High hopes

Conservation area projects in Nepal prove that people and protected areas need not be mutually exclusive

The hunt in Mudumalai: Missteps during 2021 tiger capture hold lessons

The successful live capture of MDT23 was a daunting task marred by missteps and challenges. By recounting the operation, I hope to inspire …

These national parks have no eco-sensitive zones even after 12 years

On noticing this, the Supreme Court has ordered that 10 kms around 21 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in nine states be notified as eco-…

Park in trouble

Proposal for an oil exploration site inside the Kirthar National Park outrages environmentalists in Pakistan

Forest ministry favours intrusion

The biggest threat protected areas across the country face right now is from their purported protector -- the Union ministry of environment and …

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE

Union Cabinet approves amendments in Wildlife (Protection) Act

Makes consultation with gram sabhas mandatory for notifying wildlife sanctuaries and national parks

Bioprates in the dragnet

Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim

31 iconic sites at risk from climate change, warns UNESCO report

The report gives a miss to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Sundarbans in India

Truth is more Slppery

Hydropower is northeast India's biggest resource. But the manner in which the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) is being implemented forces nitin …

Nowhere to go

What happens to living beings when climate change threatens even national parks and nature reserves

Oil company seeks legal nod to barge into marine park

How can one conserve a wildlife sanctuary better? By flagrantly trespassing on one part of it. Then picking up the tab for planting trees on …

Book The economics of biodiversity conservation valuation in tropical forest ecosystems

Book>> The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems

India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects

Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November) 

Ministry in a hurry

MoEF agrees to ridiculously small eco-sensitive zones to help projects bypass wildlife clearance

Jairam Ramesh withdraws guidelines violating FRA

Fresh guidelines for creating Critical wildlife Habitat to be prepared in consultation with Tribal Affairs ministry

Chaos in the iron age

After iron ore plunder in Bellary and Goa comes a Supreme Court order that adds confusion to chaos

‘Sambar poaching highlights the indifference to Reserve Forests’

Experts talk to Down To Earth about the killings of India’s largest cervid species

Tourism strictures on the anvil

MANAGEMENT MEET

Turmoil in the Earth's guts

The foundations of the Yellowstone National Park are still on the boil

Croaking

It has become difficult to find frogs and toads in Assam

Rhinos at risk

Emergency culling

Conserving a wild myth