LIFE Is Development Opposed to Conservation? Railway Expansion and Wildlife Security

India is planning to expand its railway infrastructure across the nation (including the protected areas) to boost economic development. However, there is little clarity about how the loss accrued to the habitat and how protecting wildlife from rail accidents will be handled. This paper provides an insight into the judicious combination of conservation and development. It suggests sustainable ways to address both of them effectively: policy gaps, lack of adequate mitigation strategies and half-hearted measures at implementation compound the problem. India needs growth, but it cannot be achieved at the cost of wildlife that India has thus far nurtured at a significant cost.

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LIFE Four-Horned Antelope | First Recorded Sightings - Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary, Bihar

<p>This paper presents the documentation of the four-horned antelope (Chousingha) in the Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time. This record is based on our observation throughout the protected area as a part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study during 2019-2020. Although the species has a pan-India distribution, the correct estimate of the population is unknown. As the number of this schedule-I species is continuously decreasing this documentation provides a way to conserve and retain the population in this protected area.</p>

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