Mongabay India https://india.mongabay.com/list/floods/ India's environmental science and conservation news Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:40:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 A fertile landscape at the crossroads of ecology and development [Commentary] https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-fertile-landscape-at-the-crossroads-of-ecology-and-development-commentary/ https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-fertile-landscape-at-the-crossroads-of-ecology-and-development-commentary/?noamp=mobile#respond 03 Aug 2026 15:47:18 +0000 https://india.mongabay.com/?p=39805 Mongabay]]> https://india.mongabay.com/2026/08/a-fertile-landscape-at-the-crossroads-of-ecology-and-development-commentary/feed/ 0 Fishers, naturalists worry about the impacts of turning a coastal wetland into a reservoir https://india.mongabay.com/2026/07/a-coastal-wetland-could-soon-become-a-reservoir-to-meet-a-citys-water-demand/ 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