Brief

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

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 6-10, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects

Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November) 

Environment ministry creates a record in forestland diversion

A new study by Centre for Science and Environment slams system of green clearances

Tigers on the prowl

Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months

Tigers fall prey to development

In southern Maharashtra an area rich in wildlife is being opened for plantations and mines

Bad for people, bad for environment

A new study by Centre for Science and Environment slams system of green clearances

Vietnamese zoo admits auctioning tiger

Letter

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News Briefs

Bihar deputy CM stirs up a storm with remarks on asbestos

Minister misquotes court ruling; gives views that contradict party stand

Grasslands in Western Ghats diverted for resort construction

The 120 room, five-star luxury resort is being built in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka in association with international hotel chains

Snippets

Science And Technology - Briefs

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

Letters

Cabinet approves setting up of wildlife crime control bureau

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

News 360° - Briefs

Whitley Award winner's mission hornbill

Hornbills, the awkward-looking birds with over-sized beaks, are important for the regeneration of Himalayan forests in north-east India. They are …