Heading Downhill

Thailand policymakers' volte-face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process

Tiger balm

Are community reserves the answer to conservation?

The 2002 Amendment to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972) -- the bible of the conservation movement -- calls for a new category of …

Protected areas are doing their job

Safeguards should be in place to expand the ambit of these areas, says study

HP snubbed

For denotifying forestland

Sikkim tribesfolk oppose proposed hydel projects

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  

Regreening of Japan

The Japanese have regenerated their forests twice after their large-scale destruction. But today, it is doing so at the cost of tropical forests …

Forest ministry favours intrusion

The biggest threat protected areas across the country face right now is from their purported protector -- the Union ministry of environment and …

Tree-fellers turn forest guardians in Bangladesh

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE

US govt halts funding for relocation projects in protected areas

The move comes in response to alleged human rights violations by WWF; likely to deal a blow to relocation project in Karnataka’s Nagarhole …

MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags 

The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …

Bone of contention

Neither Project Tiger nor the eco-development project can end the conflicts between the forest officials and the villagers in Ranthambhore

SOUTH AFRICA

High and dry

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

Republic of the Congo gets its first ever marine protected areas

Three zones include nesting grounds for leatherback turtles, critical habitats for Atlantic humpback whale

We have produced a new guide to decolonise language in conservation

We at Survival want to make people stop and think about why we use the words we do when writing or talking about environmental issues

‘Marine Protected Areas must be evaluated for effectiveness’

At present, focus is only on coverage; quality and effectiveness not assessed, point out experts

Skewed solutions

The long-awaited wildlife board meeting chalks out a strategy but grey areas remain

In short

Orissa government withdraws elephant reserve plan

Bhopal's Upper Lake threatened by tourism

Ban on grazing hits Raikas community hard

Sri Lanka grapples with elephant-human conflict