Implementation of forest rights in protected areas virtually non-existent, claims new report
Implementation of FRA in protected areas has been virtually non-existent and claims filed under FRA lie pending for as long as since 2009
Around 20 tigers poached in Corbett national park in last two years: wildlife warden
The number of confirmed cases of tiger poaching in Uttarakhand has been the highest in the country
Ken-Betwa project gets wildlife board's approval
The project has a significant environment and wildlife impact as it passes right through the reserve where tigers had vanished in 2009
A tigress entered Almora from Corbett and was shot; Where is the accountability?
There is no vision to tackle incidents and situations of this sort in India; the country does not have infrastructure because political …
India’s 52nd tiger reserve, Ramgarh Vishdhari notified
Ramgarh Vishdhari, spread across Bundi, Bhilwara and Kota districts in Rajasthan, will be a major corridor connecting tigers of Ranthambore and …
International Day of Forests: Can India shift from a ‘plantation’ mindset to an ‘eco restoration’ one
On World Forestry Day 2022, a retired forest officer offers some suggestions on India’s future forest policy
Conservation plan chalked out after 150 vultures spotted in Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve
A rescue centre for vultures will be set up in the reserve’s Ganauli range to increase the number of vultures
Similipal forest fire: It is time to act
Forest fires can be controlled in the first few hours; it is important to engage local communities in the first line of action
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
'Sariska's tiger reserve status needs reconsideration'
Ghazala Shahabuddin says the protected area may lack sufficient habitat for a viable population of tigers
‘CAG report on Bihar wildlife largely accurate but ground situation is evolving’
While CAG’s latest report on Bihar’s management of its wildlife sanctuaries and national parks is scathing in its indictment of the …
Conflicts are no less around national parks, sanctuaries
First-of-its-kind study in India carried out in Karnataka finds number of villages affected by human-elephant conflict and the compensation paid …
Uttar Pradesh plans its 4th tiger reserve in Bundelkhand
Ranipur Wildlife Sanctuary in Chitrakoot district has no tigers of its own; but pugmarks are frequently seen as tigers from nearby Panna frequent it
Protection assistant shot at by poachers in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve, injured
Sunaram Singh consequently suffered two bullet injuries to his right leg as he and other guards tried to nab armed poachers
Floods threaten wildlife at VTR, Bihar’s sole tiger reserve
Floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of VTR following heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak river in Nepal in the last 48 hours
Similipal Tiger Reserve needs to be saved from forest fires. Here’s how much it is worth
A Union government report published July 2019 pegged the stock benefits provided by the reserve at nearly Rs 50,000 crore
Fire recorded at 23,000 points across Odisha in one week: Forest Survey of India
Rise in forest fires across Odisha this year can be clearly attributed to a lack of proper planning
Elephants' conflict of diet
It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being
Corbett Tiger Reserve issues shoot-at-sight order to tackle poaching
The authorities have also issued order for extensive frisking of visitors to the park and barring villagers in the vicinity from entering the …
How clean are our forests?
The inordinate focus on cities and towns seems to suggest that garbage doesn’t occur elsewhere. But that is hardly so
Over 100 armed police deployed in Similipal National Park as forest staff go on strike
Two forest officers have been killed in a month allegedly by poachers, protesting forest staff raise demands
Hundreds of gharial eggs destroyed by floods in north Bihar
Two back-to-back cyclones in May, followed by early floods in June caused officials to release water into the Gandak river, thus destroying the …
Not yet April, but mercury at 44.6 in Odisha’s Baripada
Some 18,500,748 trees were felled in Odisha in the last 11 years, according to the state government
Tiger population doubles after tribals allowed to coexist in tiger reserve
The Soliga tribe in Karnataka is the first to have been allowed to continue living alongside tigers in reserved area
Similipal forest fire a jolt to livelihood of lac collectors
As many as 2,000 tribals, mostly women and who made craft items from lac, have been stripped of livelihoods