Wrong roars

Collaborators consolidated

When the state goes forestling

... people know that it is barking up the wrong tree

Tree-felling spells doom for nesting birds

The large-scale clearing of dead and diseased trees is threatening to wipe out bird species that nest in the cavities of these trees.

MAMMOTH ARGUMENT

A change for the worse

Is a state government notification an indication that Gujarat, once considered to be committed to wildlife protection, has now moved industry to …

Smuggling species

CITES, round 12

Sustainable use of wildlife comes to the fore; India remains backward

Rights issue unresolved

Validity of Kudremukh National Park questioned

Free as a bird?

Thriving illegal trade in wild birds benefits city-based traders, while the traditional trappers are blamed and struggle to survive

Reel-heroes and real ones

The Bishnoi community in Rajasthan will do anything to protect their environment and nature

Elephants electrocuted

Foresters are content with retired vets

Forests march

A walkathon through 5 states traverses through a rich crop of traditional conservation methods -- and a thicket of disputes

Briefs

Law and disorder

Laws need to be strengthened and implemented properly to protect the environment

Irula tribals put their skills to new uses

Institutional support helped rehabilitate the Irulas of Tamil Nadu after their traditional occupation of snake-catching was outlawed.

Licence to kill

MP government mulls proposal to facilitate hunting of crop-eating wild animals

LAKE MISMANAGEMENT

Prickly plans

Will those playing in MEF's new game be coopted?

Bat Tracks

On the tracks of two Indian bat species: one found in abundance, the other most elusive

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

Are community reserves the answer to conservation?

The 2002 Amendment to the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972) -- the bible of the conservation movement -- calls for a new category of …

Charming no more

The saperas (snake-charmers) of Delhi loive in a unique colony called Mollarbandhgaon. This community, located next to the Badarpur thermal power …

Deer don’t need more space

Uttarakhand says extending sanctuary will hamper development