Similipal fires threaten fauna, could cause human-wildlife conflicts: Experts
The fires, which usually occur from March-May, started on February 23 this year and have also been partly blamed on people
Two held after tusker dies due to burn injuries near Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
The animal was being shifted to a relief camp for treatment when it collapsed due to septicemia and died
What’s on the menu for India’s most endangered canid?
Decrease in natural prey is a primary reason for decline in dhole population
Border, forest officials seize live pangolins, deer horns on Bihar-Nepal border
The pangolins were seized from the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in West Champaran district; the deer horns were found in Araria district
Union Budget 2022-23: Activists express disbelief at sanction of money for river interlinking
River interlinking projects including Ken-Betwa do not have statutory clearances, are sub judice and have hardly progressed in the last two …
Recently planted eucalyptus trees may have stoked Similipal fires, say experts
Afforestation of mostly eucalyptus trees has been done in 67,828 of 5,695,873 ha diverted land in the state, an official said
Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants
Allocation for other species reduced
Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival begins in Arunachal; effective conservation of iconic birds urged
PPHF was declared a ‘state festival’ by then-Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu in 2019
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Government welfare schemes slashed by half in 3 years
Women safety schemes, biodiversity, agricultural sector bear the brunt
Odisha: Gharial hatchlings spotted three years in a row, 35 seen this time
Critically endangered reptile hatchlings seen in Mahanadi river’s Satkosia gorge, a Ramsar site
Wildlife Week: Improved fielding can help overcome sour relations at Pilibhit Tiger Reserve
Human-wildlife conflict has led to strained relationships between villagers and forest staff
Wildlife Week: Trade in bones, taxonomic reclassification potential threats for Asiatic lions
Vying for attention with the greatly championed and more widespread Indian tigers, Asiatic lions may be fighting a difficult battle
2022 too short, too far: DTE’s top wildlife stories of the year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Albino palm civet sighted in Odisha after 129 years in Satkosia Tiger Reserve
A partial albino common palm civet was last sighted in 1891 in the state’s Kandhamal district
Sighting of desert cat termed ‘rare’ by MP is not rare after all, say independent wildlife experts
Sighting of the cat in jungles in not unusual, claim experts with ‘photographic evidence‘ captured as recently as 2018
SC order on eco-sensitive zone has no scientific basis, case-to-case ESZ needed, say experts
In these times of climate change, all pockets that hold biodiversity are eco-sensitive zones, they said
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नैनीताल हाईकोर्ट ने जिम कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में 6000 से ज…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 9, 2020)
Project Lion could displace Maldharis within Gir to create ‘inviolate space’
The proposal seeks to relocate 2,500 families of the community from the Gir protected area within 10 years
Kuno needs at least 50 cheetahs before wild cat population stabilises, expert tells central panel
More deaths of wild cats likely before year end; innovative actions to manage radio collar issues needed
Study offers clues on ecological gain of weeding out Lantana
Researchers look into effect of removing invasive bush in Madhya Pradesh’s critical tiger conservation site
Centre removes Bander coal mine from auction list but no decision on Chhattisgarh plea yet
Bander removed as it is part of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve
Tamil Nadu says no to Indian Neutrino Observatory project in Theni
The Tamil Nadu government filed an affidavit in the apex court stating the project in Theni would cause irreparable damage to the Western Ghats
Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation
Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …