Neha Sinha

Neha Sinha is a conservation biologist and author. She works with the Bombay Natural History Society.

Elephants are the ‘gardeners of the forest’. Credit: christianhaugen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why Is the Centre Rushing To Amend India’s Wildlife and Biodiversity Laws?

Neha Sinha 09/02/2022

Pushing Bills through in haste is a bad idea...

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The Great, Wild and Wilful Indian Bustard Can Survive – We Just Need To Let It

Neha Sinha 10/02/2021

An unedited excerpt from 'Wild and Wilful' by Neha...

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In Janaki Lenin’s Ode To Curiosity, a Deeper Question About Humanising Animals

Neha Sinha 31/08/2020

Between its lines, the book demarcates the limitations of...

Cities and Canopies, banyan tree, Amazon rainforest, frangipani, gulmohar, peepal, Harini Nagendra, Seema Mundoli, Afzal park, Aarey forest, Mumbai, Palamau tiger reserve, Ruskin Bond,

‘Science Isn’t the Only Way to Look at a Tree. Marvelling Is Another.’

Neha Sinha 04/09/2019

The greatest strength of 'Cities and Canopies' is that...

Wildlife Protection Act 1974, Forest Rights Act 2006, mahua, tendu leaves, tribals, Niyamgiri, Wetland Rules, Coastal Regulation Zone Act, wildlife conservation, animal rights, Sariska tiger reserve, Amchang wildlife sanctuary, ferae naturea, Supreme Court, tribal rights,

Five Takeaways in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s Contested Eviction Order

Neha Sinha 28/02/2019

The FRA case is interesting – and relevant –...

mugger crocodiles, Statue of Unity, Sardar Vallabhai Patel, leopards, Melghat tiger reserve, Chilika wetlands, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, carrying capacity study, saltwater crocodiles, Neyyar reservoir, Sardar Sarovar dam,

Gujarat’s Plan to Move Crocs to Protect Tourists Is Cosmetic and Short-Sighted

Neha Sinha 31/01/2019

The translocation is also straight-up illegal.

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Review: Self-Aware, but Not Sentimental, Conversations With the Unglamorous Wild

Neha Sinha 28/01/2019

The most striking thing about 'My Husband and Other...