Selective saving

Victims of a green cause

Andhra salt-makers want recognition as farmers

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 …

World’s smallest dolphins may go extinct soon

Just 50 Maui's dolphins remain thanks to overfishing

Glaciers in western Canada to lose 70 per cent volume by 2100: study

Runoff from the melting ice will peak between 2020 and 2040

Gene that acts as moisture sensor in plants identified

The find can help in engineering drought-resistant crops

IUCN adds 361 birds to Red List

87 of these face extinction threat

Bat Tracks

On the tracks of two Indian bat species: one found in abundance, the other most elusive

Odisha fishers seek Rs 10,000 a month to make up for 7-month fishing ban

State ban on fishing by motorised vessels, trawlers to preserve Olive Ridley turtles starts today, November 1    

Fishing and coral reef degradation threaten parrotfish in Andaman

New study says presence of a protected area, live coral and algal cover, significantly influences distribution and abundance of the specie

Will IUCN ban on domestic ivory trade spark a global battle on conservation?

Two blocs of countries seem headed for a confrontation over the issue of ban on ivory trade

Left to die

The double-humped Yarkandi camels in Ladakh are on the route to extinction after the closure of the 'silk route'

Struggle for existence

Large-scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife-human conflict in recent times

Coconut capital

Toddy tappers in Kerala fought off social stigma and repression only to fight new demons like the government's excise policy

In Brief

In Short

Guns, saws and double standards

Wildmeat consumption at source countries greater threat to protected terrestrial animals than international trade

Around 70 per cent of species studied are hunted for wild meat consumption

Are Amur tigers ‘re-wilding’ China?

A camera-trap video recently captured a tiger family deep inside China

South Africa’s Cape Town restores landfill as natural reserve

Bracken Nature Reserve is rich with flora and fauna post-restoration

Tibetans breathe easy in high altitude with gene from extinct human species

Unusual gene variant prevents blood from congealing

Sounds of silence: a forest that survived 'development'

A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation

Outstanding grain

The aromatic enigma makes basmati a clear winner among grains. The lack of knowledge of what traditional basmati is and an inability to take …

Toda traditions in peril

Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? Tarun Chhabra on the eco-friendly Todas