1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions

Guns, saws and double standards

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 …

For a common environmental ethic

Let's understand that species have both aesthetic and utilitarian values

Wild and unprotected

Poachers and smugglers continue to snip through the tatty net of existing Indian wildlife protection laws

Foresters blame itinerant tigers

Say they wandered out of Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh and were poached

Tiger farming: India debates China experiment

Silent killers

Snares laid in inhabited areas in Goa have citizens and officials caught in a noose of concern

Hornbills in peril

Hornbills, also known as avian farmers for their unique role in disseminating seeds and regenerating forest trees, are threatened by changing …

Wings Of Change

Migratory birds stage a comeback after a long hiatus as Kashmir wetlands get a fresh lease of life

To whale or not to whale

Nations for and against whaling clash once again, and fail to reach consensus

Fading fauna, forgotten people

There are a hardly any tigers left in Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh. But, says aparajita dutta , the park is rich in biodiversity, …

The changing face of India's lakes

Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and …

The salt of the earth

Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little …

The broken mirror

A pristine lake that once drew birds of several species today lies clogged with weeds, a victim of unplanned economic development.

Flight into danger

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

Maneaten

When news that there were no tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, hit national headlines, ritu gupta went fact-finding: what exactly was …

Two in bush is better

Poachers cross the line, protect birds

Indifferent villagers, guards doom Project Tiger

Indiscriminate poaching, abetted by government apathy and sympathy from villagers displaced from their traditional forest habitats, is fast …

Creating history in a hurry

Poaching led to record rhino deaths in Kaziranga

Blues for the big cats

Everyone knows of the tiger's endangered status, but the government seems unwilling to face the reality. So far, it has tried to resolve the …

Lost in woods

Environmentalists see red over wildlife bill in Bangladesh

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 …

Once poachers now guards

At Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve, deepa kozhisseri finds local tribal communities happily involved in forest protection and ecotourism