Saturday, December 13, 2014

The Wild Side of Corbett

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When our friends, Ritish Suri and his wife, Minakshi, residents of the area, invited Rom and I to visit, I demurred. Ritish insisted ...

Interview: Krzysztof Wielicki, the ice warrior

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OT:  When you’re in the mountains, are you thinking about your family or the summit? Krzysztof Wielicki:  In my generation, it was easy. ...

Dead Reckoning

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Photographs: Manish Chandi We had lost sight of land when the full import of our enterprise hit me. Five of us from the Indian mainland ...

Locals fearful of suspected killer tiger released near their village in India

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Photograph: AP Scared residents of Talawade in Karnataka are calling for forest officials to recapture a tiger, suspected of killing a...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

India’s largest dam given clearance but still faces flood of opposition

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A dam in Arunachal Pradesh.  Photograph: Travelib Environment/Alamy T he 3,000MW Dibang dam, rejected twice as it would submerge vast tract...

India’s air quality figures can't be trusted

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Smog obscures the view of the road as women wait for a bus in Delhi, India. Photograph: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images Delhi is the most po...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Tiger survival: mapping poaching and trafficking hotspots

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Tiger skins seized from a poacher on the outskirts of Delhi.   Photograph: Pallava Bagla/Corbis Sygma The case of the ‘Putin’s tiger’, Ku...
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

The UN climate summit reveals India's hypocrisy on saving forests

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Published in the Guardian Environment Blog on 26 Sept 2014 Photograph: Arko Datta/Reuters At the UN climate change summit in New York on...

Pigs of conflict

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Called Making a pig's ear of it on BLink  26 Sept 2014 Rocks protruded dramatically out of the hillside. Weathered and evenly gr...
Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Where have all the big animals gone? Indian park devoid of many species, further threatened by forest loss

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Male Bengal tiger caught on camera trap in Namdapha Tiger Reserve. Photo © Panthera, NTCA, APFD, NNPA, and Aaranyak. Namdapha National Park...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Why I want to save the leopard that killed my dog

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Few people saw 'Macavity' and even fewer worried about him, but now Indian forestry officials want to trap and relocate him. Re...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sri Lanka: On track to 'go beyond the critical point'

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Human-elephant conflicts on the rise, some conservation initiatives planned by government A legal resettlement near a forest in Sri Lanka....
Friday, July 11, 2014

When the rain clouds roll in

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In The Hindu Businessline BLink Powder puff clouds built up during the June day, but then wafted away across the sky above Agumbe, K...

India's new policy puts roads ahead of wildlife concerns

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Faster approvals for military projects along China border could put 60 national parks and its iconic animals at risk  Indian army pers...
Wednesday, July 09, 2014

An end to India's 'Wild West'? Meghalaya bans coal mining... for now

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Unregulated mining ended lives, trashed environment, may be up for renewal in August Meghalaya, a state in India’s northeast, has thick for...
Friday, July 04, 2014

New report: illegal logging keeps militias and terrorist groups in business

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Total profit from environmental crime may exceed $200 billion per year Photo by US Army Africa Deforestation has many harmful consequence...

Is the banteng making a comeback?

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Photo by Caleb Jones, ISAC.   Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng ( Bos javanicus ), a species of wild cattle, in no...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Cloud's End - Gopalswamy Betta

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Published in Outlook Traveller April 2014 A sharp musky smell assailed our nostrils. There was no doubt what it was: elephants. T...

Paddling around in Phuket

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Published in Outlook Traveller LUXE January2014 Sonny guided the inflatable kayak across the expansive Phang Nga Bay, Phuket, towards a...