Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question

Over the past nine years 5,940 African rhinos have been killed for their horns

Poaching taking a toll on gorilla, zebra population: IUCN

The Eastern Gorilla has moved from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Critically Endangered’ category with its total population now …

Half of Africa’s savanna elephants may disappear in less than a decade

Around 144,000 animals were lost over a seven-year period in 18 African countries

Draft wildlife bill to make life tougher for poachers, easier for industrialists

The draft, not yet in the public domain, proposes to turn the National Board for Wildlife, which can raise red flags against large industrial …

African countries square up for battle over future of ivory trade ban

Southern African nations are seeking permission to trade inivory, in direct opposition to the wishes of their northern neighbours

Assam floods: about 250 animals, including 17 rhinos dead in Kaziranga

The death toll is likely to rise after the entire floodwater gets out of the park

EU's new stand on ivory trade upsets East Africa ahead of key decision

EU officials argue that while the ban on ivory trade is right for some countries, it shouldn't be all-encompassing. It has called on African …

Why do we need to protect wildlife?

In a deeper analysis, it will appear that protecting wildlife is vital for the present as well as future generations

Why there is a need to protect wildlife?

In a deeper analysis, it will appear that protecting wildlife is vital for the present as well as future generations

Environmental crime on the rise, says report

More than one quarter of the world’s elephant population has been killed in the past 10 years

World Environment Day 2016: Sustaining our wildlife

We must depart from narrow solutions and find opportunities in our mountain landscapes to secure larger habitats, writes ICIMOD's Rajan Kotru

Eight including three guards arrested in rhino poaching case

Investigations likely to unveil a big poaching nexus, sources say

Is green militarisation a right response to curb poaching?

Such a step to protect wildlife, which is in practice in Kaziranga, has been criticised for alienating indigenous poeple

Tiger conference: snow leopard, big cat conservation and tackling wildlife crime high on radar

Participants focus on 2017 Snow Leopard Summit, tiger recovery programme and poaching

‘Russia will do its best to protect the Amur tiger’

Sergey Aramilev is the Deputy Director of the Vladivostok-based Amur Tiger Centre. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial Conference …

India’s tiger population up from 2,226 to 2,500: Javadekar

Environment minister Prakash Javadekar spoke of the positive trend in tiger population at the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference

Tigress and two cubs found dead in core area of Pench Tiger Reserve

The initial autopsy report suggests poisoning

More than 1,300 rhinos fell to poaching in Africa in 2015: IUCN

Poaching of rhinos is fuelled by the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia

Over 20,000 wildlife crimes recorded in India

Seizures of ivory, skins and bones of wildlife species represent only those cases which come to light

This week from the world of science and environment

Here's a weekly round-up of major environment and science news 

African tourism surging, but challenges remain

Security concerns, poaching are undermining efforts to promote tourism in the continent

Sri Lanka destroys ivory shipment worth US$3 Million

Lanka is the first South Asian country to publicly destroy seized ivory

Hong Kong to ban ivory trade

The city is a key link in the ivory trafficking trade and provides a strategic transit hub into mainland China

66th Standing Committee meeting of CITES underway in Geneva

National Ivory Action Plans, domestic legislation and additional measures to protect endangered species being discussed

Activists divided on rhino poaching numbers in South Africa

The numbers of rhinos killed in 2015 range between 1,160 and 1,500