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Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022

Plantation on a barren hillock in West Bengal stops erosion, attracts birds

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 8 Mar 2022

Solar power helps farmers irrigate fields in water-scarce Bastar

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 15 Nov 2021

Iron ore mining in Chhattisgarh drives deforestation

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 1 Sep 2021

The project has generated livelihood opportunities for local communities. The daily wage rate being offered is Rs 306. Some 250 workers are now engaged and many have come from five km away. Photo by Abhishek Maitry

Durg forest division plans reforestation over 2,500 acres

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 26 Aug 2021

With water-saving sugarcane cultivation, conserved water goes to river

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 9 Aug 2021

Chhattisgarh plans biofuel production from paddy

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 28 Jul 2021

Bamboo forest regeneration efforts planned in Chhattisgarh

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 17 Jun 2021

In total, 121 wildlife corridors have been identified across Chhattisgarh for the Strategic Plan for Conservation of Corridors. It is the first state to identify corridors for all kinds of wildlife. Photo from Chhattisgarh Forest department.

Forest department identifies wildlife corridors in Chhattisgarh for conservation

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 18 May 2021

An all-women’s team led by Saraswathi Murthy makes chocolates at Mason & Co. in Auroville, Puducherry. Saraswathi who leads the women in the factory, was first spotted by founders Jane Mason and Fabien Bontems and trained by them in 2013. Photo courtesy Mason & Co.

The sweet taste of low-waste, sustainable chocolates

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 13 Apr 2021

Efforts on to protect Chattisgarh’s state bird from extinction

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 26 Feb 2021

Women revive ponds for water security in Bundelkhand

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 13 Jan 2021

Will Chhattisgarh declare Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary a tiger reserve ?

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 12 Jan 2021

Bauxite mining threatens India’s lone wolf sanctuary and an interstate river

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 9 Dec 2020

Saving the world’s largest mountain goat in Jammu and Kashmir

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 17 Nov 2020

Bodh fish, the ‘shark of Bastar,’ threatened by a proposed hydropower project

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 9 Oct 2020

Tree walks in Delhi’s green spaces offer solace and a dollop of history

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 30 Sep 2020

Hunted and traded for body parts, the Bengal slow loris needs a conservation strategy

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 7 Aug 2020

India’s millets policy: is it headed in the right direction?

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 27 Jul 2020

sarus cranes are threatened by electricity wires

Overhead electricity wires prove death traps for Sarus cranes

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 1 Jul 2020

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