The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to extinction

The government has expressed a commitment to increase protected areas as part of its Green Stimulus package, but its failure to pay the salaries of wardens at key national parks exposes a flawed approach to conservation

West Bengal government’s dream to develop the world’s second-largest coal mine becomes a nightmare as elections loom

The privately funded Balkasar Bear Sanctuary cares for bears whose teeth have been cruelly removed

A call for an International Year for Rangelands and Pastoralists is an effort to better recognise half of the world’s land and the people who have historically taken care of it – and would particularly benefit communities in South Asia

Local communities along the Betwa in the Bundelkhand region are being blamed for deforestation and are losing access to their livelihoods, medicinal plants and way of life

A new study has proved that Nepal’s road-building boom is detrimental to frogs; researchers hope this will raise awareness of amphibians’ plight across South Asia

The world is losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate, posing grave danger to human health and prosperity, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity warned in its flagship report

Habitat destruction has brought the endangered primate into increasing conflict with people and infrastructure, with dwindling numbers living in fragmented areas of Bhutan and India

Perpetually indebted, and hit by recurrent fishing bans, millions of fishers are in danger of slipping below starvation level