India harbors the largest population of Asian elephants in the world. The institutional, policy, and legal instruments that enable sustaining elephant population in India were elaborated in the article.

Human–wildlife conflicts are mostly associated with social and economic impacts such as limited social interaction in fear of attacks and loss of livestock and properties.

Rubber plantations that are larger in size and remotely located have a higher probability of being linked to forest loss and degradation. The global rubber price can act as a significant driver of both deforestation and degradation. Identifying high-risk plantations and mitigating associated threats could help curb future forest loss due to rubber agriculture.

Threatened and endangered species that occur in coastal areas are susceptible to the impacts of hurricanes that can destroy and reorganize their habitats. We used long-term tracking of endangered beach mice to reveal they survive these impacts by using high elevation dune habitats to stay safe. However, as hurricanes become more frequent and stronger with future climate change projections, the threat may become too strong for hurricane-adapted species and ecosystems.

Despite global recognition for its ecological importance, our assessment in the Indawgyi Lake Wildlife Sanctuary revealed that turtles and tortoises are nesting in suboptimal conditions to avoid humans' disturbance. Local communities identified hunting, fishing, and deforestation as the main threats, along with a lack of effective conservation efforts from authorities and NGOs. The discovery of a previously undescribed species of Amyda highlights the urgent need for increased enforcement and conservation efforts to support the recovery of turtle and tortoise populations and to protect the lake's exquisite wildlife.

Local populations are aware of the decline and disappearance of Detarium species in their habitats, attributing this trend to excessive human exploitation and the effects of climate change. Thus, Detarium plant resources may face challenges in forests with different levels of protection status due to habitat fragmentation and the effects of climate change. Local strategies and solutions could contribute to the conservation of Detarium species.

Jigme Dorji National Park is the exclusive refuge for the critically endangered Bhutan poppy in Bhutan and worldwide, confined to alpine screes in Tshophu, Tshophu base and Jichudrakey base in Soe gewog, Thimphu. The primary conservation threats to this species stem from harvesting, grazing and trampling by livestock, despite the majority of Bhutan poppy flourishing in the southwestern aspect. To safeguard this rare and endemic plant, local communities must be informed about responsible Bhutan poppy collection and actively engaged in its protection.