The ambiguous future of Jharkhand’s Saranda forest

The proposed diversion of 46,000 hectares of virgin forest of Saranda division for mining will destroy the whole forest ecosystem and …

पहाड़ों पर बंजर खेतों की रंगत लौटाने को एकजुट हुए किसान

डबरा गांव के कुछ किसान परिवार एक बार फिर एकजुट हुए हैं। किसानों ने आपस में मिलकर फिर से बंजर जमीनों पर अन्न उगाने ...

Centre interviews official named in tiger poaching probe for WII directorship

Samir Sinha, former director of Jim Corbett National Park, is one of the eight officials the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change …

Benagaluru attack latest in expanding list of human-leopard conflict

Changing land-use patterns, urbanization and development have brought several man-wildlife conflicts to the fore as an increasing number of wild …

Wake-up call: Animals at risk

Climate change is altering the hibernation periods of animals, disturbing their breeding patterns and metabolism

There are 150 Bustards in the Desert National Park, claims report

Wildlife Institute of India pegged the species' total population for the whole country at 150 during 2018

Cheetah reintroduction project comes up at CMS CoP 13

The Supreme Court cleared way for reintroduction of species in India on January 28, 2020

Why black kites attack humans

A new study has found that the probability of attack by kites, birds of prey that inhabit urban areas, increases in neighbourhoods where human …

Look beyond protected areas for conservation of endangered hangul in Kashmir: study

The Kashmir red deer is the only surviving sub-species of red deer in the Indian sub-continent

Why this abandoned village is a threat to Uttarakhand

People are abandoning their villages despite high economic growth, leaving behind few, who find it difficult to continue farming without …

राजाजी नेशनल पार्क की रैंकिंग पर उठाए सवाल?

हाल ही में राजाजी नेशनल पार्क को 50 टाइगर रिजर्व में से 49वीं रैंकिंग दी गई है, जिससे पार्क प्रशासन नाराज है

Rajaji Park director, forest officials named in poaching probe

The investigation is about tiger and leopard parts seized in Rajaji last year

Andamans want 'absolute protection' for saltwater crocodile to be withdrawn

The union territory’s administration has sent a proposal to delist the animal from Schedule 1 of the Wldlife Protection Act ‘in order …

NGT direction to notify Odisha elephant corridors welcome, but more needs to be done

Survival, free movement of pachyderm population possible only if connecting corridors are revived, restored

'Mystery cat not a new species'

WII says it could be a leopard cat or a hybrid between wild and domestic cat

Disengaging with WII should be given rethink, MoEF&CC tells PMO: RTI

In a letter to the PMO, ministry agrees ‘in principle’ to disengage with IIFM

Environment ministry approves proposals for 176 eco-sensitive zones

According to the government, only 15 notifications were issued between 2006 and the middle of 2014

This crane flew 4,800 kilometres in 15 days to reach Gujarat on World Migratory Bird Day

‘Vadla’, a female Common Crane, was tagged March 12 this year in Gujarat’s Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, as part of a larger project to …

World Turtle Day: Meet Odisha’s ‘Turtle Man’

Rabindranath Sahu and his team have been helping in Olive Ridley conservation since 20 years  

Unchecked mining spells doom for Saranda forest in Jharkhand

Unregulated large-scale mining activities have decimated plant and wildlife populations in the once-rich Saranda forest in Jharkhand

Can’t do without support: Wildlife Institute chief writes to environment ministry

The Union finance ministry on September 30, 2020 recommended that MoEF&CC ‘disengage’ from five autonomous institutions, including&…

Global Eco Watch: Red Sea turtles are now mostly being born female due to climate change

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Project Lion: Proposal identifies 6 relocation sites apart from Kuno-Palpur

The proposal seeks to create free ranging lion populations within Gujarat and in India to counter lack of genetic diversity within Asiatic lions

India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411

Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand

What locust attack? Great Indian Bustards make a meal of pests, reproduce more

However, the population could drop again after the locust invasion gets over, experts say