FORESTS: Losing its soul

Simian alert!

The orangutan is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction

No mermaid fairytale

A scientific conservation programme notwithstanding, the dugong remains in peril

Four leopards killed every week in India: WWF

Report warns that the endangered cat may reach near extinction as happened with tiger

Shrouded in controversy

A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people's rights over forests.

Jumbo problem

Spate of elephant killings forces rethink of conservation policy

Global Eco Watch: Leopard killed, eaten in Idukki as revenge for sheep-killing

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Caught in the net

The recent ban on shark hunting is only a partial victory for the conservationists. To make it a success, better networking between the coastal …

INDIA

Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area

Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India

Vietnam proposes legalising use of tiger parts in traditional medicines

International community, activists say move will undo tiger conservation efforts 

A look at some of the world’s most threatened forests

Unplanned and unrestrained activities for agriculture, industry and urbanisation are ruining our most important ally in nature—the forest

Elections hamper setting up police station in Kaziranga to curb poaching

Police station to have both police and forest department officers; collaboration necessary to handle wildlife crimes better, says Assam chief minister

COVID-19: How wildlife hunting increased in Tamil Nadu amid lockdown

Less availability of meat, long-term unemployment increased instances of hunting in Tamil Nadu

Letters

Dark twist to bright tale

Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of …