An elephant attack might sound completely out of character for an animal often perceived to be a friendly docile giant; however this is the stuff of nightmares for many people living on forest fringes in India.

RESET spoke with Praveen Pardeshi, Principal Secretary of the Revenue and Forests Department in Maharashtra about the importance of biodiversity, how wildlife conservation is being tackled and what measures the government is taking to preserve that which is integral to Indian identity.

The Department of Forest and Wildife in Kerala has issued ‘green passports’ to 40 school-aged eco-warriors from schools that lie in and on the outskirts of the state’s Periyar tiger reserve.