'Lifeline' fence empowers women in Assam's Besorkona

The installation of a solar-powered fence in Besorkona Kochpara, a remote village in Assam's Goalpara district, has...

Assam: Students sensitised to biodiversity conservation

The region's leading biodiversity conservation organisation, Aaranyak, has organised a series of awareness events...

Chhattisgarh's Korba admin ensures successful May 7 LS polls

Chhattisgarh's Korba administration is on a mission they hadn't quite anticipated, tracking the movement of wild...

Women’s handloom skills fine-tuned in Human Elephant Conflict-hit

With the raging Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) having devastating impact on the principal and conventional livelihood...

Human Elephant Conflict-affected women play key role in Aaranyak-

The women from the local communities in Assam have been extending wonderful cooperation towards Aaranyaks' sustained...

Training in Assam plantations to reduce human-elephant conflict

The initiative aimed at supplementing people's livelihoods who have been affected by the burgeoning Human-elephant...

Gajayatra campaign successfully mitigates human-elephant conflict

A public awareness campaign 'Gajayatra' was taken up by the forest department in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh...

Human-elephant conflict: Odisha seeks 4 trained ‘Kumki’ elephants

Amidst the rising cases of human-elephant conflict in Odisha, the state government has requested the Tamil Nadu...

Solar fence in Udalguri to mitigate human-elephant conflict

The Aaranyak, in association with the Forest Department, has installed a seven-kilometre-long community-managed...

Meghalaya: Belinda Stuwart Cox inaugurates solar fence

Belinda Stuwart Cox from the British Asian Trust, UK, officially opened the fence, symbolising a significant step in...

Chhattisgarh: Elephant herd blocks highway to protect calf

According to Katghora Divisional Forest Officer, Nishant Kumar, "The cause of the unusual 'chakka jam' was an...

Wild Asian elephants have unusual puzzle-solving abilities: Study

A new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour presented data from a six-month investigation that documented...