पर्यावरण मुकदमों की साप्ताहिक डायरी: नहीं होंगे पंजीकृत 31 मार्च के बाद बेचे गए बीएस-4 वाहन: सुप्रीम कोर्ट

यहां पढ़िए पर्यावरण सम्बन्धी मामलों के विषय में अदालती आदेशों का सार

Centre removes Bander coal mine from auction list but no decision on Chhattisgarh plea yet

Bander removed as it is part of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve

Botswana elephants episode: There’s a colonial underpinning to conservation

Conservation should indeed be a global priority. But understanding of the complexity and colonial roots of this problem and the shocking double …

क्या हसदेव अरण्य के कोल ब्लॉक्स ‘बेंडर’ की तरह नीलामी से बाहर होंगे?

हसदेव अरण्य क्षेत्र की ग्राम सभाओं द्वारा लगाचार चेताया जाता रहा है कि इस अति संवेदनशील जंगल का संरक्षण किया जाना चाहिए न कि ...

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

When exactly did the tiger colonise the Indian subcontinent?

Down To Earth popped the question to geneticists, historians and experts on the cat superstar. Here is what we were able to deduce

In the shadow of the tiger, its co-predators are suffering  

Hyenas, dholes, wolves, jackals and sloth bears’ ranges are shrinking and a tiger-centric policy cannot revive them, a new report shows

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) 

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

‘Molecular data and fossils are the gold standard for research on the tiger’s origins’

Down To Earth speaks to Samrat Mondol, associate professor at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, to know more about the origins of the tiger

सरिस्का टाइगर रिजर्व में अवैध खनन पर एनजीटी ने लगाई कड़ी फटकार

एनजीटी ने अवैध खनन के अनुमान, क्षेत्र में स्वीकृत खानों की संख्या और पर्यावरणीय आधार पर संवेदनशील क्षेत्रों में अवैध खनन की जांच के ...

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 10-14, 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

Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka

Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor

Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts

Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …

Nearly 213 ha in protected areas diverted between April and July

Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved 21 projects for diversion, deferred 7 for later

Nearly 500 ha forest land in protected areas diverted in 2019

Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife gave nod to carry out 68 projects in protected areas 

‘Hong Kong’s lost tigers show us a species once gone, cannot return’

Down To Earth speaks to journalist John Saeki about his upcoming book on the lost tigers of Hong Kong

CAG flags community centre under FRA actually MP govt tourist lodge in Pench

CAG slams action as being tantamount to misuse of powers by forest department and against spirit of Forest (Conservation) Act

जलवायु नहीं, 96 फीसदी लोग हैं मौजूदा जैव संकट के जन्मदाता : रिपोर्ट

शोधकर्ताओं के अनुसार स्तनधारियों की वर्तमान विलुप्ति दर डायनासोर युग के अंत के बाद से सबसे बड़ी विलुप्त होने की घटना है।

Wildlife Week: Trade in bones, taxonomic reclassification potential threats for Asiatic lions

Vying for attention with the greatly championed and more widespread Indian tigers, Asiatic lions may be fighting a difficult battle

Wildlife Week: Improved fielding can help overcome sour relations at Pilibhit Tiger Reserve

Human-wildlife conflict has led to strained relationships between villagers and forest staff

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE

Simply Put: Tigers & tribals

Project Lion could displace Maldharis within Gir to create ‘inviolate space’

The proposal seeks to relocate 2,500 families of the community from the Gir protected area within 10 years

बाघों की उत्पत्ति कहां हुई?

देहरादून स्थित वाइल्डलाइफ इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ इंडिया में असोसिएट प्रोफेसर सम्राट मंडल कहते हैं कि बाघों का विकास क्रम जानने के लिए वैज्ञानिक डीएनए का ...