Community Reserves (CRs), or protected areas managed by indigenous communities, are a useful instrument to balance conservation priorities and livelihood requirements of the communities, finds a study, which examines the…
You might have seen organic food products at your local grocery store. But what is the process that goes into certifying these products as organic? And why are they so…
The discovery of an alligator gar fish in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dal lake has raised concerns as it could pose a threat to the native fish species. The alligator gar…
In Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district, the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) appeared on the conservation map in the 1970s owing to its role in safeguarding the future of the Critically Endangered…
Killer heatwaves are projected to worsen across India, warn recent reports, cautioning that the current method of analysing the impacts of these extreme events needs to be improved. The country’s…
Public sector oil and gas companies in India are actively embracing emission-reduction strategies such as Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) as India targets net zero by 2070. CCUS is…
Sitabai Salame from Chandrapur district’s Torgaon village in Maharashtra, died after being attacked by a tiger. “She was in the field, quite far away from the forest areas, when a…
We read the article ‘Madia Gond tribes forced to leave ancestral land, as human-animal conflict increases’ published in Mongabay India on 14th March, 2023, with interest. I, along with my…
The plan to notify Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh as a tiger reserve has caused unrest among the indigenous Idu Mishmi tribe. The community feels that this will “hinder…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has focussed on climate change as the primary theme in its Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for 2022-23, a theme-based annual report on…
Rhino rays form a distinct and important group of elasmobranchii, a subclass of cartilaginous fish that comprises rays and sharks. However, there is limited information on rhino rays, and 15…
In March 2023, at the second meeting of the Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG), delegates deliberated on the G20 High Level Principles for a Sustainable and Climate Resilient…
Jayasudha, 38, counts it as a blessing that she was not home on the night of December 11, 2020. It was then that a bear with two cubs entered her…
As a teenager living in Odisha, Priyadarshini Das always had an eye for creativity. She would pick up seeds, bamboo branches and any other natural materials available around her house…
Inside the narrow groundwater aquifers of the southern Indian state of Kerala reside a unique group of subterranean catfishes. These fishes live in total darkness with low concentrations of nutrients…
With an increasing trend of commercial banks launching ‘green deposit’ schemes for retail investors, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released a framework to shape the emerging market, including…
Dumbarpath is a tribal village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a primary area of bauxite mining in India. Mining activities have been ongoing in the region for the past 30…
In September 2011, a team of researchers from the Institute of Mountain Environment (IME), University of Jammu, found a pair of jackals dead on the Jammu-Poonch national highway. “Sadly, the…
A research team from the Department of Geography, University of Jammu, ranked 10 districts of Jammu province in Jammu and Kashmir, on their vulnerability to climate variability. They studied weather…
Given the growth of the renewable energy sector in India and its ambitious goals in the coming years, the question looms about regulation of the sector. Currently, to push the…
