Researchers working with local communities in effort to stymie environmental damage Namdapha National Park, the third largest in India at 200,000 hectares, is located in the northeastern state of Arunachal…
Human-elephant conflicts on the rise, some conservation initiatives planned by government In 1983, Sri Lanka became embroiled in a 26-year-long civil war in which a rebel militant organization fought to…
Unregulated mining ended lives, trashed environment, may be up for renewal in August Meghalaya, a state in India’s northeast, has thick forests above ground and valuable minerals below. Coal occurs…
Total profit from environmental crime may exceed $200 billion per year Deforestation has many harmful consequences, from loss of wildlife habitat to degradation of water and air quality, and many…
Local communities playing a big role in protecting forest habitat Researchers have discovered a new population of banteng (Bos javanicus), a species of wild cattle, in northwestern Cambodia. The discovery…