Bihar man-eater shot: ‘We need to put down problem animals for wildlife conservation’
Shafath Ali Khan, who was engaged by the Maharashtra government in the operation to eliminate Avni in 2018, released a book this year to narrate …
The multiple dangers of privately owning tigers and other big cats
Any presence of a big cat in private ownership is scientifically and morally wrong and poses challenges to human health, safety and security
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Tigers in South Africa: A farming industry exists — often for their body parts
These big cats aren’t native to South Africa and are considered an alien species
76 years of environmentalism
The most important gain of India’s environmental movement is the voice it has given to its citizens. This is the soul of the movement
DTE Coverage: Earth Day 2024
Our planet is in turmoil; Down To Earth reported on some major difficulties facing it
Parliamentary Digest (August 8, 2022): India generates plastic wastes of 3.46 million tonnes
All that was discussed in the house through the day
Panthera Tigris: The puzzle that is tiger taxonomy
The jury is still out on how many types of tiger are found across Asia
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 28 – November 3)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Simply Put: Sariska ablaze
Why are fires raging in Similipal?
The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts
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
Saseendran’s ‘tiger cull’: Kerala forest minister made a gaffe; but state’s human-wildlife conflict needs redressal
Removing invasive plants, restoring vanishing wildlife corridors and eco-restoration inside forests should be the solution to human-wildlife …
MoEF&CC chooses minerals over biodiversity, clears rail track in Western Ghats despite red flags
The Hospet-Vasco Da Gama project has the potential to “damage the integrity of the last remaining wilderness of the Western Ghats” …
RTI reveals MoEF&CC cleared 3 highway proposals disregarding WII’s views
Ranthambhore tigers, Chambal gharials and a host of other species could be in trouble due to the clearance given to the highway proposals
Move beyond tiger numbers
Project Tiger must now take a holistic approach to benefit the wild cats and communities
Simply Put: Caveman or forest staff
IN PHOTOS: This Kolkata journalist uses matchboxes to contribute to tiger conservation
Gopi De Sarkar, a phillumenist, has over 9,000 matchboxes, many of which depict tigers
Simply Put: Food and fire
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 8, 2022)
The forgotten tigons and litigons of Alipore Zoo and other hybrids: Part 2
‘Species’ is a concept invented by human beings. And that concept is not clear-cut
We need conservation frameworks that empower, incorporate forest dwelling communities
The history of Project Tiger, which completed 50 years this year, reveals systemic exclusion of oppressed caste forest-dwelling communities
Bihar’s only tiger reserve using green energy to provide water to wildlife during summer
Solar-powered pumps are being used to fill waterholes in the grasslands of VTR to provide water to tigers and other wildlife
Simply Put: Broken Covenant