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
Disappearing Act
Only special breeding programmes and creation of corridors can save the lion-tailed macaque from extinction
Who's to blame?
Management of protected forests is a hotly debated issue. In the absence of a sound policy based on a scientific approach, there are as many …
Survival at stake
Africa Protected Areas Congress calls for special aid for those affected by human-wildlife conflicts
Protected areas must be considered by Africa as the first option for climate adaptation and mitigation and must be reflected in the country’…
‘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
Cochin needs to preserve its green lungs
Documentary Haritham Director Rajendra Prasad Producer Jaycee Foundation and Gothrabhumi films
Bill of wrongs
In overhauling the wildlife act, MEF could ride roughshod over people's rights
Deer under threat
Recent deer deaths reveal the vulnerability of animals even in their natural habitat
Marine protected areas are underfunded. Experts discuss ways to address the funding gap
A well-managed and sufficiently funded MPA can restore good health to vulnerable ecosystems, help achieve global biodiversity conservation goals
Climate-smart marine protected areas can shield biota from global warming: Experts
Most current MPAs are located in coastal areas, while only 1.2 per cent of the high seas are protected
Robben Island joins list of 20 new protected marine sites in South Africa
Marine protected area management has to take a more human-centred approach and the benefits of protected areas have to be shared more equitably
Quiet Exit
Can the forest department save the Great Indian Bustard from extinction?
PROTECTING BEELS
CONGO
Crisis deepens
Urgent measures needed for sustainable conservation, funding in Africa: Experts
Panelists of 1st African Protected Areas Congress aim to draw up guidelines to save biodiversity sustainably
CWH Guidelines will decimate Protected Areas
A bare reading of the procedure outlined in the Guidelines makes it obvious that it is not facilitating a scientific analysis to secure wildlife …
Struggle for existence
Large-scale habitat loss and massive encroachment of the forestland have escalated the instances of wildlife-human conflict in recent times
High hopes
Conservation area projects in Nepal prove that people and protected areas need not be mutually exclusive
Study finds land availability limited to achieve biodiversity targets and apply climate mitigation strategy
Commitment of 120 million sq km for land-based carbon dioxide removal potentially conflicts with “30x30” target
Global meet to plan future of Antarctic marine ecosystems
Member nations of a commission that was set up 34 years ago start their first maiden meet in Australia’s Hobart
Abandoned !
Months after five elephants were killed in the Corbett Tiger Reserve, authorities are yet to take corrective measures
One step forward, many steps back
Some recent amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act could infuse new life into a fusty act, but there are others that threaten to pull matters back