Hunger strikes forest’s exiles
Once called lords of the jungle, Baiga groups in Madhya Pradesh are starving on the margins of Kanha National Park. Shriya Mohan chronicles their …
Roaring ahead
There is enough genetic diversity in Asian lions and tigers for populations to be healthy
In short
Kaziranga National Park is a net carbon emitter; climate change may make it worse
The soil in Kaziranga is home to a large population of bacteria that release carbon dioxide as they breathe, adding to what trees and others …
Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala Assembly seeks presidential reference
Supreme Court failed to consider safety of people and possible loss of biodiversity, say legislators
Obituary: Nepal's fearless crusader for environment
His field-based scientific thrust and the fearlessness with which he put forth uncomfortable truths made him stand out
Murder in the sanctuary
The killing of tigers and of forest guards in Ranthambore is the result of a conservation strategy that took away the rights of the local people …
Letters
Maharashtra’s indigenous Warlis teach a lesson about peaceful coexistence with leopards
Locals report multiple safe encounters with the wild cats in the region
Too little in environment ministry's kitty
Reduction in ministry's budget by almost half expected to hit forestry research the most
Making slow headway
Hurdles in the way of a buffer zone in Arunachal tiger reserve
Unlikely man-eaters
Neutrino threat to Nilgiri wildlife
Relocate observatory site near Madurai: environment ministry
CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench
CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
GOT IT!
Think tourism in India and the first images that will flash through your mind is -- the Taj Mahal and the Indian tiger. Tigers, and the protected …
Forest fires singe Maharashtra
Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them
Subcontinent’s last cheetah was seen in 1997 in Balochistan: Divyabhanusinh at relaunch of seminal book
‘The story of India’s cheetahs’ was first published in 1995 and has more or less been the most exhaustive work on the cheetah …
Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka
Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor
Green tribunal orders state to restrict traffic around Kaziranga
Earlier this year, an expert panel had recommended construction of elevated roads to control animal deaths due to accidents
Assam government wants to build flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos
Elevated roads are expected to provide an easy passage to animals while moving between two adjacent forest reserves
BIG CAT CONUNDRUM
The tiger occupies a hallowed seat in India. Ecologists believe that millions of small ecological processes live out their routine lives under …
China admits to tiger skin trade at international forum
Around 1,600 tigers have been traded globally since 2000
Bor becomes smallest tiger reserve in India with four tigers
Conservation authority bends its own rules to declare the area a tiger reserve
Giraffe, 3 tigers die in Patna zoo
Authorities fail to provide treatment on time