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    Do wildlife photographers suffer from tunnel...

    Do wildlife photographers suffer from tunnel vision? Absolutely! But what’s wrong with that?

    Many of us have invested considerable amount in procuring & upgrading our camera equipment. The purpose...
  2. I appreciate you bringing in this idea to this...

    I appreciate you bringing in this idea to this forum.

    Humans are by nature innovative, inquisitive but highly destructive; the industrial society / revolution has indeed cost us a lot. People are...
  3. This report is indeed absurd. Forget about the...

    This report is indeed absurd. Forget about the illegality of the proposal - the minister seems to have taken the decision on wrong set of information - since when have our forests been over...
  4. The Inflection Point - Environment & Technology

    POSCO is a massive project in India. Some 50,000 people are going to be employed directly or indirectly through this project. As most readers would be aware, apart from the mines, POSCO also plans to...
  5. It will be intersting to see how this plays...

    It will be intersting to see how this plays out...

    Both the leaders have a point - the MoEF minister makes a better case than the Chief Minister. However, in the Indian context, conservation works...
  6. I feel the minister's intent is a step in the...

    I feel the minister's intent is a step in the right direction.

    I often worry about rejuvenating forest cover in India. Problem is, green cover cannot just be vast stretch of land (usually degraded...
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    A recent news article shed light on the fact that...

    A recent news article shed light on the fact that the current MoEF is amongst the most business friendly ministers - having cleared over 95% of projects brought to his ministry. A more disturbing...
  8. The biggest obstacle to conservation is our...

    The biggest obstacle to conservation is our apathy towards the cause. Finding conservators has become similar to the effort of diamond mining nowadays :) You dig a ton of dirt to find one true...
  9. The clash between development and conservation...

    The clash between development and conservation continues. Today conservation is more of a political decision rather than a scientific, empirical one. Large hydroelectricity projects have always been...
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    Thats a welcome news. However IndiaWilds...

    Thats a welcome news.

    However IndiaWilds readers might be aware that many of the so called "man eater" tigers do not attack humans as their first recourse. Either they are old tigers looking for...
  11. Great news. This is a developing news though....

    Great news. This is a developing news though. Mining behemoths like Vedanta look at long term objectives. I hope change in central government (or Minister) would not lead to abandonment of the...
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    Great point. Though I agree to the comments...

    Great point. Though I agree to the comments overall; I have a slightly divergent view. Would highly appreciate if readers could pitch in with their views as well.

    India has the second largest...
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    Natures' Price Tag

    Oil spills are back in vogue. Spills from offshore oil drills, ships running aground into pristine coral reefs have become daily news fodder. With the explosion of digital media (news channels), you...
  14. There is a lot of ambiguity to Bret Mills'...

    There is a lot of ambiguity to Bret Mills' report. The logic proposed by the researcher could potentially be taken to absurd levels. Here Bret is holding up typical "human societal" propriety to the...
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    Surprisingly tranquil image!

    Surprisingly tranquil image!
  16. One more aspect: Why do scientists keep claiming...

    One more aspect: Why do scientists keep claiming they can artificially replicate an entire mangrove ecosystem successfully?

    Across the world, forest plantation efforts bore positive results when...
  17. As with most posts on this forum, this post sadly...

    As with most posts on this forum, this post sadly corroborates the detrimental effects of man on the ecosystem. This news is ironic as the current CM of Bihar had proposed the Gangetic Dolphin as...
  18. That is an interesting point. The nexus...

    That is an interesting point.

    The nexus between large corporations, NGOs and real projects is becoming more and more disturbing. I feel corporations and NGOs are cherry picking projects which...
  19. Tourists help keep poachers away from tiger reserves

    A recent article on TOI
    http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIH/2010/05/06&PageLabel=11&EntityId=Ar01101&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T...
  20. The Green Monsters - Abt Big Corporates Hoodwinking us on their green ambitions

    Nowadays, almost all petroleum giants are espousing their “green credentials”. The other day I was watching a commercial from our home grown Bharat Petroleum – for a moment I thought it wasn’t a...
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    Probably the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS is...

    Probably the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS is a lens I would retain for a very very long time.

    The lens is extremely light weight and portable, has a reasonably wide focal length, can take...
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    Which Lens would you never sell?

    lenses are an integral if not critical part of the way you compose your image.

    The sheer variety of lenses available is mind boggling. The marco, micro, fish eye, telephoto, super telephoto etc...
  23. From BBC:...

    From BBC:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8470962.stm

    His photograph was chosen out of more than 43,000 competition entries in October 2009.
    Louise Emerson from the Wildlife...
  24. Tigers make way for tango at Corbett

    Article from TOI - 12 Jan, 2010

    Himanshi Dhawan I TNN

    New Delhi: Is Corbett national park, India’s best known tiger sanctuary, becoming a hunting ground for party animals at the cost of real...
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    The chaos of the event has been captured well....

    The chaos of the event has been captured well. Great story Sabyasachi!
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