Arathi Menon

Arathi Menon

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Arathi Menon is a senior staff writer. She is based in Mysore, Karnataka.

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Ecosystem-based adaptation takes nature-based, people-centric approach to agriculture

Arathi Menon 9 Aug 2023

As e-mobility gains traction, what’s in store for the friendly neighbourhood mechanic?

Arathi Menon 3 Aug 2023
Joyeeta Gupta speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Photo by World Economic Forum - Jakob Polacsek/ Flickr.

[Interview] Joyeeta Gupta: The Indian voice for environmental justice at global platforms

Arathi Menon 27 Jul 2023

Himalayas losing glaciers and snow: more hazards in the offing, a new study finds

Arathi Menon 25 Jul 2023

Kerala’s dwindling mangroves need concerted effort in conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Jul 2023
A woman with her harvest of fishbone fern in Chota Suruk, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. Photo by Aditya Pradhan.

Studies highlight local perception of ecosystem services

Arathi Menon 11 Jul 2023

As temperatures increase, India’s solar sector feels the heat

Arathi Menon 21 Jun 2023

“Justice” takes centrestage in the latest Earth Commission report

Arathi Menon 13 Jun 2023
Feeding an elephant calf. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa.

The hidden side of human-elephant conflicts: orphaned calves

Arathi Menon 24 May 2023

A hill town in Nilgiris district pays the price for poor waste management

Arathi Menon 8 May 2023
Fishermen engaged in seine net fishing at the Pulicat lagoon. Photo by Xavier Benedict/ AARDE Foundation.

Red listing the Pulicat lagoon may help protect the ecosystem, say researchers

Arathi Menon 4 May 2023

Making sense of rainfall changes in Karnataka’s coffee estates through old records

Arathi Menon 1 Dec 2022

[Interview] A photographer on his long-term effort to document human-wildlife interactions

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2022
Sharavathi river bordered by forests on both sides. Photo by Sarangib/Pixabay.

Karnataka sets green goals but denotifies two-thirds of its forest land in plot twist

Arathi Menon 28 Jul 2022
Namche Bazaar. Photo by Superkent/ Pixabay.

How an underground phenomenon triggered by global warming is damaging the Himalayas

Arathi Menon 16 Jun 2022

Celebrating tiger numbers in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, while tribal residents await their rights

Arathi Menon 17 May 2022

Pavagada solar park busts notions of renewable energy as inherently good

Arathi Menon 15 Feb 2022
Men carry baskets of tomatoes in a field adjacent to the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

Given land for power, Pavagada residents now powerless

Arathi Menon 14 Feb 2022
Sumitra shows the value-added beeswax-products. Photo by Arathi Menon.

Aadhimalai, winner of UN Equator Prize from Nilgiris, offers a lesson in indigenous economics

Arathi Menon 20 Dec 2021

The neelakurinji bloom is wilting with time

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2021

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