Page 12 - Wildlife

Lush tea gardens to abundant wildlife, Nilgiris still exerts a gentle charm

Unlike most hill stations, where residents must ship in supplies from the plains, the Nilgiris is the most stylish of resorts

A foundation fights a lonely battle to conserve Mirzapur's fragile ecology

Vindhya Ecology and Natural History foundation is fighting a lonely battle to conserve a fragile ecology in Mirzapur

As living room runs out in India, the death rate of its elephants escalates

India has lost nearly 2,330 elephants or 10% of the population since the last elephant census in 2012, from around 30,000 in 2012, the figure dropped to 27,312 in 2017

Capitalism responsible for dwindling wildlife populations, not 'humanity'

The WWF report chooses "humanity" as its unit of analysis, and this totalising language is eagerly picked up by the press

Humans have wiped out 60% of wildlife, only this generation can help: WWF

The report also warns of a sharp decline in wetlands, with WWF-India officials believing India to be one of the most affected

How effective is compensation for loss that human-wildlife conflict causes?

Wildlife is not limited to national parks and sanctuaries and knows no human-drawn boundaries

Cat calls

The memoir traces Scott's journey