The unseen invader

Lesser known invasive species Hyptis suaveolens is spreading across India

No food in forests: Lack of food is driving Kerala’s wild animals into human settlements

Spread of invasive plants, habitat destruction destroying food for herbibores, which in turn is affecting carnivores

Old mandate, new law

Agricultural Biosecurity Bill 2013 does not offer much to save India from bio-terror

Troubled waters

Nurturing effect of pine

Pine trees have helped restore native vegetation in Sri Lanka’s Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Giant snail invasion

People in Kerala village spend nights battling large snails that devour plants and nibble at walls  

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Economic growth brings in invasive species

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

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Studying gharials

Alien plants growing together threatening tiger habitats: Study

Multiple alien species affected soil nutrients in Kanha Tiger Reserve, put pressure on native forage plants and drove away herbivores

Rajasthan’s olive dream

An expensive project to grow imported olive trees is not yielding enough oil, and imposing other costs

Madhya Pradesh’s newest Ramsar wetland covered in invasive water hyacinth, threatening biodiversity

No migratory birds visited Sankhya Sagar this winter; connecting lakes Jadhav Sagar and Madhav Sagar also covered in green layer

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Bee farms to shops

Big firms control honey supply

Tilapia fish may have killed gharials in Chambal

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Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Concrete invasion

Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed

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Supa dam displaced lease out lands to paper mill

Invasive weeds threaten Nigeria

Grasping at grass

Maldharis resort to Forest Rights Act as forest department plans to restrict grazing on Banni grassland