China syndrome in tiger trade

BOOK>> HANDBOOK ON WILDLIFE LAW ENFORCEMENT IN INDIA• by Samir Sinha • Traffic India and Natraj Publishers • Rs 495

Syllabus panthera

Maharashtra offers new insights into wildlife management

1,411 tigers, and unanswered questions

Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced

Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?

Forest officials kept eyes tightly shut

When it was found there were no tigers in the Panna Tiger Reserve, P K Sen was called to join the government special investigation team. …

Near-extinct hard ground swamp deer see revival in Kanha

Species’ number increased to 800 in 2020, claim park authorities

सुंदरवन के पास वन कर्मचारियों पर हमला, चार घायल

वन कर्मचारियों पर हमला तब हुआ, जब वे बाघ की मौत के मामले में नामजद एक आरोपी को पकड़ने गए थे 

कार्बेट से गुजरने वाले रास्ते पर एनजीटी की रोक

एनजीटी ने 11 मार्च को उत्तराखंड सरकार की महत्वकांक्षी कंडी रोड परियोजना के कार्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व के कोर क्षेत्र से ले जाने पर रोक लगा दी

इन्दिरा का पर्यावरण प्रेम

राष्ट्राध्यक्ष के रूप में सम्पूर्ण कार्यकाल में वह संकटों से जूझती रहीं। हर परिस्थिति में पर्यावरण सरंक्षण के प्रति वचनबद्ध अनुराग के माध्यम से ...

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 

‘India has to change its attitude towards leopards’

Leopard expert, Vidya Athreya responds to alarming report on leopard mortality, says finger-pointing must end

Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans

At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat

Apex court rejects petition against NH-7 widening project

Petitioners have been asked to appear before the Bombay High Court and inform it about the measures needed to be taken for tiger conservation

Lurking in danger zone

Wild animals are increasingly moving out of protected areas. What should the government do to ensure their safety?

'Poaching figure for this year is alarming'

Over 100 tigers have died in 2014 and 2015. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, head of wildlife trade monitoring agency Traffic, talks about the problems of …

A forest guard’s life is tough

Conserving biodiversity at the ground is different from buzzwords of today’s conservation science

Our tigers, their tigers

Book>> Forest Of Tigers: People Politics And Environment In The Sundarbans • By Annu Jalais • Routledge • Rs 395

Exit villagers

Experts call for people-oriented conservation

The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective …

Conservation at what cost?

Human Conflict in Conservation: Protected Areas - The Indian Experience Himraj Dang Publisher: Development Alternatives Price: Rs 295

STATING REASONS

"Future of local population rests on tiger-related tourism"

Jim Knight, UK's minister for biodiversity, landscape and rural affairs, responds to Kushal Pal Singh Yadav's queries on the British government's …

Tiger farming controversy must not be framed in moral terms

Tiger that ate snakes