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Electric fence on the Indo-Nepal border puts migrating elephants and humans at risk

Avijan Saha, Sahana Ghosh 6 Nov 2020

India’s largest coalfield to expand, green cover under threat

Manish Kumar 6 Nov 2020

Lost and found: The story of a plant and how a village is trying to protect it

Azera Parveen Rahman 5 Nov 2020

[Commentary] Life of chow: a lockdown story

Siddhartha Krishnan 5 Nov 2020

Assam’s tribal communities lost land and forest to mining

Anupam Chakravartty 4 Nov 2020

Saving Darbhanga’s wetlands from encroachment and apathy

Mohd Imran Khan 4 Nov 2020
The Sandynallah valley where the team did its sampling. Photo by Sarath Kavil.

The Todas may have moved up the Nilgiris 3500 years ago: study

Sahana Ghosh 4 Nov 2020
NCF field staff collecting seeds for their nursery that is part of their restoration work that has been ongoing since 2014. Photo by Aparajita Datta.

COVID-19 cripples long-term ecological monitoring research in India

Aathira Perinchery 3 Nov 2020

[Photos] Navigating a world built on palm oil in southern Papua

Albertus Vembrianto 3 Nov 2020
Bembatty village where the upper reservoir of the Sillahalla hydroelectric project is expected to be located. Photo by Mathimaran.

Concerns over Sillahalla hydroelectric project coming up in the ecosensitive Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 3 Nov 2020

[Photos] Erosion along Ganga’s riverbanks in West Bengal finds new victims

Tanmoy Bhaduri 2 Nov 2020

Hyderabad floods highlight the need for a disaster mitigation and climate resilience plan

M. Somasekhar 2 Nov 2020
A single individual of the termite Odontotermes obesus. Photo by Nikhil More.

Your Environment This Week: Faith protects snakes, termite mound architecture, energy map for India

Mongabay.com 30 Oct 2020

As India plans clean energy transition, questions remain about impact

Mayank Aggarwal 30 Oct 2020

Arabian Sea needs to be closely monitored for future storms: Study

Varsha Torgalkar 30 Oct 2020

Remove oil storage facility in ecologically sensitive coastal area, says green tribunal

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Oct 2020
Heaps of masks were found along with other biomedical waste on Rushikonda beach seabed. Photo courtesy- Platypus Escapes, Visakhapatnam.

Discarded single-use plastic masks and gloves are choking ocean beds

Nalini Ravichandran 29 Oct 2020

Rajasthan’s phosphate mines deprive villagers of land, livelihood, health

Kapil Kajal 28 Oct 2020
Termites inside a termite mound. Photo by Nikhil More.

Architectural secrets of termite mounds

Anusha Krishnan 28 Oct 2020
Gwasinlo Thong, chairperson of the reserve committee in front of the Nsonji Lake, Sendenyu Community Biodiversity Reserve. Photo from Sendenyu Community Biodiversity and Wildlife Reserve.

A community in Nagaland strives to sustain wildlife protection amid fresh challenges

Sahana Ghosh 27 Oct 2020