India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 15-21)

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Baptised by fire

Wildlife saviour Richard Leakey, hailed as messiah by some, and hated as hell's messenger by others, is now in the thick of Kenyan politics

The return of Mowgli's mother

Rudyard Kipling gave us unbelievable stories about the humane wolf. Now, a court decision reaffirms the animal's vital role in the ecosystem

Briefs

Kaziranga braces to curb human-wildlife conflict ahead of monsoon

Water levels rise inside the park every year, prompting animals to move highlands in areas of heavy settlements

A Last Wild Place

In this book, Mike Tomkies gives a remarkable picture of the whole cycle of nature around him, in a harsh and testing environment of unrivalled …

Europe has a wolf problem, and a late Norwegian philosopher had the solution

Norwegian environmental philosopher Arne Næss was clear: wolves have just as much a right to be here as we do  

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (February 3 – 9, 2020)

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Thriving trade

Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka

Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor

Licence to kill

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

Elephant tusks seized, four arrested in Bihar

The prime accused repeatedly claimed that he was the proud owner of two captive elephants that died four years ago and that their tusks were kept …

Elephant crushed by train in Odisha’s Sambalpur

This is the 29th such death in Odisha in a decade  and the second death in Sambalpur district within a month

Global Eco Watch: Iceland will not hunt whales in 2020

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (October 1 – 6)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 23-30)

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Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (July 15 – July 21)

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Winter visitor to a cold land

Black-necked Grebe ventures into Arunachal Pradesh

State of the tiger

AUSTRALIA

RETURN OF THE RHINO

INDIA

Shoot to count

The other side of conservation

Killing elephants