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 …

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

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

Elephant dies after falling in a pit at Patanjali project site in Assam

A total of three elephants fell in the pit, prompting questions on allocation of land in a possible elephant corridor to the company

Green tribunal orders state to restrict traffic around Kaziranga

Earlier this year, an expert panel had recommended construction of elevated roads to control animal deaths due to accidents

Assam government wants to build flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos

Elevated roads are expected to provide an easy passage to animals while moving between two adjacent forest reserves

Do elephants grieve? Maybe, though not in the ‘human’ sense of the word

The apparent emotionality and the wide-ranging individual differences in the responses of elephants to their dead do indeed deserve further study

Flood threatens Kaziranga

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

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

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 …

Elephants have first right on forest, says SC while ordering demolition of Numaligarh Refinery wall

The 2.2-km boundary wall has been erected in 2011 on an elephant migration corridor in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district, for the …

Two die during an eviction drive in Kaziranga National Park

Without making any arrangements to accommodate the displaced, police fire tear gas on people resisting eviction

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

Trouble in India’s rhino paradise

Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in 2016 — most recently on December 22 — but experts still see many reasons for hope

Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose

Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park

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 …

Curse of the horn

Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Once heralded as a conservation success …

Militants poaching rhinos in Kaziranga

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

MoEF challenges penalty on it for allowing industries to function near Kaziranga

Appeal to Supreme Court says Assam government responsible for implementing notification on no-development zone around national park

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