How wild mushroom delicacies in Goa are threatening its forests
The onset of rains in Goa not only mean change in the weather but also eating habits. As monsoon winds and a two-month fishing ban make fishing in the sea…
Articles by Aditi
Dam mismanagement worsens impact of extreme rainfall in Maharashtra
In July, when many parts of India were bracing for yet another year of drought, the situation changed dramatically with episodes of extreme rainfall in the latter part of the…
What shola sky islands say about diseases in wild birds
The shola sky islands are a biologist’s delight. Surrounded by lowlands, these highest reaches of Western Ghats in peninsular India host radically different habitats and species. Covered in montane evergreen…
Mekedatu project threatens to submerge chunks of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
Located around 90 kilometres away from Karnataka's capital Bengaluru, Mekedatu is a scenic site where south India's mighty river Cauvery dives into an amazing gorge, facilitating the creation of a…
As water level of Gujarat’s Sardar Sarovar dam rises, villages in Madhya Pradesh drown
On the morning of September 5, 2019, as water submerged Khaparkheda village (Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh), government officials were trying to move people to makeshift tin sheds in the adjacent…
Who killed the wandering rhino in Assam?
On February 5, 2018, rangers at Orang National Park in the northeast Indian state of Assam received multiple phone calls from villagers reporting sightings of a stray rhino. Dawdling and…
Gujarat pilots emissions trading programme to tackle air pollution
The western state of Gujarat has launched the world’s first trading programme for particulate air pollution. The pilot, launched on World Environment Day in June this year, replicates a market-based…
Your environment this week: Oceans of plastic, clues in wild yak poop, protecting the star tortoise
This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. To receive a weekly email with a roundup of our stories, please sign-up to our newsletter. What would happen if the…
Bid for greater protection of star tortoise at the ongoing CITES conference
In June 2019, law enforcement agents stopped a car to check four trolley bags that passengers had loaded in a rush at a railway station in Kolkata. In July, officers…
[Book Review] You begin to see nature as a living being
You set your heart on the Anamalai jungles. You dream of listening to the calls of a million birds, the cries of macaques and the trumpets of elephants. In all…
