As we celebrate 'World Wildlife Day' today, there's little for nature's best defenders to be glad of, says human rights lawyer Gordon Bennett. Indigenous Peoples around the world are routinely attacked, starved and cut off from the lands and wildlife they have protected for millennia under a flawed and brutal model of 'conservation'.
… As we celebrate 'World Wildlife Day' today, there's little for … starved and cut off from the lands and wildlife they have protected for millennia … a flawed and brutal model of 'conservation'. Wildlife law enforcement almost always has a …
A map developed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona’s EJAtlas unveils the high-level of social injustice that communities are facing in many of India’s protected areas.
… biodiversity’ . To prevent the loss of global wildlife, the UN’s initiative had planned … some cases, India is still unable to balance wildlife protection with the rights of local … spaces of conflict. Launched during India’s Wildlife Week, the map demonstrates that the …
This year saw the launch of the Lush ethical cosmetics company's first-ever Spring Prize which rewarded organisations around the world who are committed to social and environmental regeneration. Lush is a content collaboration partner with the Ecologist and this is the first in a series of special reports from the 11 prize winners explaining more about their project and its goals. SIDDHARTH RAO introduces the Timbaktu Collective which won an award for its inspiring regeneration and conservation work with some of the most marginalised communities in India
… of multiple-uses - it is where people and wildlife co-exist side-by-side. Rural … increase in the diversity and abundance of wildlife in these areas. This has encouraged … us to engage the service of a full-time wildlife conservation team. Our conservation …
Who are the best guardians of forests and other wild places? Governments? Conservation NGOs? Corporations? No, writes Prakash Kashwan, it's the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with their environment for millennia. But to be able do so, they must first be accorded rights to their historic lands and resources, both in law and in practice. Among the countries leading the way, Mexico. Among the laggards, Kenya and India.
… To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people who … the control of federal lands and national wildlife refuges . But in former colonies in … necessarily conflict with saving forests and wildlife. On the contrary, upholding …
India's conservation agencies are intent on the illegal eviction of indigenous communities from protected areas - even though they are often the best protectors of endangered wildlife. The Similipal Tiger Reserve is the latest battleground.
… are often the best protectors of endangered wildlife. The Similipal Tiger Reserve is the … who have been living with the forest's wildlife for generations, are determined to … ... We don't have any conflict with the wildlife. We don't hunt or cut down trees. If …
Ruthless conservation policies at India's Kaziranga reserve claimed 20 lives in 2015 alone, writes Bhaskar Vira. Now, after a BBC film revealed the grim reality of life for local people, the BBC itself is in the firing line - banned from all India's tiger reserves for five years. Successful conservation must build bridges with communities - not fight them!
… Are India's 'shoot on sight' wildlife guards doing more harm than good? … which is responsible for the protection of wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, has … the crime syndicates involved in the illegal wildlife trade. However, as with all wars, a …
Global outcry as India’s Supreme Court threatens to evict over a million vulnerable people from forest under the guise of protecting wildlife.
… from forest under the guise of protecting wildlife. The Bengal tiger has been used as a … adopted in 2006 is detrimental for India’s wildlife. The court assumed that the … of discriminated indigenous peoples would put wildlife - most notably the Bengal Tiger - at …
“Make people smile, and then ask for help”, was a philosophy embraced by the late adventurer Mark Shand. A convoy racing 500km across India in a collection of eclectic vehicles is aiming to do just that. CATHERINE EARLY reports.
… Early | 10th November 2017 News Elephant Wildlife Charity India 405679.jpg “Make people … have been joined by more than 80 explorers, wildlife lovers, entrepreneurs and … Habitat loss and fragmentation, illegal wildlife trade and conflict with humans are …
India's interminable quest for uranium rides roughshod over environmental and health concerns and democratic processes.
… Court of India by “retired forest officials, wildlife activists and conservation NGOs”, … will be disastrous for both forests and the wildlife – a claim that activists argue is … Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) - purportedly India’s apex …
The targeting of environmental justice groups shows how the Modi government's criminalization of dissent is gaining pace.
… access to land, water, coasts, forests, wildlife reserves, and other environmental … underway or sanctioned in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in the region”. A recent … The ill-reputed National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), supposedly India’s apex …
Rural communities all over India are battling against a land grab of epic proportions. And one of the biggest causes of land grabs is for airports to support India's domestic aviation boom. Rose Bridger reports from Kerala, where four new 'green field' airports are meeting stiff local resistance.
… a massive scale, large tracts of farmland and wildlife habitats are being handed over to … concerns beyond their own future. Loss of wildlife habitats and biodiversity is of such …
The endangered Bengal Tiger and One-horned Rhino desperately need protection, writes Lewis Evans. But in India's Kaziranga National Park, 'fortress conservation' includes a brutal 'shoot on sight' policy that is terrorising local communities, many of them tribal. Indigenous peoples are the natural allies of conservation and need to be engaged in constructive solutions - not shot!
… even in a military context, let alone one of wildlife conservation. The report adds: "So … responsibility for the endangerment of local wildlife by imperial British hunters and loss … in poaching and in direct conflict with wildlife. There is absolutely no reason to …
A 7-year old boy has been shot by park guards in Kaziranga national park, India, visited in April by Prince William and Kate, which operates a strict 'shoot first' policy. The incident highlights the government's wider efforts to evict tribal peoples from their forests in the name of conservation.
… of poaching and involvement in the illegal wildlife trade. Militarized conservation … of villages from within national parks, other wildlife rich areas and corridors should be … people from the vaguely described "other wildlife rich areas" and "corridors" as well …
Conservationists search for Rufous-necked Hornbills in West Bengal, through rich forests threatened by unrest and development.
… the walk, lies inside the National Park. The wildlife camp there was burnt down ‘during … including the Beat Officer, stay at the wildlife quarters there. Our survey was … personnel, they became convinced that the wildlife staff was giving out information …
The lockdown from one pandemic is being used in India to pave the way for the next, with a controversial plan to clear extremely valuable forests.
… released peer reviewed research about the Wildlife Institue of India´s Etalin Wildlife Conservation Plan. They point to a … directives to conduct a multi-seasonal study, Wildlife Institue of India only spent four …
While the world gears up for Jungle Book fever, something sinister is afoot in the forests of India, writes Tom Linton. No, not Shere Khan, but zealous officials illegally evicting indigenous communities from their ancestral forests in the name of 'conservation' - and to make way for tiger tourism. And it's happening across India putting millions of people under threat.
… laws, namely the Indian Forest Act and the Wildlife Protection Act. Passed in 1972, both … spells disaster for the local environment and wildlife." 'Parks Need Peoples' The idea is … the so-called man-animal conflict and the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972. If we are …
A tribal community within India's Similipal tiger reserve is facing eviction after forest department officials tricked and coerced villagers into signing a document in which they promised to leave. Complaints to the state's Human Rights Commission have been ignored.
… evidence that the indigenous tribes harm the wildlife, and they desperately want to stay on … village where we are now. We will protect the wildlife and get benefit of all government …
The era of mass consumption has reached India, bringing about a frenzy of over-consumption, pollution and ecological havoc. But so long as there's money to be made, asks Subhankar Banerjee, why worry about climate change?
… Hulahula River valley, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ( here ). The display was so … as a biologist with the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge office in Fairbanks, Alaska, …
Endosulfan is the pesticide of choice for farmers in rural India trying to control insects threatening cashew nut and other crops - but the chemical can have devastating health impacts
… contaminated the soil, water sources, wildlife and the communities of the Kasaragod … that the ‘poisoning’ of humans, livestock and wildlife in Kasaragod was an isolated incident …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate …
Fragmentation is one of the biggest threats that our wild habitats face today. But new research can help mitigate its effects and revive degraded landscapes.
… level of particular species. Researchers from Wildlife Conservation Society-India, National …
Students, workers and civil rights activists gathered in their hundreds today in Delhi to protest at the mining company Vedanta, and the Indian government's support of highly destructive mining projects in forests and on indigenous peoples' lands.
… its bauxite mining project in the sensitive wildlife habitat, Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha. …
India's tea capital, Assam, has been hit by devastating floods for the second time in three years, writes Sneha Krishnan. But the government has failed to address key environmental issues like deforestation and soil conservation, or involve local communities in developing solutions. So ever more fertile land is lost to erosion, and millions of the country's poorest people suffer.
… response. The floods have also affected local wildlife, with the Kaziranga National Park - …