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Lithium mine at Bolivia´s Uyuni Salt Flat.

Researchers release data set detailing locations and scale of mining sites worldwide

Ashoka Mukpo 19 Jun 2023
Bar headed geese at the Pangong lake, part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary in Ladakh. Photo by Samriti Paul/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists develop a toolkit to identify high conservation-value areas

Anusha Krishnan 1 Jun 2023
Feeding an elephant calf. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

The hidden side of human-elephant conflicts: orphaned calves

Arathi Menon 24 May 2023
A female cheetah from Namibia. As part of Project Cheetah, aimed at reintroducing cheetahs in India, 20 cheetahs were brought from Namibia and South Africa. Image- CCF

Questions arise about Project Cheetah as three cheetahs die in 45 days

Manish Chandra Mishra 17 May 2023

[Interview] Scientist Ruth DeFries on deforestation: There isn’t one driver, there’s a different context in different places

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 7 Apr 2023
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in the town of Darjeeling, is the largest high-altitude zoo in India. The new Bill exempts 100 kilometres of forest along the international border from any legal protection. Photo by Syed Sajidul Islam

Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects

Kundan Pandey 6 Apr 2023
Image shows a woman sitting in the driver's seat of a jeep

Women take the wheel for safer tourism in Satpura Tiger Reserve

Prashant Kumar Dubey 21 Mar 2023
Image shows a room full of people at a conference

Nations adopt Global Biodiversity Framework amid concerns over watered-down targets

Sahana Ghosh, Latoya Abulu 20 Dec 2022
Shankar, a farmer.

What protecting the slender loris could mean for forest communities in Tamil Nadu

Catherine Gilon 13 Dec 2022
There are only four tiger reserves in India where tigers and rhinos can coexist. Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is one such place. Photo by Sanjay Pathak.

Uttar Pradesh reports an increase in rhino population since reintroduction over three decades ago

Azeem Mirza 5 Dec 2022
Image shows 4 tigers bathing in a pond in India

Concern over translocation of tigers in Maharashtra, as conditions in new areas ‘unfavourable’

Saurabh Katkurwar 16 Nov 2022

Longwood Shola forest is a water source for villages in the Nilgiris, maintains biodiversity

Gretta 14 Oct 2022

[Commentary] Mobilising resources for biodiversity conservation in the far eastern Himalayas

Kripa Shrestha 21 Sep 2022

All eyes on the next chapter: India prepares to host cheetahs after 70 years

Manish Chandra Mishra 16 Sep 2022
The rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is found in Namdapha National Park.

Namdapha National Park deforestation causes clash between authorities and Yobin communities

Spoorthy Raman 3 Aug 2022
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) is native to the high mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Peace parks as a transboundary approach to conservation

Saul Elbein 29 Jul 2022

[Commentary] SC judgement on eco-sensitive zone is the icing on the cake for biodiversity

Dipak Anand, G.V. Gopi, Anjani Rawat 25 Jul 2022

Bangladesh Sundarbans communities face hardships following a resource hunting ban

Abu Siddique 14 Jul 2022
BaA herd of elephants foraging amidsts a pile of plastic waste in Sri Lanka.

Plastic, glass and other waste materials found in elephant dung in Uttarakhand

Anusha Krishnan 27 Jun 2022

Poachers saw off horn, but leave rhino alive in a unique case in Assam

Nabarun Guha, Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2022