BRAZIL

Primates losing race

'The forest mafia is very powerful'

AJAY S RAWAT spent six months in the Indo-Nepal terais to trace the methods of timber smugglers

Ridleys at risk

The Orissa government appears to be in no hurry to implement measures to save the turtles

Assam govt casual towards rhino conservation

Unabated rhino poaching in Assam irks governor

Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya says Kaziranga park director must resign if he can’t stop poaching

THAILAND

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Nepal's rhinos pay a price for political instability

New conservation body for Gir Lion

South Asia

Tourism-dependent nations value elephants

Ivory poaching: scientists trace origin to two hotspots in Africa

Researchers from the University of Washington matched the DNA fingerprint of ivory to the DNA profile of elephant dung to come to the conclusion

Rhino poachers arrested near Kaziranga

They were found carrying a rifle and a fake rhino horn, say forest officials

An official fiasco

Rhinos in trouble

Poaching and encroachments threaten one-horned rhionos at Orang National Park

Abandoned !

Months after five elephants were killed in the Corbett Tiger Reserve, authorities are yet to take corrective measures

Mapping the reek

The genetic variability of sandalwood trees in India has reduced considerably because of their increased susceptibility to diseases

Film review: A planet of hope

Kalahandi: A Planet of Herbs / Director: Amarendra Kishore / 28 minutes / English/Hindi

Two more rhinos poached in Kaziranga

US launches global initiative to fight illegal wildlife trade

Kaziranga loses 10 tigers

With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses

Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves

Saving the sturgeon

Savage harvest

Five tuskers fall victim to poachers in a hunting ground called the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Authorities grope in the dark with little ammunition