CITES CoP 2019: Conservationist Vivek Menon wins Clark Bavin Award

Menon, who heads conservation non-profit Wildlife Trust of India, was awarded the award for his efforts towards wildlife enforcement at the …

‘Wildlife trafficking and crime are ever shifting and changing’

Azzedine Downes, president and CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) spoke to the media about various issues concerning global …

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

A modern day scare

A recent health scare relates to everyday technology—mobile phones’ potential to cause damage by radiation

Supreme Court lifts ban on tiger tourism

Directs states to prepare tiger conservation plans in six months

Supreme Court bans tourism in core tiger habitats

Court slaps fine of Rs 10,000 each on states that have not notified buffer zone around tiger reserves even after the deadline for it was extended …

Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastic carry bags

Earlier ban was only partial and had little effect on manufacturers 

Tackling wildlife crime dominated US-Africa leaders summit

Wildlife traffickers are now using networks long used for trafficking narcotics

High Court allows sale of PoP Ganesh idols in Nagpur

They are to be immersed only in artificial tanks

'Only closure of ivory markets can save African elephants'

Study by Wildlife Conservation Society underlines how illegal ivory trade, which has doubled since 2007, is causing rapid decline in elephant …

Bureau of Indian Standards failed to prescribe safety norms for mobile phones, towers: CAG report

Revised radiation limit to be in force from September 1 

CAG censures standards bureau for delays

Test check revealed delays ranging from one month to 18 years in making 137 standards of the sample 214

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others