Misplaced pride
In the name of the tiger
The current conservation model has led to increased human-wildlife conflicts
The green goblins
Fine the rulers
Stink in the leather belt
Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …
Clean up or close down
Threatened with closure on grounds of pollution, Palam Potteries adopted a waste minimisation method that brought down its smoke emissions and …
The trouble with the Trapezmium
A public interest petition in the Supreme Court to shift industries from the Taj Trapezium, based on a report forwarded by the National …
Carry on polluters
Some factories in Delhi are flouting a Supreme Court order to relocate polluting factories. Meanwhile, over 50,000 workers have been rendered …
Tall Blunder
In 1996, industries in Delhi were hit by a series of court orders requiring them to take measures to reduce pollution 1,328 industries were …
A new home
A tale of four rhinos from Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park to bardia, 600 kilometres away, the rhinos are forced to live in a new place for …
On shifting sands
Thousands in Bihar prepare to migrate, again, as the Kosi changes course
Sealed fate
The de-sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take-off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners
A village crippled by fluorosis
Government offers Rs 25,000 each to 109 BPL families to relocate; villagers turn down the offer
Leopards in my backyard
India is the only country where high densities of people and livestock share space with carnivores
Master plan for anarchy
The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …
Trespassers allowed
Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement
Happily uprooted
A well-calculated compensation plan eases relocation pain of forest dwellers from the core area of Melghat Tiger Reserve
Displaced for nothing
First Asiatic lion, then cheetah: officials struggle to decide which animal to introduce, and when, in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary. But they evict …
DANGER zone
If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat
Age of dissent
Six villages in Madhya Pradesh reject Centre’s proposal to declare their forest a wildlife sanctuary
Tiger reserved
Tiger tourism booms without proper regulation; new guidelines attempt to contain damage
Baigas in exile
Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief
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