Nilgiri Tahr to face drastic habitat loss due to climate change

One Tiger Reserve and three wildlife sanctuaries will become unsuitable for the wild mountain ungulate in the future due to climate change

Drilling in details

Hartman de Souza decodes Goa's mining machinery, which has defrocked the state's environment

Forests under fire

We need not burn forests to get good fodder for cattle. Our lands are rich with green grass without the fires

On track to disaster

By ignoring sound technical advice, Konkan Railway jeopardises the fragile Western Ghats environment

There is never enough water

Seeking shikimic

Climate crisis in forests: Wild fruits, sacred groves in Sharavathi valley bear the brunt

Fruiting cycle, intensity disturbed due to weather changes but improvement noticed in patches untouched by human interventions

After 89 years, frog endemic to the higher altitudes of Western Ghats ‘rediscovered’

A more detailed description of the ‘near threatened’ species & its habitats will bolster conservation efforts 

Pune researchers discover rare low-basalt plateau with 76 plant species in Western Ghats

As they grow among rocks, the flora faces a harsher environment compared to other species growing elsewhere

Gudalur’s Gene Pool Garden is an example of participatory forest management

An enthusiastic conservation effort that was thwarted for want of funds, was finally converted into an eco-tourism centre through people’s …

Study finds gaps in conservation efforts in Western Ghats

Team of scientists have estimated the dhole population and its occupancy pattern in 16 protected forest reserves in Western Ghats

Database launched on flora in peninsular India

The work started with digitising the flora of Karnataka, but was later expanded to cover other states

How monkey fever in Goa is linked to deforestation, climate change

From Karnataka’s Shimoga district, this virus-borne disease has spread to the entire Western Ghats

Crisis in the Konkan

Creating biosphere reserves, which reconcile the interests of wildlife and humans, may save the Konkan coast

Nutritious 'weeds'

In Wayanad, Kerala, wild plants hold the key to the survival of the poorest, say n anil kumar and m k ratheesh narayanan

Butterflies slip off...

...to extinction if natural forests changes character

Mammoth task

Elephant management in India just got tougher

New whitefly found in Western Ghats

Conserving India’s dhole population: Study earmarks 114 talukas

The dhole or Asiatic Wild Dog is a Schedule II species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; its populations have been declining …

Anandatheertha, the sage who lived for Kaveri, dies

Anandatheertha lived a life of intense commitment to the Kaveri. He died in landslide in Talakaveri on August 6

New study questions Kerala flood link with climate change

Instead, the study says, the 2018 extreme precipitation and flood events might have been caused due to anomalous large-scale circulation features

Environment ministry issues fresh notice on demarcation of eco-sensitive zones in Western Ghats

An extension of 60 days has been given to Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu to submit recommendations on their areas of the Western Ghats 

Centre lifts ban on mining, power projects in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg

Environment ministry decision is applicable only to talukas not falling in Western Ghats in the two Maharashtra districts, moratorium stays in …

Disappearing Act

Only special breeding programmes and creation of corridors can save the lion-tailed macaque from extinction

Mountain biodiversity tops Montreal meet agenda

The entire gamut of activities that threaten ecosystems in the mountain regions dominated discussions at the meeting of the scientific advisory …