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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…

3 weeks ago
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Commentary: Unravelling Forest Conservation

Colonisation of the forests devastated them and their inhabitants, the forest dwellers and wildlife. To rein in the recalcitrant state…

1 month ago
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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…

2 months ago
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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…

3 months ago
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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.…

3 months ago
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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…

5 months ago
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…….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…

6 months ago
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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…

6 months ago
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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…

7 months ago
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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…

7 months ago
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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…

7 months ago
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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…

8 months ago
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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,…

9 months ago
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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…

9 months ago
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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…

9 months ago
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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…

10 months ago
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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…

10 months ago
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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…

10 months ago
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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…

10 months ago
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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…

10 months ago
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Now, A Toolkit To Identify Areas That Have High Conservation Value

In conservation practice, how are protected areas identified and delineated? The first step in this is to be able to…

11 months ago
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Tourism Glut: Habitat Loss Pushes Endangered Species To The Edge

The picturesque Munnar in Kerala, with its lush green tea gardens carpet rolling hills, sits at the south of biodiversity…

11 months ago
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The Art And Science Of Elephant Whispering

Deep in the forests of the south Indian Western Ghats, adivasis say there is a time to be silent and…

12 months ago
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The Hidden Side Of Human-Elephant Conflicts: Orphaned Calves

It’s been about two months since The Elephant Whisperers won the best documentary short film award at the Oscars and…

12 months ago
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Most Himalayan Glaciers Analysed Melting At Varying Rates: Govt

Source: PTI Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in different regions, the government has…

1 year ago

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