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[Commentary] Conflicts – historical perspectives and present day dilemma

Mathen Rajeev Mathew 15 Dec 2020

The cost of urbanisation in Delhi

Manupriya 15 Dec 2020
Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa, India. Photo by Frederick Noronha/Wikimedia Commons.

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 14 Dec 2020

City of blinding lights: Artificial light disturbs nature’s processes in Bengaluru

Vimal Simha 14 Dec 2020

Oh My Gaur! Living alongside the Indian bison that’s moving out of forests

Arathi Menon 11 Dec 2020

New Ramsar site designated in Bihar could benefit local fishing community

Gurvinder Singh 11 Dec 2020

Story of a river bed, a geological marvel and community pride

Manjula Nair 10 Dec 2020
Brook's House Gecko (Hemidactylus brookii) at Amboli, district Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. Photo by Raju Kasambe/Wikimedia Commons.

Bringing biodiversity and conservation to the forefront in India

Sahana Ghosh 10 Dec 2020

Bauxite mining threatens India’s lone wolf sanctuary and an interstate river

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 9 Dec 2020

Golden jackals make airports their homes

Gurvinder Singh 9 Dec 2020

Environmental issues in agriculture a silent reason behind farmers’ protests

Mayank Aggarwal, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 8 Dec 2020

[Commentary] An existential crisis in Indian forests

Ghazala Shahabuddin 8 Dec 2020
A damaged house at the Podampetta village in Odisha. Credit-Pramit Karmakar

Eastern Indian coast erodes faster with rise in human activity

Manish Kumar 7 Dec 2020

Gharials bounce back in Punjab but the real test is breeding

Vivek Gupta 7 Dec 2020
Grasses provide fodder for the cattle and support livelihood. Photo by Hridayesh Joshi.

Your Environment This Week: People power and tradition to save wetlands, India’s grasslands

Mongabay.com 4 Dec 2020

[Commentary] The disappearing grasslands of southern Tamil Nadu

T. Ganesh, A. Saravanan, M. Mathivanan 4 Dec 2020

Conserving the grass on Himalayan slopes

Hridayesh Joshi 4 Dec 2020

Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Dec 2020

Three cities of Bihar continue to wait for cleaner air

Gurvinder Singh 3 Dec 2020
Aditi Deodhar, founder-director of Jeevitnadi, empowers and mobilises citizens to conserve urban rivers of Pune such as the Mutha river, which has been plagued by pollution and untreated sewage. Illustration by Rohan Dahotre.

People power to clean up Pune river, bit by bit

Himanshu Nitnaware 2 Dec 2020