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National Board for Wildlife – a panel that takes decisions on projects in areas near wildlife protected zones – has given its approval to 13 defence and paramilitary projects, most in Ladakh and one in Arunachal Pradesh. Clearances have been given on conditions of following environmental safeguards and mitigation plans to protect Himalayan ecosystems. The…
Voters in Tanzania are heading to polling booths on Wednesday to vote for a new president, as well as members of parliament and councillors, in elections which are expected to continue the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) – or Party of Revolution’s – 64-year-long grip on power. Despite a bevy of candidates in the lineup,…
Jalpaiguri & Kolkata: Forest areas and wildlife have taken a hit after heavy rains in north Bengal since Saturday night led to severe flooding.A senior forest department official said that as per reports till Sunday afternoon, affected areas include Hamiltonganj under Buxa west in Alipurduar, forests under Jalpaiguri division, Jaldapara National Park (particularly the Sisamara…
Portugal and Spain account for two-thirds of one million hectares of land destroyed by wildfire in Europe in 2025. Published On 4 Sep 20254 Sep 2025 Climate change is helping to make wildfires that ravage hundreds of thousands of hectares of land on the Iberian Peninsula every year more common and intense, according to a…
Behind a car repair business on an unremarkable Thai street are the cherished pets of a rising TikTok animal influencer: Two lions and a 200kg (440lb) lion-tiger hybrid called “Big George”. Lion ownership is legal in Thailand, and Tharnuwarht Plengkemratch is an enthusiastic advocate, posting updates on his feline companions to nearly three million followers….
Three have died as blaze continues to rage in southern coastal area of Dortyol in Hatay province, which borders Syria. A forestry worker injured in a wildfire in the western Turkish province of Izmir has died from his injuries, raising the death toll in recent days from the fires to three, as the blaze in…
Kigoma, Tanzania – Just as dawn’s first rays start creeping over western Tanzania’s gentle hills, a constellation of scattered torchlights moving across the water signals the arrival of the fishermen returning to shore. The early morning hours, when fishers ferry their bounty to the beach and women stake their spot in the market to sell…
Few filmmakers might have ever forged a bond with their subject as profoundly as Subbiah Nallamuthu did with Machli, the legendary tigress of Ranthambore. In his award-winning wildlife documentary The World’s Most Famous Tiger (2017), screened on December 12 as a part of IIHS Screens at the Indian Institute of Human Settlements in Sadashivnagar, Bengaluru,…
Sporting heavy beads to cover their body, the women of the primitive Bonda tribes returning from the market at Onukudelli in Koraput district of Odisha. | Photo Credit: KR Deepak From its humble beginnings in the 1990s, the Visakha Camera Club (VCC) has come a long way to become the powerhouse of creativity that it…
