Migratory birds at Nalbana Bird Sanctuary in Chilika, Odisha. File photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty.

Lecture: A Prime Minister and a Naturalist

Jairam Ramesh

Text of a lecture delivered at Janki Devi Memorial College by Jairam Ramesh, MP, at New Delhi on March 5, 2020.

State of India's Birds, 2020: Range, Trends and Conservation Status

"The State of India’s Birds report is the first comprehensive assessment of the distribution range, trends in abundance, and ...

<b>An Asiatic Lioness at Sasan Gir Sanctuary in Gujarat (2018). File photo: Vijay Soneji</b></br> At the inaugural meeting of the Indian Board of Wild Life in 1952, Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, the first Chairman of Board, had bemoaned that the lion had become endangered, wanted the Government of India to declare it to be in need of special protection, and called for the rehabilitation of the lion in its old haunts. The inaugural meeting of the Board was held between the November 24 and December 1, 1952, at Lalitha Mahal Palace, Mysuru.

Lecture: Jayachamaraja Wadiyar and the Indian Board of Wild Life

Jairam Ramesh

Text of a lecture delivered by Jairam Ramesh, MP, at Mysuru as part of the Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Birth Centenary Celebrations, on ...

One of the community forests developed and maintained by the scheduled tribes in Gasaba reserve forest of Araku forest range in Dumbriguda mandal of Visakhapatnam district. The scheduled tribes are seeking community pattas under the Forest Rights Act. File photo: K.R. Deepak

A Mahagatbandhan in the Forests is the Need of the Hour

Nandini Sundar

Analysing the results of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 in the 133 scheduled tribes dominated constituencies in the country, the ...

The Global Environment Outlook-6: Spotlight on Synergy between Health and the Environment

Joyeeta Gupta

The Global Environment Outlook-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People (GEO-6), released on March 13, 2019, covers all environmental ...