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-…
Children of the earth, worshippers of nature
Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan human rights activist and peasant leader, was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Menchu was witness to the …
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
Conservation: a wider vision
A new method to conserve biodiversity views the problem from the point of view of an entire landscape instead of a single species
At loggerheads
While the state government is keen to introduce JFM, villagers say there is no need for that since they have been carrying out all protection …
Message in a baton
The decades after Independence saw rampant destruction of trees. This was followed by years of drought. It was then that the villagers realised …
Droopy dead
New findings suggest the vulture might be falling prey to an infectious disease. The scientific community is not yet certain if the vulture's …
Biodiversity eroded
CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL VALUES OF BIODIVERSITY, A COMPLEMENTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT·edited by Darrell Posey&…
Bioprates in the dragnet
Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim
Genes and extinction
GENETICS AND THE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES·Editors – Laura F Landweber and Andrew P Dobson·Princeton University Press·…
Will he beat around the bush?
He may not have a clean environmental track record. But as president, George W Bush will have to tread carefully
Once poachers now guards
At Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism
Gabon announces $500 million debt-for-nature swap deal for marine conservation
This is the world’s second-largest deal signed under blue bond to refinance the country’s debt and conserve marine resources
Did life evolve more than once? Researchers are closing in on an answer
Has all of life on Earth evolved only once, or are different living beings cut from different cloths?
More than 100,000 tourists will head to Antarctica this summer. Should we worry about damage to the ice and its ecosystems?
Visits are concentrated in highly sensitive ecological areas for only a few months per year
Halving pesticide use, dismantling dams: EU’s ambitious draft law to restore nature
The European Union has not been successful in halting the loss of biodiversity between 2011 and 2020
David Attenborough receives the UN’s most distinguished environment award
Attenborough’s career as a broadcaster, natural historian, author and environmental advocate spans over seven decades
Over 390 species of sharks, rays, chimaera in danger of extinction: Study
Overfishing, the biggest threat, is compounded by loss and degradation of habitat, pollution as well as climate change
World to suffer $10 trillion loss by 2050 unless nature is saved: WWF report
However, annual global GDP will be 0.02 % higher by 2050 if conservation of nature is done
Could invisible aliens really exist among us? An astrobiologist explains
A popular suggestion for an alternative biochemistry is one based on silicon rather than carbon