Humans first
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Restore ecosystems or suffer a lower standard of living
Andre F Clewell , a US-based botanist and plant taxonomist, has for the past 15 years been working on ecological restoration. This relatively new …
Beware of Policymakers
PEOPLE, PLANTS AND PATENTS: THE IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION, TRADE AND RURAL SOCIETY·Crucible group&…
A bushful of medicine
Seabuckthorn, a plant with numerous medicinal properties, grows wild in India. Rural communities are the losers
Eyeing the coastlines
Further dilution of the rules safeguarding the Indian coastal ecosystem has just been proposed. Under the guise of providing land to poor …
Ecological poverty
Skewed solutions
The long-awaited wildlife board meeting chalks out a strategy but grey areas remain
Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass
Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria
Fishworkers' campaign draws attention to the sale of marine waters
Tragopan country
Murder in the sanctuary
The killing of tigers and of forest guards in Ranthambore is the result of a conservation strategy that took away the rights of the local people …
Wanted: habitat
After being displaced from their natural habitat, bats are taking refuge in abandoned mines, buildings and houses
Twice Unlucky
In 1962, it was the Indo-Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the …
Call of the wild
A unique festival epitomises efforts for conservation of Assam rainforests which have been lying in a state of neglect for decades
EU climate law sets direction but lacks urgency: WWF
We need a climate GPS system, but this proposal is only a compass, it said
Nature's invaluable services
>> What has Nature Done for Us, by Tony Juniper, Profile Books, Rs 917
An army of mad trees
J K Tiwari and Asad R Rahmani profile a tree that is changing the face of Kutch
Give rivers their rights, activists tell IUCN World Conservation Congress
Only 37% of rivers longer than 1,000 km still flow freely due to dams being built on them
Ecopoetry is artistic resistance, says K Satchidanandan
In a conversation with Down To Earth, the bilingual poet speaks profoundly on the capitalist idea of development and consumerist madness …
20 years of talks later, half the Earth’s surface area to have binding environment treaty
United Nations members negotiate instrument under UN Convention on Law of the Sea to conserve, sustainably use marine biological diversity of …
Uttarakhand lets in: Migrants bring city, drop sustainability
Scarcity, conservation, equitable and fair use of limited resources does not apply to them.
Canadian scientists develop new antibiotic that prevents cell division
Older antibiotics like penicillin kill bacteria by preventing their cell wall from being built in the first place
CITES CoP 2019: Otters given highest protection from trade
Asian small-clawed as well as smooth-coated otters have been included in Appendix I of CITES
Should we confer legal right upon nature?
French philosopher Michel Seres had long ago proposed the idea of agency for the natural environment as a whole so that its rights can be protected
Under the Sal Tree—theatre of nature
Under the Sal Tree theatre festival is a unique concept where plays are organised inside a Sal forest in Assam's Goalpara district. This is an eco-…