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Gangetic dolphins struggle to communicate as their underwater homes get noisy

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Nov 2019

Your Environment This Week: Climate change and children, where is the national plan for shark fisheries?

Mongabay.com 15 Nov 2019

31st birthday gift: a world with net-zero emissions?

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 15 Nov 2019
Thresher sharks are targetted in shark fisheries across the world for their meat, liver oil and fins. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s latest assessment, 139 of the approximately 482 species of sharks found across the planet are threatened by overfishing. Photo by Bhanu Sridharan.

Twenty years in the making: Where is India’s National Plan of Action for shark fisheries?

Bhanu Sridharan 15 Nov 2019

[Commentary] Hunting for answers: the scale and impacts of hunting, and the importance of listening to hunters

Aparajita Datta, Rohit Naniwadekar 14 Nov 2019

The Thackeray that was involved in a case of mistaken identity

Sahana Ghosh 14 Nov 2019

Use treated effluents for irrigation with caution, advises CPCB

Mayank Aggarwal 13 Nov 2019

Restore fragmented forests to help them recover

Aathira Perinchery 13 Nov 2019

Develop time-bound action plans for critically polluted areas: MoEFCC tells state governments

Mayank Aggarwal 12 Nov 2019

After cyclone Fani, women in a migrant fishing community start resilience fund

Sahana Ghosh 12 Nov 2019

Quest for the perfect brush stroke puts the mongoose at risk

Sibi Arasu 11 Nov 2019

At India’s Assam Zoo, decades of experience lead to rhino-breeding success

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 11 Nov 2019

Your Environment This Week: India’s ancient swamps, your chocolate could affect orangutans, birds vs hydropower

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

[Commentary] India needs to look at its heritage and replicable local efforts for water conservation

Sarosh Bana 8 Nov 2019

Much ado about a highway

Arathi Menon 8 Nov 2019

Birds vs hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh: Who will win?

Mayank Aggarwal 7 Nov 2019

How the chocolate you’re eating could be harming orangutans in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 7 Nov 2019

India needs to double rate of forest cover expansion to achieve Paris Agreement target

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Nov 2019

[Commentary] Feni river agreement offers hope, but water sharing remains contentious

Soumya Sarkar 6 Nov 2019
A view of the tree canopy inside Myristica swamps. Photo by Pradeep Hegde.

Why the ancient Myristica swamps need more protection

Neha Jain 5 Nov 2019