Herb dealers
In Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district is the Great Himalayan National Park. An eco-development project meant to benefit people of Tirthan and …
GOT IT!
Think tourism in India and the first images that will flash through your mind is -- the Taj Mahal and the Indian tiger. Tigers, and the protected …
Opening up, but tread softly
April 2003 saw two diverse regions in India take a similar decision. Both partially opened the door to tourism in hitherto protected belts. One …
OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT
June 30, 2004: The India Eco-Development Project -- a project meant to enhance the country's biodiversity and provide people living inside and …
Wolf snapped in the Sundarbans for the first time
It is a stray individual that has dispersed nearly 350 km from the nearest wolf population in Purulia, say experts
Kaziranga needs both, animals and humans
We cannot straitjacket the park and its neighbouring areas into “humans-only” and “animals-only” landscapes
The return of Mowgli's mother
Rudyard Kipling gave us unbelievable stories about the humane wolf. Now, a court decision reaffirms the animal's vital role in the ecosystem
“The source of the danger is black people” — Why is racism normalised in conservation?
Extra-judicial killings of innocent people — including children — in Africa and Asia are airily dismissed as collateral damage in a &…
Barely surviving
With about 300 sq km almost stripped bare of forest cover, Africa's first national park battles for survival
Struggling to survive as
Marginalised by developmental processes, local people are fighting for their right to manage forests
Tiger numbers fine but vegetation declining in tiger reserves, warns study
The findings could be considered as eye opening as they reveal a blind-spot in generic protected area management approach
What's causing elephants in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu to die? Hunger and thirst
In last one week, two elephants died in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka due to dehydration and heat stroke
Suddenly tribal
Some wildlifers resorted to outdated anthropology to stop the tribal forest rights bill. They failed
The ethical and cultural case for culling Australia's mountain horses
Horses need to be removed from Australia's mountains.The debate now is around ethics and their role in Australia
National parks are luxury in Third World
KRISHNA B Ghimire, who is a project coordinator with the UN Research Institute for Social Development in Geneva, has done extensive research on …
For the people
Conservation policies practised in the developing world need to tread cautiously on territories which had for generations, belonged to the people,…
A new home
A tale of four rhinos from Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park to bardia, 600 kilometres away, the rhinos are forced to live in a new place for …
Time to change
Restrictions on use of natural resources in protected areas are driving the local communities dependent on forest produce for their survival to a …
Why southern Africa's peace parks are sliding into war parks
There are very violent confrontations in southern Africa's peace parks. This is partly due to a violent history dating back to the apartheid …
Experts call for people-oriented conservation
The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective …
Conservation at what cost?
Human Conflict in Conservation: Protected Areas - The Indian Experience Himraj Dang Publisher: Development Alternatives Price: Rs 295
"Future of local population rests on tiger-related tourism"
Jim Knight, UK's minister for biodiversity, landscape and rural affairs, responds to Kushal Pal Singh Yadav's queries on the British government's …
Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?
Three other famous tourist destinations have also been in the spotlight of the World Heritage Committee, with little indication that this has …
Money for a green cause
There is more than just fun for the occasional visitor to a national park - the economics of its conservation
In Mowgli's land
ANJOLI BANDYOPADHYAY visits Pench Tiger Reserve, the site of many a conservation scheme and finds the woes wrought upon the people there by …