Bustards to lose ground

Supreme Court orders denotification of irrationally big sanctuary

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Park for mariners

Living on the edge

Does tourism really suffer at sites listed as World Heritage In Danger?

Three other famous tourist destinations have also been in the spotlight of the World Heritage Committee, with little indication that this has …

Green nod to 87 development projects in 2 years; 2.3 million trees to be felled: MoEFCC

Of these infrastructure projects, three highway projects will fall in Protected Areas

Bushmen's letter to president

Protected areas can help water birds adapt to climate change: Study

The shift in range of wintering water birds across protected areas in Europe and North Africa was 40 per cent faster than others

Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose

Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park

Should conservation be privatised?

Since the late 1960s, many African countries, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, have adopted a new approach to conservation.…

PepsiCo vs potato farmers: ‘Gujarat will fail farmers if it succumbs to corporate lobbying’

Activists oppose govt’s attempt to settle the matter with the company

‘Protect & conserve model’ displaced 13,450 families from 26 protected areas in 2 decades

The number of protected areas increased to 870 in 2020 from 67 in 1988, the study stated

What’s on the menu for India’s most endangered canid?

Decrease in natural prey is a primary reason for decline in dhole population

Talks begin in Australia for creating two Antarctic marine sanctuaries

Proposals for creating the protected areas have been pending for five years

Unsustainable hunting & recreational activities a primary threat to global protected areas: study

A study which assessed around 2,000 protected areas across 149 countries shows unsustainable hunting, tourism & forest fire can degrade the …

Who will protect wildlife from the conservationists?

The environment ministry’s decisions on wildlife protection contradict the pledge for conservation

Centre asks road-making authorities to avoid construction in protected areas

Get all clearances for unavoidable projects through national parks, sanctuaries: Ministry to NHAI, others

Reserve game

Wife of Kaziranga director accused of violating wildlife rules

An alleged night safari brings out the growing tension among the locals living in the vicinity of the national park and the officials protecting …

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

SC order on eco-sensitive zone has no scientific basis, case-to-case ESZ needed, say experts

In these times of climate change, all pockets that hold biodiversity are eco-sensitive zones, they said

Environment ministry approves proposals for 176 eco-sensitive zones

According to the government, only 15 notifications were issued between 2006 and the middle of 2014

Missing the grass for the trees

Overprotection of grasslands in India is leading to its decline

Africa Protected Areas Congress puts spotlight on protection and conservation of biodiversity

First-ever meet by IUCN to outline long-term strategies; to give voice to marginalised communities  

Lost in woods

Environmentalists see red over wildlife bill in Bangladesh