Over the last few years the Ministry of Environment and Forests has become a rubber stamp for the most destructive and unsustainable process of

Ashish Kothari & Kanchi Kohli:

Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group in Delhi and international non-profit grain recently came up with a brochure, which highlights redressal mechanisms as well as biases and lacunae in the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. The brochure, Offences, Disputes and Remedies under India

an indian court has convicted two Czech nationals arrested for illegally collecting insects in Singalila National Park, West Bengal. On September 10, the chief judicial magistrate in Darjeeling sentenced Emil Kucera to three years in jail and fined him Rs 50,000. Entomologist Petr Svacha was fined Rs 20,000. The Czechs were arrested in June in Darjeeling. This is the quickest wildlife

Working just south of Valent

The summits of the neotropical Guayana Highlands in Venezuela have a unique biodiversity that is under serious threat because of habitat loss resulting from climate warming. Although conservation studies are urgently needed, these are blocked by official bodies that will not grant permits for fieldwork in the region. (Correspondence)