Bright and black

Female tigers at the Similipal reserve in Odisha are increasingly giving birth to black or melanistic breeds and catching rare worldwide attention

Community forest rights in critical tiger habitats under threat

NTCA's order to deny forest rights in tiger habitat has become a contentious issue

Should conservation be privatised?

Since the late 1960s, many African countries, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, have adopted a new approach to conservation.…

Maharashtra High Court quashes shoot-at-sight order against tiger

The court observed that the order was passed in violation of guidelines issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority

Around 20 tigers poached in Corbett national park in last two years: wildlife warden

The number of confirmed cases of tiger poaching in Uttarakhand has been the highest in the country

Uttarakhand forest minister blames UP poachers for tiger deaths in Corbett

Minister Harak Singh Rawat said increased fencing and drone surveillance will be introduced to curb poaching

30,382 wildlife crimes recorded in India

Poaching and wildlife crimes have increased 52 per cent in India even though the environment ministry claims otherwise

The catch in conservation

Ullas Karanth has many lessons to offer to make wildlife management in India more scientific

Tiger poaching in India has risen by 63% in two years

Despite the government spending Rs 15,000 crore on tiger conservation between 2014 and 2016, poaching cases rose by 63 per cent

"Pre-Independence India did better conservation"

M K Ranjitsinh has been involved in conservation for more than 40 years. Rajat Ghai speaks to him about his latest book, A Life with Wildlife: …

Implementation of forest rights in protected areas virtually non-existent, claims new report

Implementation of FRA in protected areas has been virtually non-existent and claims filed under FRA lie pending for as long as since 2009

Who will protect wildlife from the conservationists?

The environment ministry’s decisions on wildlife protection contradict the pledge for conservation

Tiger poaching issue reaches Uttarakhand High Court

The court has asked the respondents to file their independent replies on the seizure of five tiger skins in March 2016

New study shows over a third of protected areas in Asia are severely at risk of losing tigers

Southeast Asia more likely to lose tigers than South or East Asia, it says

‘India has to change its attitude towards leopards’

Leopard expert, Vidya Athreya responds to alarming report on leopard mortality, says finger-pointing must end

The green crusader

On the centenary of Indira Gandhi's birth, Down To Earth reveals her hitherto unknown role, that of an environmentalist

'Did the blackbuck and chinkara commit suicide?'

There’s a lack of seriousness in prosecuting offenders under the Wildlife Protection Act

CWH Guidelines will decimate Protected Areas

A bare reading of the procedure outlined in the Guidelines makes it obvious that it is not facilitating a scientific analysis to secure wildlife …

10 Most Critically Endangered Animals in the world

These 10 species are the most likely to go extinct in the next few years

Railway gauge conversion threatens Maharashtra's Melghat Tiger Reserve

Petition filed against proposed broad gauge conversion through Melghat 

9 human-animal conflicts every day in Bandipore, Nagarhole National Park

Most of these involved crop and property damage, shows data by the Wildlife Conservation Society

Wild Emergency: From sensational to sensible

The National Board of Wildlife’s recommendation that state governments use Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code while dealing with …

To conserve tigers, 2 villages in Jharkhand to be relocated

While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie

About 400 proposed infrastructure projects will destroy tiger corridors: report

Wildlife Conservation Trust recommends measures to achieve a win-win solution for development and wildlife

Critical Wildlife Habitat guidelines issued; NTCA order superseded  

Forest rights activists criticise Ministry of Tribal Affairs' decision to accept the guidelines without making any revisions or inviting comments …