Environment ministry's new advisory seeks to protect wildlife

The advisory seeks to make industries responsible for activities taking place in and around protected areas

Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific — but one treaty won’t be enough to protect them

The treaty was formed by Pacific Indigenous leaders from Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Aotearoa (New Zealand) & Tonga

Heat stress, water scarcity threatening Zimbabwe elephants

Recent report shows high mortality rates of elephants peaking 10.47 per cent

Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials

Fishermen, whose nets are damaged by gharials, will also be compensated

Mysterious death

Supreme Court seeks update on power cables at Great Indian Bustard’s habitat

Electrocution from overhead high-tension wires contributed to the birds’ falling population

Bihar to start conservation programme for endangered blackbucks

A 12-acre rescue centre for the antelopes has been envisioned in the district for the purpose

Hand in hand

PEOPLE & PROTECTED AREAS: TOWARDS PARTICIPATORY CONSERVATION IN INDIA· Ashish Kothari, Neena Singh and Saloni Suri (Ed)· Sage …

Giraffes could go extinct — the 5 biggest threats they face

There are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild

Tourist behaviour in Western Ghats robbing simians of their foraging skills, hurting forest ecosystem, activists say

The animals are often given food in packaging, which they discard deep inside forests and pollute the natural environment

Conservation of nature post-privatisation

The book Nature Conservation in the New Economy sheds light on how not to stray away from the idea of justice when dealing with a rapidly …

67 elephants died in Odisha in last nine months

Poaching, train accidents and electrocution killed more than half of these elephants, says Wildlife Society of Odisha

Climate change & wildlife: How focused monitoring of distribution, population trends can help conservation efforts

Data limitation on species occurrence, evironmental parameters main hurdle for ecologists

Climate impact in Zimbabwe: Elephants, other wildlife begin early mass migration to escape drought conditions

Poor rains in preceding rainy season, water sources ran dry in August

Pangolins in Cameroon are on the verge of extinction

At least 400,000 pangolins are hunted and consumed in central Africa every year

DRC: Oil drilling allowed in last refuge of 'Critically Endangered' apes

The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to half the world’s mountain gorillas

Odisha grants forest staff immunity to use firearms to fight poachers

Unless misused, the move will now give forest staff protection from arrest & criminal proceedings for firing

International Leopard Day 2023: Website dedicated to rosette cats launched

The website aims to enable higher awareness, promotion and celebration of leopards worldwide

Odisha had half of India’s wildfires on March 13 — & poachers may be to blame

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests alleges hunters setting fire to target wild animals; one suspect arrested 

Include wetland conservation in upcoming biodiversity, climate change negotiations: Experts

Experts suggested 5 wetland conservation targets for 2030 should be discussed during CoP15, CoP27

Work can be a violent experience for Zimbabwe’s forest rangers

They at direct risk of death in the line of duty and also experience violence as implementers of militarised conservation

Lurking in danger zone

Wild animals are increasingly moving out of protected areas. What should the government do to ensure their safety?

Quandaries along a journey on wildlife conservation

From the missing connect between policy makers and locals to written accounts still seen as major indicators for measuring work, many factors …

All That Breathes: Ecological conscience at the heart of Shaunak Sen's Sundance-winning documentary

With an optimistic lens, Sen looks at the symptoms of environmental and ecological degradation that stare back at us.    

An industrial spill might be to blame for an algal bloom ravaging Florida

Some 215 million gallons of wastewater was released into Tampa Bay in March and April this year