Tourists , art and the bushmeat trade
By David Kabambo, Founder and Director of Peace for Conservation. [email protected] It is easy to see why the bushmeat trade is such a problem in Africa. Villagers near parks and…
Livelihoods to traditional hunting communities
By Archana Sharma Managing Trustee, Aranya, Bhopal, India Email: [email protected] In this good practice note, the writer shares her experience with promoting ecotourism among the Pardhi community in Madhya Pradesh, India, …
Africa Alive – an eco day out in England
On the eastern tip of England, where East Anglia bulges into the North Sea, a sampling of Africa’s wildlife is spread across sixty acres. As the UK’s third Covid-19 lockdown…
Empty Nest Syndrome
By Mrinalini Deshpande Email: [email protected] The Myna family offers a different understanding to this writer, wife of an army officer posted some where in Indian — Editors I noticed a…
Green Gold: Forests that suck
Prof Rohit Jindal Professor, MacEwan University email: [email protected] Project Forest, a company based in Edmonton, Canada, has a unique way to fight climate change. It is partnering with local companies…
Impact of Hydro Electric Projects and Chamoli Flash Flood
By Seema SharmaEmail: [email protected] 450 hydro-electric projects are under way to harness 27,039 MW (24 in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi basin, also widening 889 km Char Dham road in Uttarakhand State…
WII team looks for viable forest area to harbor cheetah
Seema Sharma Email: [email protected] The survey to find potential habitat to relocate the African Cheetah in India has begun. M.K. Ranjitsinh, former Director of Wildlife Preservation of India, said that…
Conservation through wildlife photography
Graham Jones Email: [email protected] It was very early, dark and bitterly cold when we six photographers loaded cameras into our minibus. I was in Finland, working with Finnature, a wildlife company run…
Powerlines kill many thousand birds
By the Editors of Conservation Times Habitat loss and fragmentation are the greatest impacts of wind farms on wildlife. Wind turbines, like many other human activities and buildings, also increase…