Reviving East Timbalier

Compromised!

Tiger reserve security in Karnataka

Shawls, an antelope and the law

The question is not just of farming chiru. It is about the policy that a country should have towards wildlife conservation, forest dwelling …

Bridging the gap

Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has …

The beacon

Several social groups are trying to restore the link between Hinduism and the environment

Erosion of values

...and how it leads to environmental degradation

Defiling the sacred

How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion

Strangers in their own land

The final notification of the Great Himalayan National Park has jeopardised the livelihood of a tribe of migratory pastoralists. It has also …

The lake colony

Call them the "lakers". Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal (land and water) belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a …

Acid rain arriving soon in India

It wreaked havoc in Europe. Now scientists are worried that acid rain may soon acquire grave proportions in India. Acid rainwater may cause …

Colours of Nature

An organisation in Mumbai documents the presence of dyeing pigments in microbes and plants

Street food vendors threatened after court ruling

Dolphins return

Pollution of Hinduisim

Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is …

Andaman Trunk Road ignores SC order, affects Jarawas' lives

Study shows how Arctic sea ice loss accelerates permafrost thaw

Research finds that Arctic permafrost thawed in the past as well when there was no sea ice, leading to global temperature rise

वड़ोदरा का एक आश्रम दिखा रहा है दुनिया को जलवायु परिवर्तन से निपटने की राह

वड़ोदरा के एक आश्रम ने यह करके दिखा दिया है कि किस तरह दुनिया प्रकृति पर आधारित समाधानों की सहायता से जलवायु परिवर्तन के ...

Conservation of nature post-privatisation

The book Nature Conservation in the New Economy sheds light on how not to stray away from the idea of justice when dealing with a rapidly …

CITES CoP 2019: Giraffes accorded protection from trade for the first time

The giraffe has been placed in Appendix II of CITES, which places prohibitions on uncontrolled trade in a species

10 Most Critically Endangered Animals in the world

These 10 species are the most likely to go extinct in the next few years

Africa’s vultures dwindling, says study

Raptors diminishing across continent due to a number of reasons

Fishing in truobled water

Does India need to import exotic fish species, when the experience with them has not been particularly good? Besides, the country already boasts …

Last call

Will the song of the sarus be heard when the wetlands of Uttar Pradesh are drained?

Reptilian recovery

Once threatened, the gharials get afresh lease of life at the Kukrail Reserve Forest near Lucknow

Shifting blame

Avian diversity in the Northeast is better off with shifting cultivation than selective logging and monoculture forests