I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote
- Herman Melville
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India executes the largest camera trap survey in the world and doubles its tiger population 4 years before the global target.
This Hydroelectric Project in India will Involve the Destruction of 270,000 Trees
Over 270,000 old-growth trees in the biodiverse forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley will be destroyed if the Etalin Hydroelectric Project gets forest clearance.Â
COVID-19: The Illegal Wildlife Trade is a Public Health Issue
There will be few positives to take from coronavirus, but the global pandemic may yet prove to be an important moment in the attempts to address the illegal wildlife trade.
Forrest Galante: The Modern-Day Charles Darwin
Except biologist Forrest Galante is not searching for the origin of species, more like auditing the books, and in a few very successful instances, erasing names from the roster of extinction.
Bringing Back the Giants in the Land of a Million Elephants
With care and awareness, the endangered Asian Elephants in Laos could be saved. Ecological conservationists, tourists, and local mahouts are trying to make it happen.
Dealing with Humans, for a Love of Tigers
For the first woman to earn a doctorate on tigers in India, while overcoming institutionalized sexism, it was a cruel journey.
