COVID-19: Animal advocates want illegal pet, meat marts shut

Five organisations write to Union health ministry, urging action in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic

Cheetahs disappearing faster than you thought; population in Asia hardest hit

Just 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild, occupying only nine per cent of the territory they once lived in

FAO chief wants effective implementation of treaty to combat illegal fishing

Each year, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is responsible for annual catches of up to 26 million tonnes with a value of up to $ US 23 …

Experts warn of 'do or die' situation for many animals ahead of CITES meet

Support has been expressed for the greater protection of Sunda pangolin, Chinese pangolin, thresher and silky sharks

Trunk call

Magazine>> Ivory Trade • South Africa

Elephant memories apart

Tania James offers an insight into the elephant's mind, while exploring the human-animal conflict through a range of narrative techniques

Wild cats rescued from poachers in Uttar Pradesh could be rare caracals

Out of the six animals rescued, five of them resembled caracals

India adopts SAWEN statute against wildlife crimes

The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister, gave its approval for adopting the statute

Bare bone structure

Large chunks of slender loris habitat already lost, need protected areas for endangered primate: Expert

Down To Earth spoke to Honnavalli N Kumara about the importance of conservation of the species and the existing threats to its population

How ‘tiger farms’ have turned a wild animal into a species worth more dead than alive

Tigers in parts of east and south-east Asia can come in bottled form, sold openly in industrial breeding centres as tiger bone wine, a concoction …

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (February 3 – 9, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

India is third largest importer of illegally-logged wood: IUFRO

With an annual import value of over Rs 40 billion, the country accounts for close to 10 per cent of the global illegal wood trade

CITES adopts resolution to end corruption in wildlife trade

This historic resolution aims at eliminating corruption at every stage of wildlife trade from poaching to selling of wildlife products

Natural resources can pay for Myanmar's needs

The government can allocate money more rationally between ministries and set ministry spending limits based on available resources, thanks …

China syndrome in tiger trade

BOOK>> HANDBOOK ON WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN INDIA• by Samir Sinha • Traffic India and Natraj Publishers • Rs 495

End of innocence

Sumana Narayanan inadvertently walks the thin line between a curio and wildlife contraband

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Burdened beast: India’s donkeys are disappearing; here is why

A fall in demand as a beast of burden, and illegal meat and skin trade have caused a critical decline in donkey numbers

Lift ban on shahtoosh trade in Kashmir; provide livelihood options: panel to Centre

The panel has urged Centre to conserve and breed chiru goats as that will revive the shatoosh industry and also the chiru population

Illegal sand mining around the world: islands disappear; livelihoods at stake

As demand for usable sand surpasses supply, illegal miners are stripping riverbeds, beaches and causing irreversible damage to environment

Thirty one per cent of world’s cacti facing threat of extinction: IUCN

Unscrupulous collection of live plants and seeds for trade and private ornamental collection affects 47 per cent of the threatened species

'Poaching figure for this year is alarming'

Over 100 tigers have died in 2014 and 2015. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, head of wildlife trade monitoring agency Traffic, talks about the problems of …

Concealed trade

E-Commerce>>Wildlife • Japan

Four leopards killed every week in India: WWF

Report warns that the endangered cat may reach near extinction as happened with tiger