カテゴリー: Conservation
The country’s golden beaches have turned black as debris released from a sunken ship continues to wreak environmental and economic havocWhen Adnan Sheikh took his family on holiday to Sri Lanka last October, he booked them into a hotel for two weeks in…
One-horned species was nearly extinct before poaching was curbed. Now the climate crisis could pose a greater threatGanesh Pant worries about the future. While he delights in the stunning conservation accomplishment that has seen the numbers of greater…
India’s tiger corridor and Australia’s possum ‘tunnel of love’ are among the myriad infrastructure projects providing safe passageHow creating wildlife crossings can help reindeer, bears – and even crabsRead more in our series Biodiversity: what happen…
The resumption of killing whales for profit for the first time in over 30 years is offering little cause for celebrationYou don’t have to look far to find evidence of Wada’s centuries-old connection to whaling. Visitors to the town on Japan’s Pacific c…
‘He had been used for logging on the Andaman Islands. When I found him, he was 60, living in retirement – and loving his swims’I lived at sea for 10 years. I co-owned and ran a global kiteboarding expedition business. We’d sail around the world on a 60…
Environment minister of country home to world’s third-biggest rainforest says deforestation pledge must not halt developmentIndonesia has questioned the terms of a Cop26 deal to end deforestation by 2030, days after joining more than 100 countries in s…
Numbers of the country’s carrion-loving birds dropped by over 97% in the 1990s. Now, a successful breeding scheme is giving them a boostIn February, the doors of an aviary in West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve were flung open. Eight critically endangered…
Venomous snakebites cause tens of thousands of deaths each year. But homegrown apps are coming to the rescue – and protecting reptiles from reprisalsWhen 12-year-old Anay Sujith felt a sharp sting in his leg while asleep in his hut in a village in Kera…
Authorities reclassify animal as vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800Giant pandas are no longer endangered in the wild, but they are still vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800, Chinese officials have said after yea…
Balan excels as a resolute forest officer battling sexism and corruption, as well as nature, in the latest satirical thriller from Newton director Amit V MasurkarAfter the success of his 2017 political black comedy Newton, director Amit V Masurkar once…
We must find a way to embrace shipping, the ocean and our place in the world without shackling ourselves to unpayable foreign debtGrowing up in Sri Lanka in the 1990s, it was drilled into me from an early age that my island was destined to be a maritim…
China funnelling billions into harmful production of beef, soy and palm oil, says campaign groupCampaigners have called on Chinese banks to stop funding overseas agribusinesses that accelerate deforestation and biodiversity loss and have a negative imp…
The elusive nocturnal creature is rarely seen in Tamil Nadu. One ecologist has made it his mission to spread the word through colourful adventuresThe brightly coloured panels of Brawin Kumar’s comic book tell the story of how two children rescue a hedg…
China received more than half of all seafood, wood, and minerals exported from the region in 2019. Experts warn this is creating ‘enormous challenges for sustainable development’Read more of our Pacific Plunder series hereOne country dominates the Paci…
The 200-tonne haul dwarfs previous record as poachers turn to ivory substitute amid crackdown on elephant tusk tradeAround 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25m have been seized in the Philippines in one of the biggest k…