Will Madhya Pradesh retain its ‘Tiger State’ tag this year?
This year, 40 tigers died in MP — the highest in India
Corbett Tiger Reserve issues shoot-at-sight order to tackle poaching
The authorities have also issued order for extensive frisking of visitors to the park and barring villagers in the vicinity from entering the …
Day of the tiger?
Allegations fly thick and fast, as a disputed report on saving the Indian tiger blames the government and NGOs for inaction
Bihar man-eater shot: Here is when an order can be given to put down such an animal
If a tiger / leopard begins to seek out, stalk and wait for human beings and has, after killing a person, eaten the dead body, it is established …
Low tiger population haunts newly notified Navegaon-Bandh Nagzira reserve
Activists say notification of reserve may intensify conflict between forest department and locals
Tiger population doubles after tribals allowed to coexist in tiger reserve
The Soliga tribe in Karnataka is the first to have been allowed to continue living alongside tigers in reserved area
Uttarakhand forest officials try to capture tiger that killed 2 in December
Forest authorities are trying to tranquilise the tiger and not shoot it, says chief wildlife warden
How Maharashtra’s dam on ‘Human’ river threatens tigers
The dam proposed at Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve threatens to submerge more than 90 per cent of a 7-km forest area
Only 3,000 tigers left in the world, says IUCN
While India has registered an impressive growth in the tiger population, studies reveal that the big cats could be wiped off the face of the …
We hope to see Amur leopards back across their historic range in two decades: Taisiia Marchenkova
Down To Earth speaks to Taisiia Marchenkova, a researcher in the Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia, on the Amur leopard, the ‘…
India's killer wire snares
New analysis reveals the damage done to wildlife by poachers' wire snares over the past one decade
Substantial decline in tiger population
With a sharp fall in India's tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests has decided to set up special teams to deal with poaching.
Stripe strikes
The rising incidence of tiger poaching may be checked with the creation of a proposed strike force
Dark twist to bright tale
Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of …
India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411
Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand
Similipal National Park a poacher’s paradise? Experts note a rise in incidents
On January 22, carcass of a male elephant, whose population is already on a decline, was found
Bihar man-eater shot: ‘We need to put down problem animals for wildlife conservation’
Shafath Ali Khan, who was engaged by the Maharashtra government in the operation to eliminate Avni in 2018, released a book this year to narrate …
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
Who will protect wildlife from the conservationists?
The environment ministry’s decisions on wildlife protection contradict the pledge for conservation
Stop illegal eviction of tribes from Kanha Tiger Reserve, urge activists
While a few environmentalists claim that tribes encourage poaching in forests, others believe they help in conservation
Supreme Court bans tourism in core tiger habitats
Court slaps fine of Rs 10,000 each on states that have not notified buffer zone around tiger reserves even after the deadline for it was extended …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
76 years of environmentalism
The most important gain of India’s environmental movement is the voice it has given to its citizens. This is the soul of the movement
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
‘Russia will do its best to protect the Amur tiger’
Sergey Aramilev is the Deputy Director of the Vladivostok-based Amur Tiger Centre. He is in Delhi to attend the third Asia Ministerial Conference …