CITES COP19: ‘Recognise women’s effort in tackling wildlife trade’

Gender gaps obfuscate understanding of real-world illegal wildlife trade activities & appropriate intervention 

In the forests of the night

'Poaching figure for this year is alarming'

Over 100 tigers have died in 2014 and 2015. Shekhar Kumar Niraj, head of wildlife trade monitoring agency Traffic, talks about the problems of …

Earth has lost 60% of its animals since 1970

Is the world losing its biodiversity faster than it can replace? A new report by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has some ominous news

Exploiting the Wilderness: An Analysis of Wildlife Crime

Illegally harvested ivory and endangered plants, mammals, reptiles, birds, and even insects are easily found for sale throughout East and …

Simply Put: Wildlife trade at G20

The American angle

Fear of knowledge

The only effort to breed chiru in captivity wasn't given a chance

Wildlife parts, live chameleon seized in Odisha’s Jajpur

Forest officials trying to find whether two arrested persons are poachers or couriers  

A step forward for conservation at CMS COP 13

Ten different species, including three from India have been recommended to be added in Appendix I and II of the CMS CoP 13

Why we need to listen to hunters

Biologists have often used the hunter's knowledge for wildlife studies. But strict laws have silenced their voice

International court to focus on environment crimes

The value of environmental crimes has grown to US $91-258 billion, as per a recent report

RAW deal

Butterflies are not for free

Indian authorities were shaken out of lethargy by the recent attempt by foreign nationals to smuggle valuable species of insects out of the country

Poaching runs wild

Grounded contraband

India / Wildlife Trade

CAMBODIA

East fights poaching

Dear trade

Illegal flight

Ebay bans online ivory trade

Global Eco Watch: Polar bears could become extinct by 2100, says study

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

Nike and Adidas are using kangaroo skin to make sneakers. Is that necessary?

How popular shoe manufacturers are contributing to the world’s largest commercial slaughter of land-based wild animals

Global pet trade in amphibians is bigger than we thought

There is a strong bias for certain types of amphibians; six amphibian families contributed disproportionately high numbers of traded species