Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 9, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)
An open letter to forest denizens to avoid being roadkill
The hapless leopard, imprudent tiger, unreasonable tortoise, witless pangolin, incautious deer and the irrational elephant should just stop …
Global Eco Watch: Many factors may have caused muskrat decline in North America
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Kerala government gives go-ahead to Athirappally hydel power project
Decision elicits angry response from a cross-section of society
COVID-19: How wildlife hunting increased in Tamil Nadu amid lockdown
Less availability of meat, long-term unemployment increased instances of hunting in Tamil Nadu
Global Eco Watch: Bumblebees bite leaves to make plants flower early
Cyclone Amphan’s damage to Sundarbans’ wildlife not known yet
People dependent on the mangrove forest such as honey collectors and fishermen will be affected too
COVID-19, bad weather affect livelihoods in Bengal's Sundarbans
Inhabitants forced to enter forest areas that are home to man-eaters, other wild animals
US tiger coronavirus positive; wildlife and zoo alert in India
Zoo keepers not to be allowed in vicinity of animals without safety gear
COVID-19 lockdown: Wild animals freely roam Bihar’s forests and fields
Leopards, nilgai and tigers, all have appeared in human-dominated areas
Gaur back in Valmiki Reserve thanks to increase in grassland cover
At least 150 gaur in the reserve currently, according to information from camera traps
Near-extinct hard ground swamp deer see revival in Kanha
Species’ number increased to 800 in 2020, claim park authorities
How Maharashtra’s dam on ‘Human’ river threatens tigers
The dam proposed at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve threatens to submerge more than 90 per cent of a 7-km forest area
Camera traps click ties between species in Sumatra
The traps, deployed for eight years as part of a study, recorded the haunts and habits of dozens of species
Wildlife recall: Manas National Park's experiment with former poachers
Once in the grip of armed insurgency, a national park has lessons in wildlife management
Union Budget 2020-21: Big chunk goes to tigers and elephants
Allocation for other species reduced
New MoEF guidelines for elephant deaths from anthrax
Environment ministry suggests official team to collect biological samples, dispose infected carcasses safely and map anthrax hotspots
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 28 – November 3)
Tiger numbers fine but vegetation declining in tiger reserves, warns study
The findings could be considered as eye opening as they reveal a blind-spot in generic protected area management approach
How tribals of Madumalai Tiger Reserve were robbed of compensation
According to 21 tribal families forest officials allied with property dealers to dupe them of the money for relocating from the reserve in Tamil Nadu
Tiger kills man near Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar
Victim was a farmer working in his paddy field when he was attacked
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2019)
Bihar plans another tiger reserve in Kaimur
The forests of Kaimur district, which include the Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, have been earmarked as a second reserve for tigers since the Valmiki …