‘Wildlife usage must be based on sound science and adaptive management’
Susan Lieberman, Vice President, International Policy, Wildlife Conservation Society, spoke about the highlights of the ongoing CMS CoP
World Sparrow Day: With wooden nests, this man won a war against extinction
Rabindra Mohan Sahoo's efforts helped increase the bird’s population from 11 to now hundreds in a decade in an Odisha village
From loathed to loved: villagers in Assam rally to save Greater Adjutant stork
“Called a prodigy of ugliness” by one ornithologist, this avian scavenger is being championed by villagers in Assam, to everyone’…
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Mar 25-31)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of Indian ecology, botany and zoology
Slingshot toting teenagers turn conservationists in Pakistan
Youngsters in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province are giving up their guns to become a driving force behind wildlife conservation
‘A zoo must strive to meet animals’ physical and psychological needs’
Gerald Durrell was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter. He founded what are now called the Durrell …
Simply Put: Giraffes may go extinct
Forest act amendments: The perils of relying on zoos, safari parks for wildlife conservation
Forest Conservation Amendment Bill, 2023 will allow zoos & safaris within the scope of non-forest activities, making it easier to …
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 29-May 5)
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 15-21)
Wild at home
Private farms, cattle ranches and indigenous people help in managing wild animals, thereby giving a fillip to Zimbabwe's wildlife conservation policy
All bark, no bite
More noise than action: this is what the painfully resurrected wildlife board of India indulged in after a yawning gap of nine years
Africa’s wildebeest: Those that can’t migrate are becoming genetically weaker — new study
The large African antelopes’ migration routes are being interrupted by roads, oil and gas pipelines, railway lines, fences, cities, …
Pachyderms in peril
More than 70% snow leopard habitat unexplored: WWF report
A new report on snow leopards says just 23 per cent of the species’ 1.7 million sq km habitat had been explored by researchers
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 22-28)
Republic of the Congo gets its first ever marine protected areas
Three zones include nesting grounds for leatherback turtles, critical habitats for Atlantic humpback whale
Oxford University’s WildCRU, Panthera join forces for Africa’s lions; appoint joint programme director
There are only 24,000 lions today in Africa and 674 in India’s Gir forest
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 8 – July 14)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
India needs to rethink strategies to save its guardians of the wild
Frontline forest staff have limited resources to protect our wildlife and are tasked with fighting back traffickers who are often better equipped
How humans and lesser known carnivores can coexist
Researchers suggest preventing diversion of forests for development, reducing livestock depredation and increasing efficiency of compensatory …
Damage to crop and livestock from wildlife continues to be high despite mitigation efforts: study
AS per the study, 71 per cent of the households surveyed had suffered crop loss, and 17 per cent livestock loss
International Hyena Day: We must pave the way for a future where striped hyenas can thrive in Purulia’s wilderness
Habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, poaching and illegal wildlife trade have led to a steep decline in striped hyena population
Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation
The decisions were proposed and recommended at the CITES standing committee meeting
Eggs from rescued pythons artificially hatched in Odisha
Hatchlings emerged from 27 of the total 30 eggs preserved in a hatchery