edge

Pune protests Dow research facility

Costly silence

No one is debating where goats will graze

Keep on the grass

Alpine pastures are thriving despite policies to encourage grazing. But Himalayan pastures languish despite strong conservationist policies

MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION

Knowledge without power, and power bereft of knowledge. This, in sum, is the story of mismanagement of wildlife and protected forests in India. …

Human activities are eating into reindeer grazing land in Europe

Multiple stresses affect 60% of Fennoscandia region; High risk of vegetation and landscape change in the future, finds study

Maharashtra, pollution board differ on Dow plant

Bird in danger

Saving the black-necked cranes in India requires protecting its habitat

Slow drowning of Tibetan grasslands fenced in by Beijing

Drastic changes are being set-off in the sensitive Tibetan region, but climate change is not the only culprit