Conserving Old Ways In A New World
Despite the growing global acknowledgment of indigenous knowledge and practices in conservation, there is a lack of policies or legal...
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Conservation Drones Need To Overcome Some Take-off Troubles
Drones in the Indian forests are mapping habitats, locating invasive species, monitoring and tracking animal movements, helping reduce wildfires and...
Tamil Nadu’s Grazing Ban Threatens Rights Of Forest Dwellers
Grazing cattle has traditionally been a major source of livelihood, particularly for forest dwelling communities. Experts say that this ban...
Obituary: A ‘Giant’ In Conservation Is No More
Indian ecologist and wildlife biologist, AJT Johnsingh, died on June 7. In this obituary, Johnsingh’s friends and fellow scientists share...
Restoring Himalayan Mountain Ecosystems Is A Global Imperative
Mountain ecosystems, including rangelands, wetlands, peatlands and both alpine and temperate forests, are unique habitats characterised by complex geography and...
Nature Conservation Works And We’re Getting Better At It
To work in nature conservation is to battle a headwind of bad news. When the overwhelming picture indicates the natural...
Commentary: Unravelling Forest Conservation
Colonisation of the forests devastated them and their inhabitants, the forest dwellers and wildlife. To rein in the recalcitrant state...
Putting ‘Justice’ At The Heart Of Conservation
Indian ecologist and international environment policy expert S. Faizi awarded the Alliance World of Scientists (AWS) 2024 Planet Earth Awards...
The Idu Mishmi Protect Ancestral Land Through Community Conservation
In June 2022, members of the Idu Mishmi community of Elopa and Etugu villages, Dibang valley, declared 70 square kilometres...
A Village Protects A Flock, Round The Clock
Kokkarebellur, a small village in Karnataka, hosts thousands of migratory spot-billed pelicans and painted storks annually, showcasing exemplary human-animal coexistence....
Kashmir: Hangul Population Could Go Extinct
A long-term study of the hangul population in and around the Dachigam National Park confirms that despite protection, the species...
…….There Was Once A Vast Ocean Where The Himalayas Now Stand
A team of researchers from India and Japan have found water droplets trapped in mineral deposits in the Kumaon mountains...
Women Biologists Take Centre Stage In Saving Forests And Wildlife
Breaking new ground along with gender barriers, India has seen many pioneering women biologists who stepped out to explore and...
Including Indigenous Perspectives On Equitable Forest Mgmt
The indigenous peoples’ engagements with forests are based on respect, responsibility, trust and relationships whereas the modern, post-colonial protected areas...
Conservation: Clouded Leopards Develop Ways To Survive Competition
Clouded leopards have developed nuanced coexistence strategies to survive in the wild by having a peak activity time that does...
Book On Endemic Birds Says 3 Species Almost Extinct
Seventy-eight out of 1353 bird species in India are endemic to the country; three of them are critically endangered, according...
Morocco Trembler: Marrakech Artisans Among Those Hit Hard
A powerful earthquake that hit close to the medieval city of Marrakech in Morocco on Sept. 8, 2023, has killed...
Community-led Wildlife Tourism Finds Its Niche In The Himalayas
The small village of Latpanchar, located next to Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in the Himalayan foothills of India’s West Bengal state,...
Birdwatchers In Kashmir Benefit Both Science And Conservation
At dawn on a Sunday in July, a group of five people are arriving at Dachigam National Park, tucked into...
Privacy Concerns Rise As Wildlife Surveillance Tech ‘Watches’ People
In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The...
India’s Tiger Reserves Have Helped In The Fight Against Climate Change
New research shows that India’s tiger conservation policy has not only helped in preserving and increasing tiger populations, but it...
Project Tiger Could Do Even Better: Experts
Fifty years after the launch of Project Tiger in India, the country hosts 75% of the world’s wild tigers, with...
Ecologists Appeal To Govt Over FCA Bill, 2023
The amendment to the Forest Conservation Act passed through the committee phase last week. It is likely to be tabled...
Next To India’s Capital, A Village Looks To The Past For Its Forest’s Future
Sunil Harsana says he always knew there were paintings in the caves near his home in Mangar, a village on...
Kerala Needs Long-Term Plans To Address Its Human-Elephant Conflict
The people of Kerala will probably never forget this defining visual from earlier this year – the aerial view of...
