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Four Stories That Captured India’s Environmental Zeitgeist in 2018

Neha Sinha 29/12/2018

2018 was the year when environmental protest filled the...

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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...

Grasslands and deserts have long been mistaken as the ‘unnatural’ product of anthropogenic degradation of forests. Credit: honzasoukup/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The New Forest Policy Is a Lesson in Missing the Woods for the Trees

Sutirtha Dutta 22/04/2018

Our progress in conserving natural heritage, environmental stability and...

A snowy-browed flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra), a species present in the Askot Wildlife Sanctuary but not found in the Great Himalayan National Park. Credit: Paul Elsen.

Why Some Himalayan Birds Are Now Climbing Higher to Nest

Sreelatha Menon 20/04/2017

“I had seen black francolins at 1,400 m in...

Rhino cub at Kaziranga.

Fighting Rhino Poaching in India

Giovanni Ortolani 13/02/2017

A DNA profiling tool developed in South Africa could...

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...

The Yamuna leopard. Credit: Raheja Productions

Moving Leopards Away Signals That They’re a Problem, But They’re Not – We Are

Navin M. Raheja 16/12/2016

The forest department has been exhibiting none of the...