Two more rhinos poached in Kaziranga

Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga

Assam floods affect 300,000 people, pose danger to wildlife

About 10,000 hectares of crop yield has also been destroyed

Assam on a platter

In short

Floods affect over 60,000 in Assam

Rains swell rivers in Assam beyond danger level; roads, houses submerged

In short

Assam bans mining in Kaziranga after Supreme Court order

The apex court had issued an order on April 12, 2019, ordering a mining ban along the southern boundary of the Kaziranga National Park

Numaligarh elephants’ home restored: Deopahar notified as reserve forest after 20 years

Deopahar was the centre of a fierce battle this decade over a notorious boundary wall constructed by the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam’s …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 16, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Eight-year-old shot by Kaziranga forest guard in 2016 shifted to AIIMS Delhi

The forest department is not paying for the treatment in New Delhi, claims the boy's family

Kaziranga braces to curb human-wildlife conflict ahead of monsoon

Water levels rise inside the park every year, prompting animals to move highlands in areas of heavy settlements

Unabated rhino poaching in Assam irks governor

Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya says Kaziranga park director must resign if he can’t stop poaching

Highway widening near Kaziranga: bailable warrants against top officials

National Green Tribunal says presence of Union transport secretary and highway authority chairperson necessary to decide on plea seeking stay on …

Wife of Kaziranga director accused of violating wildlife rules

An alleged night safari brings out the growing tension among the locals living in the vicinity of the national park and the officials protecting …

'Assam officials widened Kaziranga highway instead of taking steps to protect wildlife from accidents'

Wildlife activist files affidavit before green tribunal saying he was forced by state government officials to sign site inspection report in …

Assam floods: 85% of Kaziranga submerged, 9 one-horned rhinos dead

The national park is home to more than 2,000 one-horned rhinos, the largest population of this species in the world

Assam struggles to protect wildlife from accidents on Kaziranga highway

Government has expressed its inability to adopt suggested technical measures to curb animal casualties

Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse

The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …

Flood threatens Kaziranga

Heightened risk of poaching as animals tend to leave the park area to take shelter on higher land

Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga

247 accused arrested with high-end arms, but no poacher convicted for killing 149 rhinos in five years

Green tribunal notice on widening of highway passing by Kaziranga

Government plans to widen NH-37 in spite of frequent deaths of wild animals attempting to cross the road

Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories

Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel

Elections hamper setting up police station in Kaziranga to curb poaching

Police station to have both police and forest department officers; collaboration necessary to handle wildlife crimes better, says Assam chief minister

Environmental crimes threaten global security, says UN

Illegal forestry and ivory products worth up to US $213 billion a year are helping fund terrorists, militants and criminals