The one-horned rhino population in Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park has crossed the 450 mark despite widespread poaching, a recent rhino census carried out in the park indicates. The

A report on the illegal wildlife trade in the country by a special committee formed by the MEF has galvanised the ministry into considering several new options to control poaching. The high-powered

The last stop of an investigative film is the South American Indian, dirt poor and coerced into poaching by the 'big boss'

A street play in Delhi urges people to stop poaching.

With a sharp fall in India's tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests has decided to set up special teams to deal with poaching.

The Vaddis are the dominating community in Kolleru's fishing villages. They have a tightly controlled form of self governance that ensures equitable distribution of income

When a straight cut was dug to quicken the discharge from Kolleru lake, a small island became the casualty.

Moves are afoot to convert the brackish Pulicat lake into a freshwater one to supply water to Madras city and authorities seem to have little regard for the ecological and environmental consequences.

Various schemes have been thought of to tackle Madras' water scarcity.

Lakes are being lost or altered because of the disruption of natural processes by intensification of agriculture, urbanisation, pollution and construction of dams. A look at the state of some Indian lakes today

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