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Lesser adjutants thrive in a Jharkhand district, finds study

Vinaya Kurtkoti 24 Sep 2024
A landscape view of Champawat town, Uttarakhand. Urbanisation is a major driver of environmental change in the Himalayas. Image by WhiteRaven335 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Urban expansion drives forest loss in India’s biodiversity hotspots

T. V. Padma 23 Sep 2024
Binod Kumar Mahto stands next to the automatic irrigation system. Image by Vishal Kumar Jain.

Your Environment This Week: AI and farming, Conference of Panchayats

Team Mongabay-India 20 Sep 2024
An electric scooter manufacturing unit in India. With rapid growth, urbanisation, and environmental challenges such as air and water pollution, India’s green technology market is attracting major international interest. Image by Gnoeee via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Amid the global green goods boom, India is yet to jump on the bandwagon

Kundan Pandey 20 Sep 2024

[Commentary] Kerala is a hotspot within a hotspot

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 19 Sep 2024

Pollution dips, but fine particulate matter remains top public health threat: AQLI report

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 Sep 2024

Addressing climate vulnerabilities in a conference of panchayats

Aishwarya Mohanty 17 Sep 2024
Bottle gourds from Mahto’s farm being prepared for market dispatch. Image by Vishal Kumar Jain.

A Jharkhand farmer uses AI and technology to modernise farming

Vishal Kumar Jain 16 Sep 2024

Your Environment This Week: Indian savannas, secret lives of small cats, food insecurity in the Himalayas

Team Mongabay-India 13 Sep 2024

[Interview] Vigyan awardee Purabi Saikia on the importance of mapping forest resources

Simrin Sirur 13 Sep 2024

Operation Bhediya reveals gaps in human-wildlife conflict mitigation

Arathi Menon, Nikhil Sahu 13 Sep 2024

A new remote sensing study spotlights Indian savannas

Nikhil Sreekandan 12 Sep 2024

Capturing the secret lives of small cats

Nabarun Guha 11 Sep 2024

[Explainer] What is micro irrigation?

Vandana K. 10 Sep 2024

Multiple studies flag food insecurity as a threat in the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 9 Sep 2024
A 2009 image of UB City in Bengaluru. At present, one of the biggest reasons behind Bengaluru’s faltering urban system is that the city has been running without a local government for over four years. Image by Prateek Karandikar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New urban governance bill in Bengaluru faces criticism, takes away citizen power says analysis

Shailesh Shrivastava 9 Sep 2024
A crow in a city. Care Earth Trust's analysis found that eight species of birds including house crows, rose-ringed parakeets, and Asian koels, are in distress in Chennai. Image by Sneha G Gupta via Wikimedia Commons [CC BY-SA 4.0].

Your Environment This Week: Birds in Indian cities, Plastic and agriculture, Climate action plans for cities

Team Mongabay-India 7 Sep 2024
A skyline of Kolkata. City-level climate planning is gaining momentum across India, with Kolkata among the cities planning to create a Climate Action Plan. Image by Subhrajyoti07 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0)

Indian cities witness a growing momentum for climate action

Kundan Pandey 6 Sep 2024
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Agriculture has a plastic problem and it’s threatening the future of food 

Priyamvada Kowshik 6 Sep 2024
A tea estate in Darjeeling. Image by Thunderbolt Tea via Flickr [CC BY-NC-ND 2.0].

[Commentary] Tea gardens in Darjeeling and Kalimpong can aid in landscape conservation

Barkha Subba and Anirban Datta-Roy 5 Sep 2024