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A Van Gujjar with a herd of buffaloes. Rearing cattle is a part of their traditional nomadic lifestyle. Image credit: Radhika Gupta

Van Gujjars: People of the forest or nowhere?

Radhika Gupta 28 May 2021

The risks of tree plantation in grassland and non-forest areas

Shreya Dasgupta 25 May 2021

[Interview] Bittu Sahgal: “Young people want to protect the environment, but don’t have their hands on the wheel”

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 21 May 2021
In total, 121 wildlife corridors have been identified across Chhattisgarh for the Strategic Plan for Conservation of Corridors. It is the first state to identify corridors for all kinds of wildlife. Photo from Chhattisgarh Forest department.

Forest department identifies wildlife corridors in Chhattisgarh for conservation

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 18 May 2021

Proposed infrastructure through Goa’s protected areas red-flagged by SC-appointed panel

Supriya Vohra 13 May 2021
White-bellied heron spotted in Arunachal Pradesh. Photo by Dekbin Yonggam.

Elusive white-bellied heron spotted in the high Himalayas

Ranju Dodum 6 May 2021
A male gharial basks at a nesting site cleared of vegetation. Photo by Gaurav Vashistha

Gharial nesting threatened by woody vegetation on riverbanks

Neha Jain 3 May 2021

Controversial uranium mining project shelved in Telangana

M. Somasekhar 8 Apr 2021
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Threatened sangai deer’s habitat likely to shrink due to climate change

Roopak Goswami 2 Apr 2021
The Mandarin duck in northeast India. Photo by Ranjan Kumar Das.

Mandarin duck sighting raises awareness on lesser-known wetlands

Rini Barman 25 Mar 2021
Otters in a bird sanctuary at Uppalapadu near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. Photo by Ch.Vijay Bhaskar.

Otter sighting in Andhra bird sanctuary raises excitement but also questions

M. Somasekhar 24 Mar 2021

Attappady residents fear more restrictions with eco-sensitive areas and zones

Nimisha S. Pradeep 17 Mar 2021

Great Nicobar’s protected areas to get near-zero eco-sensitive zones for “holistic development”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Mar 2021
Agriculture in the Western Ghats. Photo by Jenny Mackness/Flickr.

Cropland takes up 6% of global protected areas: study

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Mar 2021

When tigers, elephants, rhinos visit an expanding Indian town

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Nabarun Guha 26 Feb 2021
Camera trap image of snow leopard in HP upper reaches. Camera trap images from surveys by NCF and HP forest department.

Scientific survey maps 73 snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh

Vivek Gupta 10 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Decade of biodiversity saved from bio-travesty?

Saumya Chaudhari 9 Feb 2021
IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar has often ruffled feathers with authorities for her actions against violations of forests and wildlife laws. As a mother to two boys, she has learnt to identify and stand her ground against gender-based discrimination, especially towards working mothers. Photo from Vanjulavalli Sridhar.

[Interview] ‘There is so much you can do in the forest service’, says IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar

Sahana Ghosh 3 Feb 2021

India’s SOP to deal with feral and stray dogs in tiger reserves lacks the bite

Sahana Ghosh, Mayank Aggarwal 7 Jan 2021
Spot-billed pelican nesting sighted at the Pallikaranai marshland in this season. Photo by KVRK Thirunaranan.

Cyclones brought relief to migratory birds in parched Tamil Nadu but more action is needed

Nalini Ravichandran 4 Jan 2021