Similipal forest fire: It is time to act
Forest fires can be controlled in the first few hours; it is important to engage local communities in the first line of action
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
'Sariska's tiger reserve status needs reconsideration'
Ghazala Shahabuddin says the protected area may lack sufficient habitat for a viable population of tigers
‘India has to change its attitude towards leopards’
Leopard expert, Vidya Athreya responds to alarming report on leopard mortality, says finger-pointing must end
Apex court rejects petition against NH-7 widening project
Petitioners have been asked to appear before the Bombay High Court and inform it about the measures needed to be taken for tiger conservation
Lurking in danger zone
Wild animals are increasingly moving out of protected areas. What should the government do to ensure their safety?
'Poaching figure for this year is alarming'
Over 100 tigers have died in 2014 and 2015. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, head of wildlife trade monitoring agency Traffic, talks about the problems of …
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Experts call for people-oriented conservation
The total preservation policy has alienated people living in and around national parks and caused much harm to the forests. Experts say effective …
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Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced
Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?
Climate action worst-performing area for Indian tiger reserves, confirms Centre’s report
Overall management performance improved compared to last analysis but key parameters remain backbenchers
Protection assistant shot at by poachers in Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve, injured
Sunaram Singh consequently suffered two bullet injuries to his right leg as he and other guards tried to nab armed poachers
Floods threaten wildlife at VTR, Bihar’s sole tiger reserve
Floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of VTR following heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak river in Nepal in the last 48 hours
Similipal Tiger Reserve needs to be saved from forest fires. Here’s how much it is worth
A Union government report published July 2019 pegged the stock benefits provided by the reserve at nearly Rs 50,000 crore
Fire recorded at 23,000 points across Odisha in one week: Forest Survey of India
Rise in forest fires across Odisha this year can be clearly attributed to a lack of proper planning
Elephants' conflict of diet
It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being
Palamu Tiger Reserve land diverted without ministry permission
All state governments and UTs are restricted from diverting forest land without prior permission
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
How clean are our forests?
The inordinate focus on cities and towns seems to suggest that garbage doesn’t occur elsewhere. But that is hardly so
Back to basics
An air conditioning system that uses constant subterranean temperatures can become an ecofriendly alternative to conventional systems
Conflicts are no less around national parks, sanctuaries
First-of-its-kind study in India carried out in Karnataka finds number of villages affected by human-elephant conflict and the compensation paid …
Environment ministry backtracks on ban on tiger tourism
Will file an affidavit in Supreme Court, seeking review of guidelines that call for phasing out tourism from core tiger habitats
Centre pitches for Kerala
Environment ministry wants to revoke Karnataka’s ban on night traffic in Bandipur
Happily uprooted
A well-calculated compensation plan eases relocation pain of forest dwellers from the core area of Melghat Tiger Reserve