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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Human-Animal Conflict Has Left Madia Gond Tribals Stranded
In 2007, 625.82 square kilometres of area inside the Tadoba reserve, in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, was declared as a critical...
Climate Change: A Himalayan Catfight Looms
A tiger sits quietly surrounded by trees, observing something in the distance. It then roars and darts toward its target:...
Community Participation Helps A Maha Village Become Flood-Free
On a January evening, standing on the precincts of the ancient Shree Dattatraya Temple, about 200 metres from the Kajli...
Projects That Are Changing The Image Of SA’s ‘Unattractive’ Wildlife
Culture has always shaped human societies’ relationships with wild animals. The way a species is perceived by the communities it...
In Spite Of Efforts, Human-Wildlife Conflict In U’khand Not Contained
On January 1 this year, when everyone was welcoming the new year, residents of Panthar village in Chaubattakhal tehsil (district...
Invasive ‘Alien’ Plants Found To Be Increasing In Higher Elevations
Botanist Pervaiz Dar spent a good amount of time in 2012 and 2017 squatting and walking along roadsides in Kashmir,...
How Will India Achieve The New Global Goals For Nature?
In December 2022, the world’s governments agreed on a set of actions to address the rapid disappearance of wild plants...
Wetland Conservation In MP Constrained Due To Low Notification
Madhya Pradesh is celebrating its three new Ramsar Sites that were designated in 2022, but the journey for the rest...
Best Of ’22: Complexity Of Saving Biodiversity In The Himalayas
Biodiversity is in the headlines as 2022 comes to an end, with a “historic” deal to reverse biodiversity loss by...
Most Asian Nations Behind Biodiversity Targets For Protected Areas: Study
(Source: PTI) Most countries in Asia have failed to achieve a global minimum target of protecting at least 17 per...
South Indian Adivasi Honey Harvesters Demand Forest Control
As fragmentation of forests, commercial plantations and uncertain weather conditions threaten the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve on the Western Ghats highlands...
What Does DNA Say About The Future Of The Rhino In India?
A majestic and charismatic mega-herbivore, the one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) now numbers around 4,034 individuals found only in the grasslands...
The Researcher Who Studies Carnivores In The Forests Of Mizoram
On a September morning in 2019, the 240 residents of the small and picturesque Murlen village in the Champhai district...
Celebrate Tiger Success, But Recognise Huge Task Ahead
2022 is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese zodiac. In 2010, the last Year of the Tiger, leaders...
Will 30×30 Reboot Conservation Or Entrench Old Problems?
When governments meet next year to finalise a global deal to halt loss of the biodiversity on which human well-being depends,...
Fires Ravage Himalayan Forests, Threatening Health & Biodiversity
Wildfires described as “the worst in a decade” have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a thick haze and killed at...
