The Western Ghats, also known as the Shayadari hills, have outstanding universal value due to their exceptional biodiversity, ...

A study spanning over two decades has uncovered a paradox in the Western Ghats – forest productivity is declining even as the forest cover expands, with Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra showing concerning ...

In a move that augurs well for the conservation of Western Ghats, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ...

The biodiversity of the Western Ghats has received a significant addition with the discovery of a new balsam (Impatiens) ...

BENGALURU: Amid mounting opposition to the recommendations of the Kasturirangan report and a slew of projects planned along the Western Ghats area of Karnataka, the latest India State of Forest Report ...

Tech4Good Community launches Conservation Coalition to restore Nilgiris Biosphere and Western Ghats by combating invasive ...

NGO report flags flawed data, endangered habitats, and rising risk to critical ecosystems A report from a city-based non-governmental organisation has highlighted that legally protected wildlife ...

A massive expert panel report on the conservation of the Western Ghats has caused a political stir in India. The report, headed by noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil, recommends that the government phase ...

In a paper published earlier this week in the journal Biological Conservation, researchers detail their findings that suggest the IUCN has “vastly” overestimated the geographic range sizes for 17 of ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have reconstructed the distribution ...

The Panagudi police have arrested 19 Naam Thamizhar Katchi cadres when they, defied the ban and took cattle to the Western Ghats for grazing on Saturday.