Aditi Tandon

Senior Production Editor

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Aditi Tandon is the Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.

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A rural jobs law without a guarantee

Kundan Pandey 9 Jan 2026
A Nilgiri tahr strolls through grasslands at Eravikulam National Park. Image by K.A. Shaji.

The grass that refused to die

K.A. Shaji 8 Jan 2026

Disease-carrying microplastics in the air we breathe

Ravleen Kaur 6 Jan 2026

A border village creates a community sanctuary for its state bird

Nabarun Guha 6 Jan 2026
Irula farmers at work. Representative image by Sankar.s via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Unsafe drinking water can influence antimicrobial resistance

Debdutta Paul 5 Jan 2026
Mountain peaks in Pin Valley National Park, which is part of the recently recognised Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh. Image by Timothy Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Biosphere reserves are pockets of hope for a changing planet [Commentary]

Benno Böer, Neha Midha, Srishti Kumar 2 Jan 2026
Galaxy frogs in the Western Ghats. Image by K.P. Rajkumar/ZSL.

Photo tourism threatens rare galaxy frog population

Liz Kimbrough 2 Jan 2026
P.V. Shivaprasad. Image by Sharmila Vaidyanathan.

P.V. Shivaprasad talks about rice, food security and his fascination with plants [Interview]

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 1 Jan 2026

Tracing the evolving landscape of green jobs in 2025

Aditi Tandon 30 Dec 2025
A woman looks at a coal plant in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

The climate finance numbers did not add up in 2025

Kundan Pandey 29 Dec 2025

The Aravalli mountains, an ecological asset under threat [Commentary]

C.P. Rajendran 29 Dec 2025
Ana Sagar lake in Ajmer, Rajasthan, flanked by the Aravalli hills. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

With a new identity, the Aravalli hills stare at an uncertain future

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2025
Journalists Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj on the set of Walking Against the Heat, a film produced as part of the Video Reporting Opportunity by All Living Things Environment Film Festival and Mongabay-India. Image courtesy of Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj.

Taking environmental storytelling beyond the screen in 2025

Sandhya Sekar 26 Dec 2025
A woman carries water collected from a public tap during the summer on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Climate action cooled as heat surged in 2025 [Editor’s Review]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 25 Dec 2025
Common krait. Image by Manoj Karingamadathil via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

A new study highlights neglected state of snakebite threats

Arathi Menon 24 Dec 2025

Climate change shaped primate populations in northeast India

Anusha Krishnan 23 Dec 2025
Polluted river in an Indian city. Image by Jan jörg via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Over 5,000 cases pending in India’s green tribunal, shows data

Simrin Sirur 22 Dec 2025
Fish vendors at a market in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Image by Rajesh Pamnani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

India’s fisheries budget misses the ocean for the fish [Commentary]

Ajay Sawant 22 Dec 2025
A man carrying a child covers their heads with a cloth to protect themselves from the heat in Jammu. (AP Photo/ Channi Anand)

Heat stress is intensifying across Indian states, shows data [Analysis]

Poonguzhali R.P., Brinda Viswanathan, K.S. Kavi Kumar 22 Dec 2025

Tiger gut microbes reflect human pressure in India’s wildlife reserves, study finds

Manjeera Gowravaram 19 Dec 2025
A farmer burns crop residue after harvest near Bundelkhand expressway, around 330 km from New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Parliamentary committee makes widespread recommendations to improve air quality

Simrin Sirur 17 Dec 2025

Heavy metals, microplastics found in fishing cats

Shailesh Shrivastava 16 Dec 2025
Burning of garbage releases thick smoke in a city. Image by Jaskaran Singh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Is the world betting too much on carbon removal technologies? [Explainer]

Debdutta Paul, Juhi Chatterjee 16 Dec 2025
Given that existing anti-venom does not neutralise the venom of a Malar pit viper, the study authors are are raising awareness about these lesser-known but medically significant venomous snakes so that antivenom manufacturers can consider adding them to their immunisation pools. Image by Bose Mudappa.

Scientists warn Malabar pit viper is medically overlooked

Arathi Menon 12 Dec 2025
According to the PMC, the priority stretch between Sangamwadi and Bund Garden is nearly complete. Image by Stephin Thomas.

As a riverfront plan advances, ecologists warn of damage to floodplains, biodiversity

Stephin Thomas 9 Dec 2025
T. silasii by Geetha Sasikumar and K.K. Sajikumar.

New deep-sea squid species discovered in tropical waters

Divya Kilikar 8 Dec 2025

The bull lady of Kathasamipalayam dies at 59 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2025
Office goers walk amidst dense smog. (AP Photo)

Air pollution smothers productivity

Shweta Thakur Nanda 8 Dec 2025
Tejashri Shelke, the sarpanch of Shelkewadi, stated that all of the homes in the 'Pink Village' are owned by women and symbolically painted pink. Image by Abhijeet Gurjar.

Rooftop solar consumers face uncertainty in Maharashtra

Abhijeet Gurjar 4 Dec 2025
Dholes in Bandipur, Karnataka. Image by Mike Prince via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Where the wild dog can roam

Sneha Mahale 4 Dec 2025
An Asiatic lion in Gir National Park. While the WLPA has created a legal framework for protectionist conservation, its effectiveness in ensuring species recovery beyond the iconic mega-fauna like the tiger, lion, leopard and elephant has been limited. Image by Tanmay Haldar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The case for a new legal framework to protect India’s wildlife and livelihoods [Commentary]

Mathen Rajeev Mathew 3 Dec 2025
Ulsoor lake in Bengaluru. Image by Ramesh NG via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Environmentalists concerned over size-based buffer zones for water bodies

Aisiri Amin 2 Dec 2025

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