In West Bengal’s Jaldapara, reformed poachers are helping crack down on rhino horn trade

The forest department works closely with local residents to protect rhinos and 40% percent of tourist revenues are earmarked to support community projects.

Moushumi Basu

· Jun 01, 2018 · 09:30 pm

A rhino poaching racket has created fear, suspicion towards outsiders in a West Bengal village

Experts and former poachers in Jaldapara say villagers are recruited by organised poaching syndicates.

Moushumi Basu

· May 31, 2018 · 09:30 pm

By growing trees alongside crops, Indian farmers are boosting incomes while saving the environment

Agroforestry has been hailed as one of the top solutions to climate change and is an age-old tradition in West Bengal’s rural heartland.

Moushumi Basu

· Dec 30, 2017 · 07:30 pm

A tranquiliser shortage is holding back rescue and rehabilitation of rhinos in India

The lack of Etorphine is already holding up translocation plans in several protected areas, and preventing veterinarians from caring for injured animals.

Moushumi Basu

· Nov 18, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Angry elephants and disappearing fish: Small hydel plants are no green alternative to big dams

Small hydel plants are exempt from Environmental Clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. Here’s how they’re wreaking havoc on rivers.

Moushumi Basu

· Sep 23, 2017 · 11:30 am

In an Odisha reserve, poachers who turned protectors are threatening to go back to killing animals

Similipal’s dreaded poachers became wildlife conservationists for cash. As the Forest Department invests in drones over men, will hunting season return?

Moushumi Basu

· Jul 11, 2017 · 11:30 am

Assam is taking on wildlife crimes with fast-track courts, tighter investigation, even rewards

Of 17 arrests so far this year, 11 cases have been prosecuted and six convictions already secured.

Moushumi Basu

· Jul 07, 2017 · 09:30 pm

This doctor saved the Great Indian Bustard from extinction – by treating cattle herders for free

Pramod Patil roped in Thar’s cattle herders to help conserve the endangered bird. It was not easy.

Moushumi Basu

· Jun 01, 2017 · 11:30 am

Despite numerous challenges, rhinos are thriving in India’s Jaldapara National Park

When anti-poaching measures tighten elsewhere in India, poachers turned to Jaldapara.

Moushumi Basu

· May 07, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Kaziranga, India's rhino paradise, has a poaching problem that's proving hard to combat

Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in 2016 – most recently on December 22, experts say there is hope.

Moushumi Basu

· Jan 15, 2017 · 08:30 pm