Sunderbans a land in limbo

Uncertainty of conservation science

Species that need protection are rare, shy and difficult to spot

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Panna’s poaching nexus exposed

Staff of the tiger reserve worked hand in glove with poachers, while the state government kept its eyes tightly shut

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 …

Making slow headway

Hurdles in the way of a buffer zone in Arunachal tiger reserve

Relocate sensibly

It has never been based on any scientific forest-specific study

It can be painless

Some civil servants have relocated forest dwellers successfully

It’s not just about a good holiday

Making ecotourism work for all stakeholders requires a new vision

Invasion of tiger reserve

Are religious pilgrimages only about faith and religion?

Don’t just cash in on tigers

Nature-based tourism: from rhetoric to reality

Vietnam proposes legalising use of tiger parts in traditional medicines

International community, activists say move will undo tiger conservation efforts 

Environment ministry favours tiger safari in buffer zones

Says will help in conservation efforts

Tiger safari awaits help

'Last' census begins

Tiger trapped

Forest staff helped poachers in Panna Tiger Reserve: report

This resulted in wiping out of tiger population in the reserve in 2008

77 tigers go missing in Maharashtra

Census figures do not show whether tiger population in the state is rising or falling

Tiger transfer

With more tigers now, government decides to redistribute big cat

Calls for conservation of tigers outside tiger reserves as well

Extinction is all encompassing

Important dimension added to the conservation process

World’s tigers should be classified into two species only, says study

‘Classification of tigers into too many subspecies reduces the scope of action for breeding or rehabilitation programmes’

Tale of the wild

With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses

Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves

Piecing together problems with conservation in India

Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis directed by Arindam Mitra and Chandramohan Puppala, producer, Arindam Mitra 77 mins Tiger The …