Category Biodiversity

Biodiversity, News

A 73% Drop in Wildlife Populations: The Global Crisis and India’s Story of Hope

The world has lost much of its wildlife abundance over the past five decades, with monitored animal populations declining sharply across ecosystems. Yet, amid this global deterioration, India offers some encouraging examples of wildlife recovery, demonstrating that sustained conservation efforts…

Aayushi Gour
October 12, 2026

Biodiversity, Feature

Inside Sri Lanka’s Crackdown on Elephant Jaw Bombs

Bait left at the edge of a field looks like food to a hungry animal. That is the whole design of a hakka-patas: an explosive that goes off in the mouth of whatever bites. On 6 October, wildlife officers in…

CFC Sri Lanka
October 10, 2026

Biodiversity, News

Sri Lanka Begins Islandwide Agricultural Census Across 14,008 Grama Niladhari Divisions

For the first time in more than a decade, census officers are going door to door across Sri Lanka to count the country’s farms, fields and livestock. What they record over the next ten weeks will shape agricultural planning, from…

CFC Sri Lanka
October 8, 2026

Biodiversity, News

Rainbow Sea Slug in Cornwall: Climate Signal or One-Off Sighting?

A rainbow sea slug found in Cornwall offers a vivid clue to warming seas and changing UK marine life. Discover why the tiny visitor matters.

Aayushi Gour
October 6, 2026

Biodiversity, Feature

Ganesh Chaturthi 2026: The Elephant God’s Festival and India’s 2,725 Captive Elephants

The elephant-headed god is in the pandals. The temple parades, fort safaris and interstate transfers that keep thousands of Asian elephants in harness are still running, and the rising heat is making the work more dangerous for the animals and the crowds around them.

Manjori Borkotoky
September 16, 2026

Biodiversity, News

Soil Biodiversity Loss Threatens Healthy Soils, FAO Warns

The loss of biodiversity beneath the Earth’s surface has emerged as one of the world’s major threats to healthy soils, according to a new global assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). The Status of…

Vivek Saini
September 3, 2026

Biodiversity, Feature

Monks, Medicine, and Biodiversity: Inside the Battle to Protect Ritigala Mountain

On World Environment Day 2026, Sri Lanka quietly made one of its most important conservation decisions in recent years. While global attention often focuses on disappearing rainforests and endangered wildlife elsewhere, the country took a significant step toward safeguarding its…

CFC Sri Lanka
June 9, 2026

Biodiversity, Feature

The Cost of Progress: What the Biodiversity Crisis Reveals About Global Growth

As the world marks the International Day for Biological Diversity 2026, scientists are warning that humanity is entering one of the most dangerous periods in the history of life on Earth. Forests continue to shrink across the tropics, freshwater ecosystems…

Vivek Saini
May 22, 2026

Biodiversity, Feature

Conserving Biodiversity the Natural Way: India’s Local Solutions for Global Challenges

As the world observes International Day for Biological Diversity 2026 under the theme “Acting locally for global impact”, the message is clear: protecting biodiversity begins with local action. Communities, governments, and individuals all have a role in conserving ecosystems that…

Aayushi Gour
May 22, 2026

Biodiversity, Feature

Sri Lanka’s Invasive Species Crisis: A Growing Threat to Forests and Freshwater Ecosystems

Sri Lanka’s famous biodiversity is in danger. Forests like the Kanneliya rainforest, a once-rich haven for endemic frogs such as the whistling shrub frog (Pseudophilautus nemus), are now choked by fast-growing invasive plants. Hard milkwood (Alstonia macrophylla), introduced in the…

Rashmitha Diwyanjalee
April 2, 2026