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Activists Protest Tigress Avni’s Killing, Maneka Gandhi Calls Death a ‘Crime’

The Wire Staff 04/11/2018

Locals in Yavatamal celebrated her death with firecrackers and...

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Gir Lion Deaths: Gujarat Forest Department Forms 64 Teams to Screen and Rescue Lions

The carcasses of 11 lions, including cubs, were found...

A tiger. Credit: krayker/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

National Authority Threatens to Cut Project Tiger Funding for Kaziranga

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 27/04/2018

Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO heritage site, has the...

Santhal women carrying firewood in the buffer area of Simlipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha. Credit: Eleonora Fanari

To Respect Human Rights, the Government Should Strategise to Coexist First, Not to Evict

Neema Pathak-Broome and Eleonora Fanari 12/03/2018

Helping gram sabhas recognise their rights and discharge their...

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Criminalising Forest-Dwellers Has Not Helped India’s Forests or Wildlife. It’s Time for a New Deal.

Meenal Tatpati and Sneha Gutgutia 23/05/2017

Instead of evicting forest-dwelling communities for engaging in traditional...

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Upset Over Documentary on Kaziranga Excesses, Government May Blacklist BBC

The Wire Staff 15/02/2017

The documentary, Killing for Conservation, shows the consequences of...

A nilgai. Credit: pauljill/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Toll of Ambiguity in the Government’s Culling Orders

Nimesh Ved 02/01/2017

Discussions on culling had moments that were difficult to...