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

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

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

How humans and lesser known carnivores can coexist

Researchers suggest preventing diversion of forests for development, reducing livestock depredation and increasing efficiency of compensatory …

How J&K reduced snow leopard attacks on livestock

Herders in villages on the outskirts of Ladakh's Hemis National Park were involved in initiatives that helped reduce attacks on livestock and …

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

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

Hand in hand

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

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

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

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 …

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 …

A forest guard’s life is tough

Conserving biodiversity at the ground is different from buzzwords of today’s conservation science

Climate change increasingly threatens mountain ecosystems

Mountain research, corridor ecology and climate damage researchers must work together to preserve the mountains, say experts

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

DNA sequencing of brown trout to improve conservation: Scientists

The salmonid species' superpowers made them one of the first to recolonise previously frozen freshwater areas from the sea at the end of the last …

Rwanda's gorillas have figured out where to find their sodium fix. But it's dangerous

In Volcanoes National Park, gorillas have been leaving the confines of the protected area to raid crops 

In Photos: Canopy bridge comes up in Odisha to avoid roadkills

The bridge provides safe passage to monkeys and squirrels in the forest, who would often be hit by trucks carrying iron ore