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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicConservation

Topic: Conservation

How saving the rhino became as commercial an enterprise in Kaziranga as poaching

In ‘Homeland Insecurities’, Sanjay Barbora writes how a wildlife conservationist’s job in India oscillates between criminal investigation and paralegal aid to forest department.

Why wildlife body IUCN’s new data on tiger numbers could prove to be a conservation gamechanger

New assessment of tiger population by International Union for Conservation of Nature shows numbers up by 40% between 2015 & 2022. Sets 'realistic baseline' for future evaluations.

MP’s Kuno prepares for world’s first intercontinental cheetah translocation project

The park is expecting 12-14 cheetahs to arrive by 15 August. However, translocating cheetahs during the monsoons brings its own set of challenges. 

A 110-million-year old dinosaur skeleton was sold at US auction—it’s a loss for society

'Living room dinosaurs' aren't just pretty cabinet curios but contain important information about the planet. Private collectors have no caretaking guarantees.

With aim to avoid bird deaths, wildlife board to draft norms for power lines in protected areas

Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife also approved several projects in protected areas and eco-sensitive zones, including border outposts & Ayurveda Institute.

When tigress Collarwali was cremated, a part of India’s natural library burned with her

With much pomp and show, Collarwali, an important Schedule I biological specimen, was burned down according to tiger laws. But public sentimentality doesn’t help wildlife.

This is not a movie review of Vidya Balan’s Sherni. It’s about the raw impact it has

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Blue sheep, ibex, snow leopards – How this Ladakh village stopped hunting and took to tourism

A remote village in Ladakh’s cold Markha Valley was so poor two decades ago that they took to hunting to survive. A sarpanch writes how they stopped.

Now world truly values Jaipur: How residents thanked us for getting UNESCO Heritage tag

It is the commitment that Jaipur residents have for their city that will finally safeguard its heritage.

Citizen science: How India’s conservationists are mapping wildlife to protect it

From Hornbill Watch to Amphibians of India and Roadkills India, citizens are creating a conservation constituency rooted in sound science.

On Camera

Bangladesh & Myanmar elections in 2026 pose a danger to India’s Northeast

Beyond the United States and China, Russian interests are deeply embedded in Myanmar, while a growing Pakistan and Turkey axis is taking shape in Bangladesh.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.