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Community tourism inside Manas National Park, Assam. India’s long-standing forest decentralisation framework, built around Joint Forest Management and Community Forest Resource Rights committees, provides existing institutional infrastructure. Image by Ishan Kukreti.

Forest finance and the challenges money cannot fix [Commentary]

Ishan Kukreti 24 Dec 2025
Workers desilt a village pond in Asir village, Sirsa district, Haryana, under MGNREGA, now replaced by the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025. Image by Mulkh Singh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New rural jobs law replaces MGNREGA

Kundan Pandey 22 Dec 2025
A farmer gathers freshly harvested Mushk Budji, a rice variety that nearly disappeared due to blast disease before recent revival efforts by SKUAST-Kashmir. Image by Hirra Azmat.

Saving a traditional grain through modern plant breeding

Hirra Azmat 19 Dec 2025
Workers install a solar panel on the rooftop of a residence in Gurugram. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Residential rooftop solar grows under government scheme, but gaps persist [Commentary]

Gaurav Upadhyay, Prabhakar Sharma 15 Dec 2025
Often called ‘living fossils’, the fern Alsophila spinulosa is found in the Bailadila hills of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. Image by Devendra Shukla

Ancient tree ferns face a new test in the mining hills

Ayushi Sharma 12 Dec 2025
A sub-adult Indian grey wolf photographed at Madhaigunj in May 2024. Image by Manish Kumar Chattopadhyay

A rare wolf pack offers new insights [Commentary]

Manish Kumar Chattopadhyay 9 Dec 2025
With Himachal Pradesh lying in India’s high-risk seismic zones, local masons believe that traditional design is the safest option for buildings. Image by Amir Bin Rafi.

Planning gaps and modern construction keep vulnerabilities alive

Mansi Rathee 5 Dec 2025
Waste dumped along the beachside on the northern part of Kadamath Island. Image by Muneera Beegum C.P.

A mounting waste crisis as tourism surges

Salahuddeen Peechiyath 2 Dec 2025

India sharpens equity and finance demands as COP30 draft text raises new concerns

Manish Chandra Mishra 21 Nov 2025
Speakers at the high-level event on building cooperation for scaling climate finance. Image © UN Climate Change - Diego Herculano via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats

Soumya Sarkar 21 Nov 2025

India falls in climate performance rankings

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Nov 2025
A farmer operates a tractor in a wheat field in Punjab. Farmers at work in Maharashtra. The Global Methane Status Report 2025 found that agriculture accounts for 42% of global anthropogenic methane emissions, and that India is yet to plan sufficient action steps to reduce emissions in this category. Image by CIAT via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Status report shows methane emissions rising despite policy progress

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Nov 2025
Youth at COP30 protest against fossil fuels, for a global just transition to clean energy and climate action. Image © UN Climate Change - Zô Guimarães.

India’s federal climate action model could offer a blueprint for the Global South

Soumya Sarkar 19 Nov 2025
The People’s Summit brought together more than 1,100 civil society organisations and highlighted themes such as food sovereignty, environmental justice and just transition. Image by André Ferreira/Mighty Earth.

Belém’s streets turn red, black and green as people march for climate justice

Manish Chandra Mishra 18 Nov 2025
Civil societies campaign for climate finance goals at COP30. Image © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Brazil climate summit confronts gap between finance goals and reality

Soumya Sarkar 18 Nov 2025
On November 16, activists attend the People's Summit Audience at the Federal University of Pará at COP30. Image by Alex Ferro/COP30.

Urgency grows at midpoint of Belém climate summit as intent still outpaces action

Soumya Sarkar 17 Nov 2025
Farmers pack cauliflowers harvested at a farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Solar-powered cold storage empowers smallholder farmers

Kavitha Yarlagadda 14 Nov 2025
Around the venue at COP30 in the Brazilian Amazon. (Photo: © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth)

India reaffirms commitment to equity and climate justice at COP30

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Nov 2025
Local community members protest against alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act. Image shared by local villagers.

Between the roar of tigers and the voices of the forest

Ayushi Sharma 12 Nov 2025
An Indigenous man takes part in a demonstration for the conservation of the Amazon rainforest at COP30 on November 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amazon calls the world to account at 30th UN climate summit in Belém

Soumya Sarkar 10 Nov 2025
Indal Chauhan, wearing a green t-shirt, stands with villagers guarding their village from wild animals during the day. Image by Saurabh Sharma.

As wolf attacks rise, villagers and scientists hunt for answers

Saurabh Sharma, Raihana Maqbool 7 Nov 2025
Adivasi Bhoir family’s home in Kelti Pada, where they grow and sell vegetables and fruits in their garden. Image courtesy of Amrita Bhattacharjee.

Uncertainty around future of Mumbai’s last green lung

Esha Lohia 5 Nov 2025
A betel shop continues to operate, while the shop next door has shut, due to dwindling business following the shutting down of a thermal power plant in Talcher, Odisha. Image by Roli Srivastava.

The invisible fallout of thermal power plant closures on local economies

Roli Srivastava 31 Oct 2025
A graffiti outside the Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Patna urges people to vote. Image by Srish Prakash.

Climate extremes in Bihar affect its people, but not politics

Srish Prakash 22 Oct 2025
A tiger in the Western Ghats. A Wildlife Institute of India study recorded five large to medium-sized carnivores, including tigers, along the track corridor. Image by Kalyan Varma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Rail expansion plans spark clash between coal and tiger conservation

Pamela D'Mello 17 Oct 2025
Cattle graze on the Hesaraghatta Grassland Conservation Reserve. Grasslands endure and regenerate—no matter how much they’re grazed or nibbled by animals. Image by Ishwarappa

A grassland gets a lifeline, offers a lesson

Max Martin 15 Oct 2025
Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu.

Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 9 Oct 2025
Tiger crossing Ramganaga River in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. Image by Mayank Jaiswal.

How tiger conservation safeguards India’s water future [Commentary]

Pramod K. Yadav 8 Oct 2025
Fuel pump in New Delhi. India’s early E20 rollout has raised consumer concerns over reduced mileage and engine wear. Image by Kundan Pandey.

From policy to pushback, India’s ‘greenlash’ over ethanol-blended petrol

Kundan Pandey 26 Sep 2025
Watershed works have raised the water table in Charmalik region, enabling farmers to irrigate with dugwells and cultivate multiple crops. Image by Nidhi Jamwal.

Collective action transforms farming and forests

Nidhi Jamwal 23 Sep 2025
Plastic waste collected behind an industrial area near Mumbai. Plastic production contributes about 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Image by Ravleen Kaur.

Communities near petrochemical plants pay the price for plastic convenience

Ravleen Kaur 19 Sep 2025
Farmer Laxman Shankar Dalvi, one of several residents served eviction notices by the Maharashtra Forest Department. Image by Esha Lohia for Mongabay.

Caught between laws and loss

Esha Lohia 16 Sep 2025

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