Return of the green

A retired police officer takes up the task of restoring greenery in a remote Naga village

What Sariska's taught us

Tigers vanish while tiger-wallahs flourish

Optical camouflage may just be possible now

The ways of optical camouflage

Monkey business

Coping with the nuisanceof urban monkeys may be beyond human patience. But shooting or declaring them pests will not serve the problem. Only a …

Chased off

Pockets of salt manufacturing uits and an army firing range within the Wild Ass Sanctuary i Gujarat are scaring the animals away

Quiet Exit

Can the forest department save the Great Indian Bustard from extinction?

Killing them softly

Dolphins, the most playful and beguiling mammals of water, are on the verge of extinction. Awareness programmes will go a long way in preserving …

A question of control

Karnataka's new panchayati raj law has sparked a debate, with the Congress government saying it gives the people more power and opposition …

Sukhomajri at the crossroads

The forest department intervenes to spoil a successful conservation programme of a Haryana village. An assement by Richard Mahapatra

Who will play Cupid?

Pollinators, small insects like bees and butterflies, animals like bats and small birds such as the hummingbird, play a big role in helping …

The face of extinction

Species extinction is real, and not a scare. But the solutions conservationsists provide are simplistic and even more scary

A partial success

But escape clauses weaken radical decisions taken at the recent convention on biodiversity

Let's not slander conservationists

Wildlife needs conservationists from all walks of life, including those running eco-tourism

The environment needs painters, too

The modern onslaught: talus being pulled down. They are earthen walls surrounding plots of land, and have trees planted on them

Flight into danger

While cranes are regularly hunted in parts of Pakistan, villagers in Rajasthan are doing their best to protect these endangered species

Where a community maps its resources

It's a unique experiment. Three Kerala organisations are involving local communities to evolve a blueprint for development based on …

Where have all the people gone?

The ministry of environment and forests' plan to conserve biodiversity excludes the people.

New hope for the hirola

Kenyan Somalis use the court to prevent the Wildlife Services from translocating the endangered hirola antelope

Dying on the edge

To reduce human-animal conflict, a 14-km-long wall will be built along the southern border of Corbett Tiger Reserve. But wall will cost Rs 4.5 …

No return of the native

Giving villagers a slice of the pie

A programme in Zimbabwe strives to conserve wildlife and maintain development on the premise that villagers will utilise natural resources in a …

Teaching people green rights

Many groups across the country are working to educate the people on the importance of the laws that govern people's rights to natural resources.

Keep forestsshall feed

The Northern model of conserving tropical forests by completely eleminating humans from them will spell ecological disaster, and may aimed more …

Humans vs mangrove

Women panchayat presidents are no rubber-stamp leaders

Of the 12,619 Gram Panchayats in Tamil Nadu, one-third or nearly 4,200 panchayats are headed by women -- following the 73rd amendment to the …