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The sparks of optimism in a challenging year

Aditi Tandon 31 Dec 2020
Leopard in BR_Hills

India records increase in leopard population but real number could be much more

Manish Chandra Mishra, Mayank Aggarwal 30 Dec 2020

Editor’s review of 2020: Virus, controversies, wildlife, transitions and wetlands

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 29 Dec 2020

How India’s third longest road tunnel project could destabilise a crucial portion of Western Ghats

K.A. Shaji 28 Dec 2020
Nectar plant and host plants are important for butterfly habitat. Sunflower, marigold, lantana, petunia, hibiscus are some common nectar plants in India. Photo- Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay

As butterfly parks come up for awareness, butterflies continue to lose habitat overall

Manish Chandra Mishra 25 Dec 2020
Angami Naga tribe innovated the Alder coppicing system by retaining and pollarding nitrogen fixing Alder trees that facilitates fallow regrowth in Khonoma village, Nagaland. Photo by Joli R. Borah.

Building up carbon sinks in northeast India’s shifting cultivation landscape

Sahana Ghosh 25 Dec 2020

Indian government plans a green city in every state

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Dec 2020
The gaur passed through densely populated and constructed areas. Photo by Center for Citizen Science

Two gaurs in Pune and a lesson in urban wildlife management

Shatakshi Gawade 24 Dec 2020

[Commentary] Cost-effective technology options for Faecal Sludge Management

Sandhya Haribal, Tarika Vaswani 23 Dec 2020

Mapping snakes in Uttarakhand for safer coexistence with humans

Shivani Pathak 23 Dec 2020

Goa’s iron ore mining stuck at a crossroad

Supriya Vohra 22 Dec 2020

[Commentary] Rethinking the justice question: climate change, sea-level rise and disproportionate distribution of risk

R.K. Sony, Siddhartha Krishnan and Monalisa Sen 22 Dec 2020
Leptarma biju. Photo by Mr. Riyas A.

New tree-spider crab species with purple patches described from Kerala’s mangroves

Neha Jain 21 Dec 2020

[Commentary] The two faces of environmental regulation

Anjana Vencatesan 21 Dec 2020
Gaddi herd of sheep and goats moving toward Bharmour from Chamba .Gaddi move their herds of sheep and goats toward Bharmour from lower ranges of plains in summer and vice versa.The Gaddis are a tribe living primarily in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir of Indian union.Their main profession is goat and sheep rearing. Photo by Harvinder Chandigarh/Wikimedia Commons.

Afforestation is making the livelihoods of Gaddi pastoralists in the Himalayas more vulnerable

Neha Jain 18 Dec 2020

Biodiversity threats from ghost fishing gear in the Ganga

Sahana Ghosh 18 Dec 2020

Path of destruction: Road to Anjaneri hilltop could threaten fragile rocky outcrop ecosystem

Vinaya Kurtkoti 17 Dec 2020

How people respond to predators in the Indian Himalaya

Aathira Perinchery 17 Dec 2020

Returning to traditional practices to save Vidarbha’s ‘Lake District’

Nivedita Khandekar 16 Dec 2020
Sindhu Bhaskar builds an earth oven outside her family's natural 'earthbag' home in Thiruvannamalai. Photo by Sindhu Bhaskar.

Looking at the past, present and future of natural building in India

Nandita Jayaraj 16 Dec 2020