'The aim of the restructuring is to create a lean, cost-efficient secretariat'

DECENTRALISATION is the new watchword at World Wide Fund for Nature International's (WWFI) headquarters at Gland, Switzerland. A restructuring …

Caught in the wet

Wetland management is drawing increasing flak for advocating misdirected conservation strategies and disregarding local needs

Human problems

Internal wrangling in the WWFI has conservationists wondering about the future of nurturing nature

Doing away with wood

In Niger and Mali, where timber is scarce and expensive, mud building is making a headway, thanks to the efforts of a French organisation called …

Speaking for the people

Rio saw the largest ever gathering of NGOs -- over 2,000 of them. And finally the world was forced to acknowledge that NGOs were the real voice …

Give Peace A Chance

Only a campaign that aims to conserve "wants" with the support of age-old "religious beliefs" can lead to a less strifed and more "peaceful world"

Harness power of nature-based solutions to fight climate crisis: G20 ministers

G20 countries identify need for sustainable business models to implement nature-based solutions in developing countries; but they lack direction

Civil society groups urge Australia to adopt zero-carbon emission target by 2050

The country is the thirteenth largest emitter in the world, with one of the highest per capita emissions

A new home

A tale of four rhinos from Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park to bardia, 600 kilometres away, the rhinos are forced to live in a new place for …

Giving villagers a slice of the pie

A programme in Zimbabwe strives to conserve wildlife and maintain development on the premise that villagers will utilise natural resources in a …

US version of biodiversity pact raises fears

Environmental groups are agitated that Washington's controversial interpretation of the Biodiversity Convention distorts the spirit of the treaty.

Funding not enough to save Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s federal budget is US $400 million short of the money needed to protect the reef from pollution

Philanthropists announce $5 billion for biodiversity restoration, conservation

Largest-ever private funding commitment for biodiversity a momentous move for a nature-positive world, says WWF

Monarch butterflies face risk of extinction due to habitat loss

The number of monarch butterflies in hibernation colonies of Mexico has reached a 20-year low, says report

A green corner on balance sheets

The environment audit for industries purports to make industries accountable to the public for their actions

South flays North's 'green GATT' proposal

At a recent meeting, Northern environmentalists insisted on GATT taking a tougher stand on environmental issues. The South, however, maintained …

"Green" politicians?

A WWF charter urges political parties to address environmental issues in the forthcoming general elections

Environment ministry may allow hunting of ‘nuisance’ wild animals

Union minister Prakash Javadekar plans to implement rules for killing overpopulated wildlife species for saving life and property

Vast expanses of forest could be lost worldwide in two decades: WWF

A recent report has identified 11 vulnerable “deforestation fronts” where 80 per cent of the projected forest loss will take place

WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050

These cities would have to build ‘resilience’ if they were to manage such scarcity, the nonprofit said

Five African countries pledge to curb illegal timber trade

Urge consumer countries to include the issue of illegal timber as priority agenda in their summits

Land use change major cause behind biodiversity loss, finds WWF report

Asia Pacific region lost 45% of its vertebrate population in four-and-half decades, while the global average was 68%

In troubled waters

Coral fish, found in the waters of Southeast Asia, are falling prey to the greed of restaurateurs

Subcontinent’s last cheetah was seen in 1997 in Balochistan: Divyabhanusinh at relaunch of seminal book

‘The story of India’s cheetahs’ was first published in 1995 and has more or less been the most exhaustive work on the cheetah …

Three Indian cities among this year’s Earth Hour challenge finalists

The 2015 National Earth Hour Capital Awards will be presented in Seoul, South Korea, on April 9