WATER: Fading glories

Kashmir's dying lakes are choking their dependants

FORESTS: Losing its soul

1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions

Simian alert!

The orangutan is threatened by poaching and habitat destruction

In court

Forest officials kept eyes tightly shut

When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. …

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

South Asia

News - In Short

Misplaced pride

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 …

News 360° - Briefs

Sunderbans a land in limbo

INDIA

Poor enforcement, weak laws make poaching an easy game

Salman Khan might be in the arclights because of his poaching misadventures. But many people routinely get away with killing protected animals; …

Astray?

From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the …

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 

Device to check illegal trade of rare species

DNA trail nails ivory cache

Alligator delicacies in Brazil