Aditi Tandon

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Aditi Tandon is the Senior Production Editor at Mongabay India.

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A stray dog in Kolkata. In 2024 and 2025, the Centre issued advisories urging Urban Local Bodies to set up Animal Birth Control units and carry out large-scale sterilisation programmes. Image by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-3.0).

Street dogs in the spotlight as rabies eradication deadline comes closer

Kundan Pandey 2 Sep 2025

Roadkill study demonstrates urgent necessity for safeguards

Simrin Sirur 2 Sep 2025
A physically disabled man rests as commuters cross a waterlogged street in 2013 in Guwahati. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Is India’s disaster preparedness inclusive enough?

Aisiri Amin 29 Aug 2025
A woman washes clothes near a well. Most village wells in Melghat contain murky water, which women use to wash clothes and utensils, leading to diseases and infections. Image by Abhijeet Tangde.

Despite dams and water schemes, tribal villages live with drought

Kiran Gite, Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Aug 2025
A man applies reflective paint to the roof of a house to cool the indoors in Ahmedabad. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

A whole-system approach to cooling in a warming world [Commentary]

Prima Madan, Akash Goenka 25 Aug 2025
The East Asian free-tailed bat (Tadarida insignia) was recently recorded for the first time in India. Image by Rohit Chakravarty.

New bat species and first records uncovered in the Western Himalayas

Nikhil Sreekandan 22 Aug 2025

World’s smallest wild cat recorded in West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 19 Aug 2025

Rohini Balakrishnan on why (and how) we must listen to insects [Interview]

Kartik Chandramouli 15 Aug 2025
A bronze-winged jacana in Vembanad lake. Estimates say the lake is home to some 20,000 water fowls, otters and various varieties of fish. Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

From choking backwaters to cleaner currents [Commentary]

C. J. Punnathara 13 Aug 2025
Striped tigers congregate in Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Maharashtra. Image by Dr. Raju Kasambe via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why are butterflies migrating across the Indian peninsula? [Explainer]

Sandhya Sekar 12 Aug 2025
A woman works at a coal depot in Ahmedabad in the summer of 2022, when heatwaves were scorching the country. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Governing land, landscapes and infrastructure for a just energy transition [Commentary]

Sarthak Shukla, Siddharth Sareen 12 Aug 2025

Asia’s largest grassland is a surprisingly effective carbon sink, study finds

Simrin Sirur 8 Aug 2025
Sandesh Kadur. Image ©Robin Darius Conz/Felis Images.

Sandesh Kadur on documenting the shared wilderness in the Nilgiris [Interview]

Priyanka Shankar 8 Aug 2025
In the absence of a management system for menstrual waste, many women in Himachal Pradesh are forced to burn this waste in their backyards. Image by Amir Bin Rafi.

The hidden menstrual waste crisis in the hills

Amir Bin Rafi, Mansi Rathee 6 Aug 2025
A gig worker in Noida. Many gig workers in the National Capital Region were sceptical about the impact of the NDMA advisory. Image by Kundan Pandey.

Gig work heats up, disaster body steps in with advisory

Kundan Pandey 5 Aug 2025
In the 2000s, the Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened to the public. In the 2010s, a 29.2 kilometre long coastal road was conceptualised along the western side of Mumbai. Image by Wirestock/Envato.

Can a native forest rewrite the story of Mumbai’s coastline? [Commentary]

Manan Shah, Namrata Dewanjee 1 Aug 2025

DNA test cracks the case of mistaken quails

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Jul 2025
Brahmagiri serves as a crucial corridor for elephants and tigers, raising concerns about human-wildlife conflict that could intensify if the tribal colony is established.  The proposed land witnesses high wildlife activity and cattle lifting by tigers is frequently reported from nearby villages. Image by Bose Madappa.

Tribal resettlement near the forest a wild idea, say environmentalists

Arathi Menon 30 Jul 2025
A foundry in Hyderabad. Corporations in India are largely supportive of science-aligned climate policy, including those in the metals, mining, and energy sectors. Image by Rajesh Pamnani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Corporate climate strategy needs greater policy engagement, says analysis

Simrin Sirur 29 Jul 2025
Sulochana Gadgil by Ministry of Earth Sciences via Facebook. Monsoon in the Western Ghats by KV 192 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sulochana Gadgil: The woman who chased clouds [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jul 2025

Study maps microplastics in Mumbai’s mangroves

Aditi Tandon 25 Jul 2025
A dhole in Kabini. Image by Ranjith Kumar 2016 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The return of the dholes

Nabarun Guha 21 Jul 2025

Global rift over plant treaty as key issues remain unresolved

Kundan Pandey 18 Jul 2025
Saplings planted alongside Buddha Nullah in Ludhiana. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A heat map-based plantation programme turns into a missed opportunity

Manu Moudgil, Simrin Sirur 18 Jul 2025
Ajith Babu, drone pilot at Fuselage Innovations operates 'FIA QD10' - a precision spraying agricultral drone at a paddy farm at Kerala Agro Machinery Corporation Limited in Kochi, Kerala, India Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbaraman/Mongabay

Kerala unveils plan to tackle climate risks and build resilient agriculture

Manish Chandra Mishra 18 Jul 2025
A rise in tiger numbers along with expanding human settlements is bringing people and livestock in contact with these large carnivores, resulting in conflict around protected areas. Image by Himanshu Chattani.

Tracing a tiger from its kill

Bharti Dharapuram 16 Jul 2025
A power plant in Kolkata. Representative image by Smeet Chowdhury via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Sulphur dioxide emission norms relaxed for thermal power plants

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2025
Deepor Beel in Kamrup is Assam’s only Ramsar site, despite the state having over 1,000 wetlands, many of which face growing threats from pollution and development. Image by Hirakjyoti Bayan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Wetlands hold carbon and climate hope

Nandhini Somasundaram 14 Jul 2025
A weather monitoring station at Randullabad, Maharashtra. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Improved weather forecasting can help manage renewable energy grid

Kundan Pandey 11 Jul 2025
Women farmers planting millets, a climate-resilient and water-efficient crop, in Keonjhar district, Odisha. Photo by Tanmoy Bhaduri/IWMI.

AI-based drought advisory tool aimed at enabling early action

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Jul 2025
A kestrel perched on a pole in Bengaluru. These birds are more common in the outskirts of the city. Image by Jagdish Krishnaswamy.

How urban birds respond to heat and green cover

Anusha Krishnan 9 Jul 2025
A moringa tree. Image by Dinesh Valke via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The rise of India’s moringa economy

Aditya Ansh 7 Jul 2025

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