Conservation

Like most people in Bengaluru, Pavan A, a student of Aeronautical Engineering at the MVJ College of Engineering, was concerned about the lake.

These folks come from varied backgrounds; there are teachers, businesspeople, students and tea planters, but are bound by the love for native and rare orchids.

Highlighting the cause of nature and wildlife conservation at a global scale, the Lantana elephants are part of a greater initiative to raise funds for conservation and help people and elephants live together more harmoniously.

It all began when Pompayya noticed the scrubby patch of land on the other side of the canal, that bordered his property, lie empty and transform into a general purpose dumping ground.

The ‘Hell is Here’ photo led Biplab Hazra earning the wildlife and conservation magazine Sanctuary Asia’s photographer of the year in 2017.

In 2013, Bodhisatva was in Class 1 when he first spoke about the perils of deforestation at a public forum

They are not the heroes we deserve, but the ones we need, especially at a time when our insatiable needs are eradicating almost all large forms of life on the planet.

A native of Ekalkhori village near Jodhpur, Ranaram Bishnoi has been defying his age for decades years now, in his crusade to turn the barren desert adjoining his village totally green.

Today, if you walk along the Jakkur Lake premises, you will find many known and lesser-known medicinal herbs, aromatic shrubs, as well as rare and red-listed endemic trees lining the area, where community and conservation zones coexist.

Situated near Thailand’s oldest wildlife sanctuary Salakpra, this 15-acre stretch is a nature lover’s paradise teaming with wild animals and birds.