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Citizen scientists to scout for wildflowers across four countries

Sahana Ghosh 17 Jul 2019

How the legacy of a colonial hunter has inspired conservation efforts in the forests of south India

K.A. Shaji 17 Jul 2019

[Commentary] Surviving in the fragile Sundarbans delta: Will the new government respond?

Amrita Sen 16 Jul 2019

With Puri’s green shelterbelt destroyed, human-animal conflicts could increase

Shweta Thakur Nanda 16 Jul 2019

A year on, plastic waste returns to U.P. despite ban

Kanchan Srivastava 15 Jul 2019
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How global geologic processes lace your glass of water with arsenic

Sahana Ghosh 15 Jul 2019
Social interaction between a younger and an older male elephant. Photo by Nishant Srinivasaiah/FEP.

Your environment this week: Budget and the environment, seabird poop benefits, all-male elephant groups

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2019

[Commentary] Did the budget miss the bus for building climate resilience for agriculture?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 Jul 2019

India yet to prepare a roadmap for the SDGs, states the CAG audit report

Mayank Aggarwal 12 Jul 2019

Seabird poop may enhance coral reef recovery after bleaching

Sahana Ghosh 11 Jul 2019
An all male group moving through human habitations. Photo by Vinod Moses/FEP.

Elephants form unusual all-male groups to survive human landscapes

Aathira Perinchery 11 Jul 2019

Environmental issues zoom out of focus in the budget

Mayank Aggarwal 10 Jul 2019

Southwest monsoon plays truant in Kerala

K.A. Shaji 10 Jul 2019
As Mumbai's natural defenders against floods are razed down to make way for housing, the residents are the ones exposed to the risk of floods. Photo by Kartik Chandramouli/Mongabay.

Why the city that never stops comes to a standstill when it rains

Kanchan Srivastava, Aditi Tandon 9 Jul 2019

What is preventing the widespread adoption of biopesticides in India?

T. V. Padma 9 Jul 2019

Kutch’s Wagad or Kala cotton: Back from the (almost) dead

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2019

Snowmelt is a major driver of runoff in the Chhota Shigri catchment

Neha Jain 8 Jul 2019

Your environment this week: India’s wildlife crime, water crisis in Chennai and Punjab

Mongabay.com 5 Jul 2019

India’s national animal loses to national interest

Mayank Aggarwal 5 Jul 2019

Hope runs dry as groundwater sources in Punjab drop to alarming levels

Sunaina Kumar 5 Jul 2019