Shankar Gopalak., Down to Earth
National
31 Aug 2010
It has never been based on any scientific forest-specific studyShankar GopalakrishnanThe creation of inviolate areas in protected forests has been a key concern of conservation for decades. It assumes the only way to conserve "critical" areas is to relocate people who live in these forests. In theory, such people are moved and provided higher living standards while the inviolate area remains prist...
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Sanjay Gubbi, Down to Earth
National
31 Aug 2010
Some civil servants have relocated forest dwellers successfullySanjay GubbiRelocation from protected areas is among the hotly debated issues in Indian wildlife conservation.
Though the number of people displaced from inviolate areas for wildlife is less compared to the displacement caused by other development projects, the fate of those ousted from protected areas is often a cause for friction ...
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Subhash Mishra, India Today
National
30 Aug 2010
The current focus is on the dwindling tiger population but here`s another big cat that is coming under the gun, literally. The hill state of Uttarakhand, once a safe haven for wildlife, has lost an incredible 535 leopards in the past decade, turning it into a graveyard for the graceful animals. In the last six months, 45 leopards have been killed, and these are only the official figures. Unofficia...
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Neha Sinha, The Indian Express
Mumbai
7 Aug 2010
There`s the difference of a single zero between 35,000 and 3,500, but both numbers have captured our imagination when it comes to fixing the magical, almost mythical, number of tigers that have walked India`s forests.
There is wide agreement, however, that the number of tigers in the country now, following the labour of a painstakingly conducted scientific census, is only1,500. Contrast this wi...
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