The writer is with the Bombay Natural History Society. Her views are personal.
January 11,2016 01:10:34 AM
Freeing caged birds is not justice. We need to phase out bird trade
Mon, Jan 11, 2016January 29,2014 02:51:31 AM
AAP’s 700 litres will create challenges in sewage treatment and groundwater replenishment
Wed, Jan 29, 2014August 09,2010 03:50:49 AM
The Union Environment and Forests Ministry has asked Madhya Pradesh to immediately withdraw its order,allowing tourists to patrol tiger reserves.
Mon, Aug 09, 2010August 07,2010 01:35:21 AM
We cant double our tigers. But theres so much else to do
Sat, Aug 07, 2010August 04,2010 00:32:47 AM
The Noida statue complex for which the Uttar Pradesh government cut nearly 8,000 trees is now all set to get a thick forest cover.
Wed, Aug 04, 2010August 01,2010 16:29:00 PM
Sariska wants more tourists,and has pinned its hopes and plans on Ranthambhore tigers. But will the cats play along?
Sun, Aug 01, 2010July 29,2010 03:09:38 AM
The cheetah will run again in India. The Ministry of Environment and Forests today cleared a Rs 300-crore plan to raise 18 cheetahs at three sites.
Thu, Jul 29, 2010July 23,2010 02:07:38 AM
Enkempt roads,covered with construction waste and dust,are harming us more than just being eyesores.
Fri, Jul 23, 2010July 21,2010 01:41:16 AM
In an operation that was personally monitored by Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh,a male tiger was on Tuesday translocated ...
Wed, Jul 21, 2010July 16,2010 02:54:04 AM
2010 is the year which will see,for the first time,a number of international summits on the tiger,culminating in the first ever summit of head of states from tiger countries in Russia....
Fri, Jul 16, 2010July 16,2010 01:51:05 AM
At the gates of Delhi Public School in Indirapuram on Tuesday,two men were on a mission. Before the bell rang to mark the end of school for the day and excited children started rushing out,the men had to catch an unlikely day-boarder an adult king cobra from below the school gates.
Fri, Jul 16, 2010July 15,2010 01:51:52 AM
The rains over the past few days might have brought the city to a halt,but they have given Delhi a much-needed break from air pollution.
Thu, Jul 15, 2010July 13,2010 03:45:59 AM
If Project Tiger has its way,there will be no more coal mining in Chhindwara on a forest corridor nestling Pench and Satpura tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh....
Tue, Jul 13, 2010July 13,2010 02:22:53 AM
The Delhi government may have shied away from banning private vehicles during the Commonwealth Games,but the Capital will be out of bounds for trucks not headed for the city.
Tue, Jul 13, 2010July 06,2010 00:52:15 AM
The dog-feeders and dog-haters of Delhi can breathe easy for now. The Animal Welfare Board of India,on the directions of the Delhi High Court,has demarcated spots in colonies where stray dogs can legally be fed.
Tue, Jul 06, 2010June 28,2010 03:27:28 AM
The Kerala government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court opposing a ban on night traffic on stretches of two National Highways...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010June 26,2010 23:24:30 PM
It is another international war of words on the Himalayan glaciers,with the same central theme: whose problem,and responsibility,are the Himalayan glaciers?....
Sat, Jun 26, 2010June 25,2010 01:31:50 AM
There might be a ban on plastic bags in the city,but they form about a third of the huge mountains of plastic waste generated by the three main railway stations and two airports in the Capital every day.
Fri, Jun 25, 2010June 21,2010 04:10:17 AM
The Delhi government finds itself in a piquant situation over the implementation of the Tribals and Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act.
Mon, Jun 21, 2010June 19,2010 00:46:56 AM
A Slew of accommodation options are set to hit the airport,but with some green responsibility.
Sat, Jun 19, 2010June 15,2010 02:39:52 AM
Soon,a goldfish in a bowl may be a thing of the past. Goldfish,and indeed all fish,must only be kept in rectangular tanks...
Tue, Jun 15, 2010June 14,2010 00:23:11 AM
It has taken eight long years,but if all goes well,Delhi will have nearly 300 replenished water bodies by this monsoon. As per papers accessed by Newsline...
Mon, Jun 14, 2010June 09,2010 01:13:04 AM
Saying he was agonised and anguished by the verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case,Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh...
Wed, Jun 09, 2010June 06,2010 02:10:17 AM
In 2what is possibly a first of sorts,a sloth bear illegally taken to Nepal by its owner,is set to be returned to India following the intervention of the Ministry of Environment....
Sun, Jun 06, 2010June 05,2010 00:49:06 AM
An underground pipeline on Sardar Patel Marg will carry an unusual substance: 60,000 litres of treated sewage water from a five-star hotel to a city forest.
Sat, Jun 05, 2010