Coastal communities scuba-dive to conserve marine environment
After Cyclone Ockhi caused damage and destruction in the south Kerala coast near the southwestern edge of the Indian peninsula, Friends of Marine Life (FML), an NGO working with coastal…
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Palani Hills: Where have the grasslands gone?
Almost smack in the centre of the Palani hill range that forms the eastern spur of the Western Ghats, lies the hill station of Kodaikanal. This once sleepy idyllic getaway…
Should there be road-tunnels under Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park?
Environmentalists are divided over the recent decision of the Maharashtra State Wildlife Board, which is presided over by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to permit a geo-technical survey for two 11-km-long…
State of Forest Report says that India’s forest and tree cover has increased by 1 percent
India has recorded a one percent jump (8,021 square km) in overall forest and tree cover between 2015 and 2017 despite population and livestock pressures, even as the green footprint…
Will the pill work for the elephant and other wild animals?
Amidst rising human-wildlife conflicts in the country, India plans to roll out a pilot experimental research project in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand to test the most appropriate method to…
Can India mine deep-sea resources without disturbing the Indian Ocean seabed ecosystem?
There is one common element that connects pacemakers for the human heart, coins, solar power plants and cooking appliances. All of them use nickel or its alloy as a primary…
One grain at a time: Assam’s rice seed library for climate resilience
In the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in Assam, Mahan Chandra Borah, is racing against time to stock up nearly-extinct and rare indigenous rice varieties, one grain at a time,…
Declining vulture population can cause a health crisis
With the vulture, it was the tragedy of the commons. Once, these large, ungainly birds were ubiquitous – seen in both cities and countryside, perched on trees and electric poles,…
Environment Ministry adopts a new strategy for river conservation
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change last week announced a new strategy for conservation and rejuvenation of major river systems across the country. To restore the lost…
Silent Valley: A controversy that focused global attention on a rainforest 40 years ago
Citizens of Kerala, the state that welcomes the southwest monsoon into the Indian peninsula, are not as confident in the recent years of the water flow in their rivers. Their…
