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 …

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 …

Power projects fragment Western Ghats

NEEDED: A WAKE-UP CALL

Foresters need to throw away their blinkers. Scientists need to prioritise areas of research

TRAMPLED DESTINIES

What happens if conservation is based on half-baked knowledge? Ask a person rendered homeless by wildlife managers "No conservation strategy …

WORKING IN ISOLATION

A mutual lack of trust and understanding between forest officials and wildlife scientists may be responsible for the mismanagement of India's …

CONSERVATION TO DEATH

Misguided conservation efforts are leading to depletion of biodiversity and exploitation of poor people

Hold tight

Behold: eco-development is here, again

After dosage

Will the idea of eco-development survive?

Conserve or pickle?

Eco-development in India had no clue

Lost in transit

A gravy train called eco-development, now derailed

Imagining IEDP

A US $67 million question: how would the eco-development project money be spent?

Brazil

Is the army guilty?

Ineffective

Protected areas fail as refuge

The jungle bungle

World Bank makes a hollow attempt of involving NGOs in a project for the management of protected areas

CONSERVATION EFFORTS

MEXICO

Endangering birds

Gap species

Endangered species are not adequately protected in their habitats

Blind entrustment

Mining bane

Stir over fresh threat to Indonesian forests

In the name of rationalisation

Himachal government plans to denotify four sanctuaries

MEXICO

Proposals put on hold

Panel for second look at diverting protected forests