Conservation is serious business at this private nature reserve in Uttarakhand
Every year, Mansi Sharma and her sister Surabhi take at least two trips to Landour (next to Mussoorie) where, for a few days, they just spend their time wandering in…
A tiger on my land
It was his love for nature and wildlife that led Aditya Singh to quit his Indian civil services job, leave his well-appointed house in Delhi and settle in a remote…
Looking beyond protected areas to conserve species in tea-garden terrains
Governments are gearing up to determine biodiversity targets for the next decade in 2020, a year dubbed as the make or break year for biodiversity. Meanwhile, disquiet prevails in a…
Third train track in Palamu reserve could derail seasonal elephant movement
In the eastern state of Jharkhand, elephant raids are common, especially during the paddy harvest season. The state is experimenting with mitigation measures like sending warnings to villagers about elephant…
Leopards fall into deep open wells in Karnataka
The tiny village of Doddamargonahalli in south Karnataka's Tumkur district, less than a three-hour drive from the state capital of Bengaluru, is a predominantly agricultural landscape. On August 31, 2014,…
The Sundarbans: frontlines of climate change for tigers and people
The Indian part of the Sundarbans, the vast mangrove forest in the Bay of Bengal, consists of 102 islands, about half of them inhabited. That may not be the case…
‘E’ for elections. ‘E’ for environment: Our top stories exploring where environment featured in the 2019 elections
2019 was the year of elections. Starting with the biggest festival of democracy - the elections to the parliament - India witnessed elections every few months at various levels of…
Natural history, religion interweave to help human-leopard coexistence in a Siwalik village
In densely populated countries like India, people and wildlife often share the same space. Blackbucks and wolves roam the same grasslands as shepherds and their livestock. Snow leopards depend on…
New study sheds light on lack of research in snake antivenoms
Much like snakes themselves, India’s focus on research on snake antivenoms seems to have slithered past policy makers and scientific bodies. At least 46,000 people die of snake bites every…
Can a new elephant reserve address human-elephant interaction in Chhattisgarh?
At midnight on September 14, 2019, Bir Sai, the sarpanch (village head) of the Thirriama village, falling under the Kendai forest range in Korba district of Chhattisgarh woke up to…
