Who's to blame?
Management of protected forests is a hotly debated issue. In the absence of a sound policy based on a scientific approach, there are as many …
Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (January 13 – 19, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Gujarat's burgeoning crocodilopolis
Vadodara plans a park for crocodiles to keep their numbers and attacks on humans in check
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 9-15)
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (September 16-22)
India to host Global Wildlife Programme from October 2
The GWP will address issues related to illegal wildlife trade across 19 countries in Asia and Africa
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (Apr 22-28)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of Indian ecology, botany and zoology
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of April
Every Sunday Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of Indian ecology, botany and zoology. Here are all of them for April 2019
India Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (May 6-12)
German agency to conserve mangroves in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, will conserve biodiversity and provide livelihoods to villagers hit by COVID-19 …
Over 1,500 people died in elephant attacks in last 3 years, maximum casualties in Odisha
In 2017, the environment ministry had issued a guideline for managing human-elephant conflict and had directed elephant range states to …
Legal wildlife trade
Globally, legal wildlife trade has increased more than five-fold in value in the last 14 years and was estimated to be worth US $107 billion in …
Spotted hyenas all sound different when they call — they can tell friend from foe
Need to memorise voices of all in a group may also explain why spotted hyenas whoop so often
Global Eco Watch: Lions cat nap on Kruger road, with South Africa in lockdown
Trophy hunting – can it really be justified by ‘conservation benefits’?
Banning trophy hunting would provide a much needed incentive to develop creative conservation approaches to wildlife protection and human-animal …
The catch in conservation
Ullas Karanth has many lessons to offer to make wildlife management in India more scientific
Enemies of the state?
As the Centre for the first time allows widespread culling of nilgais, it triggers a debate over whether culling is the only way to save crops …
Kenya’s first wildlife census report: 5 species critically endangered
The report recommends a population survey every three years and annual budgets for monitoring and management of wildlide
Africa Protected Areas Congress: Continent gets $200 billion conservation fund
Rwanda first country to commit to trust; Global donations needed, says conservationist
Forest officials attacked in the Sundarbans
A party of officials led by the Divisional Forest Officer in the South 24 Paraganas were attacked with sticks when they tried to arrest an …
Environmental assessments hugely underestimate wildlife impacts: Study
Methods used in assessing environmental impact seldom consider how species move around between different sites
Sliding towards extinction: scientists find 60 per cent of mammals are imperiled
Treating large mammals as ‘umbrella species’ for conservation facilitates protection of the larger ecosystems and overall biodiversity
Global Eco Watch: Botswana farmers can now keep small game on their farms
Global Eco Watch: Carcass of radio transmitter-fitted gharial found in Odisha