Wildlife Conservation
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India signs deal with South Africa to bring dozens of cheetahs in next 10 years
Last year, eight cheetahs were brought from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh to reintroduce the feline species 70 years after its extinction.
Scroll Staff
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Why the creation of a slender loris sanctuary in Tamil Nadu has left forest communities worried
The villagers of Panchanthangi depend on the hillocks, now declared as Protect Areas, for rearing livestock.
Catherine Gilon
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How CITES wildlife pact missed the chance to curb trade in species that cause human disease
Hunting rather than international illegal trafficking is the threat that affects most wildlife, particularly in countries like India.
Vikram Aditya
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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In Uttar Pradesh, the rhino reintroduction project launched decades ago has finally yielded results
In the last 38 years, the population of the state’s Dudhwa Tiger Reserve has increased from five rhinos to 40.
Azeem Mirza
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Maharashtra’s plan to translocate tigers to a new territory sparks concerns
Forest officials and wildlife experts believe Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve is not ready to accept new tigers, especially those coming from conflict zones.
Saurabh Katkurwar
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Interview: South Asia needs a regional plan to sustain the Bengal tiger population
Nepal has tripled its tiger population since 2010. Its director-general of national parks discusses what’s needed to protect the big cat.
Abhaya Raj Joshi
Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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Insights from the study of rhino DNA can help plan better for its conservation in India
With conservation succeeding due to translocation, understanding the genetic status of the current population will be crucial for the species’ survival.
Amit Sharma, Samrat Mondol & Tista Ghosh
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The kouprey: Does Cambodia’s national mammal and cultural symbol even exist anymore?
The near-mythical wild cattle species has not been definitively sighted for more than half a century.
Anton L Delgado
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The fight against illegal wildlife trade has been militarised by infusions of money and technology
Money pouring into conservation has funded drones and military-style training for rangers.
Rosaleen Duffy, The Conversation
The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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How the wildlife bill is a step backwards for elephants and will enable greater exploitation
The idea has been to phase out the captivity of elephants. But a new amendment instead carves out an exception for the transport and transfer of such elephants.
Deepa Padmar
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A border district in Mizoram has become a hub of wildlife smuggling in India
Adding to the unfenced ‘porous’ borders is the political instability in Myanmar, which has led to an influx of refugees into the region.
Nabarun Guha
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‘Vanity project’: Introducing African cheetahs into India is a bad idea, experts say
The country does not have the habitat or prey species for wild, free-roaming African cheetahs, they say.
Tanvi Deshpande, IndiaSpend.com
The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared