In Mowgli's land

ANJOLI BANDYOPADHYAY visits Pench Tiger Reserve, the site of many a conservation scheme and finds the woes wrought upon the people there by …

Fading fauna, forgotten people

There are a hardly any tigers left in Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh. But, says aparajita dutta , the park is rich in biodiversity, …

Bat Tracks

On the tracks of two Indian bat species: one found in abundance, the other most elusive

Maneaten

When news that there were no tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, hit national headlines, ritu gupta went fact-finding: what exactly was …

Indifferent villagers, guards doom Project Tiger

Indiscriminate poaching, abetted by government apathy and sympathy from villagers displaced from their traditional forest habitats, is fast …

Caspian tigers may not be extinct

Hunters are invited

At Pakke Tiger Reserve, NANDINI VELHO learns how a hunting tribe can be partner in conservation

High and dry

Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights

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 …

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 …

Unlikely man-eaters

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 …

Let the wind chase fire

Soligas of BR Hills say litter fire is the only way to salvage the sanctuary

Tadoba tiger reserve An unsafe haven

Trespassers allowed

Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement  

Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals

Astray?

From the Gir National Park in Gujarat to the Sunderbans in West Bengal, lions and tigers are ranging far beyond territories administered by the …

Tigers in, people out

Tigers buffered

Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear

Baigas in exile

Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief