Olive Ridley ‘arribada’ at Odisha’s Gahiramatha ends

407,194 turtles laid eggs in the marine sanctuary from 14-21 March, 2020

Bird watchers' paradise

Chilika Lake, Asia’s largest lagoon in Odisha, celebrated the second edition of National Chilika Bird Festival, January 27-28, 2019

Forests under fire

We need not burn forests to get good fodder for cattle. Our lands are rich with green grass without the fires

‘Gahirmatha dolphins migrated to deep sea due to climate change’

According to January 2020 census, only 62 dolphins were spotted at Gahirmatha — down from 126 in 2019 

Dolphin population in Odisha's Gahirmatha halves: Annual census

Total 233 dolphins spotted across Odisha, down from 259 in 2019, 270 in 2015

Roars in lost land

As tigers are sighted in high mountains scientists wonder if they have always lived there or are migrants in search of a better habitat

Fisherman shot dead near sacred Odisha sea turtle sanctuary

Marine fisherman gunned down by armed coast guard personnel within Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary as turtle mating season underway

Sylvan suburbia: Why a forest corridor between Delhi and Haryana needs legal protection

Apart from housing rich wildlife, the forest corridor spread across Gurugram, Faridabad and the Asola Sanctuary also protects the National …

भारत में फिर से फर्राटा भरेगा चीता !

अफ्रीकी देश नामीबिया से लाकर कुछ चीतों को प्रयोग के तौर पर मध्यप्रदेश के नौरादेही अभ्यारण्य में बसाने की संभावना बढ़ गई है

Barrage repairs at Okhla park force birds out in breeding season

Irrigation officials dried up the wetland for 15 days for the task, but ecologists claim the repairs are not needed every year

On the trail of rampaging elephants

Down To Earth reporters visit human-elephant conflict zones and discover that affected people are increasingly venting their ire on forest staff …

Tagged Oliver Ridleys return to Gahirmatha after a decade

Around 4.6 lakh turtles have already laid eggs at Gahirmatha marine sanctuary, while their mass nesting started in February 

Plight of marine fishermen in Odisha’s turtle zone

The seven-month-long fishing ban and the perpetual bad weather are making life difficult for state fisher folk

NGT stays construction in college campus in Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary

Green tribunal says Sharda Group, which runs the Anand Engineering College, has violated conditions of environmental clearance

Mangroves and Khazan agriculture: Sustaining Goa’s promise for fish, curry and rice

Lands under estuarine agricultural system, called Khazan farming, are in state of decay 

Desertification in India: Mining monstrous for Goa, but urbanisation digs a bigger hole

Lack of planning has potential of becoming the biggest degrader of land in Goa

How pumped storage project inside Sharavathi Valley can threaten lion-tailed macaque

Sharavathi is one of the most exploited rivers in India; it flows for 132 km, but 4 major power projects on it produce 40% of all hydroelectric …

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

MoEF says no to radar installation in Narcondam hornbill habitat

The island in Andaman Nicobar is the only abode for the highly endangered bird

Mumbai to have a flamingo sanctuary

NGO had sought forest department's intervention to save bird habitat

Special enclosure at Pench for orphaned tiger cubs

Centre allocates Rs 1.05 crore  

Draft notification on eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary cleared

Government brings eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km, as suggested by NGT, to 1 km

Maharashtra to notify the much-delayed Sahyadri tiger reserve

Finally, a recovery programme for the neglected bustards

Will MoEF plan save the rare birds endemic to Indian grasslands?