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[Commentary] To address climate change, grow and restore soil, not trees

G. Ravikanth, P. Srinivas Vasu, Veena Srinivasan 10 Jan 2022

Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022
Even open canopied forests can pack a biological diversity that sustain communities. Photo by S. Gopikrishna Warrier/Mongabay.

[Video Explainer] What is the significance of the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill and why did it face opposition?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2021

From pollution to power, what stops paddy straw from becoming the fuel of choice

Manu Moudgil 7 Dec 2021

Assam’s perfume tree comes to the tea industry’s rescue

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Nov 2021

Extreme weather events and agriculture: what are the impacts and what’s in store?

Aathira Perinchery 22 Nov 2021

Solar power helps farmers irrigate fields in water-scarce Bastar

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 15 Nov 2021

[Video] The future of palm oil production in Kerala

Salim Joseph 27 Oct 2021
Women-led group take care solar pumps after receiving them from the government. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary

Jharkhand’s solar pump scheme aims to improve lives of farmers by increasing irrigation potential

Srikant Chaudhary 4 Oct 2021
Son Beel, Assam's largest wetland. Photo by Rahul Choudhury.

Fishermen struggle to survive as Assam’s largest wetland shrinks away

Aatreyee Dhar 1 Oct 2021

Will Odisha notify 14 proposed elephant corridors?

Manish Kumar 16 Sep 2021

Most famines in south India under British rule due to minor rainfall fluctuations, rather than extreme events

Sahana Ghosh 15 Sep 2021
A woman returning from a market crosses a palm oil plantation in Damparengpui village, Mamit district, Mizoram. Photo by Gaurab Talukdar.

Mizoram’s balancing act with palm oil’s ecological impact and economic benefits

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Gaurab Talukdar, Nabarun Guha 13 Sep 2021
Bonnet macaque at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. Photo by Ullasa Kodandaramaiah/Wikimedia Commons.

Quick solutions for human-monkey conflicts could lead to dangerous results

Mohit M. Rao 7 Sep 2021
Dhriti Banerjee, a forensic entomologist, on the field. Photo from ZSI.

[Interview] The glass ceiling has been shattered, says ZSI’s first woman director

Sahana Ghosh 3 Sep 2021
A plantation of Eucalyptus sp. in a protected area in Kerala, India. Photo by Anand Osuri/Wikimedia Commons.

Soil in Kerala’s monoculture plantations less healthy, productive than natural forests: study

Arathi Menon 2 Sep 2021

Study examines wildlife-friendly land use for conservation beyond Nagarahole and Bandipur national parks

Rishika Pardikar 31 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Transformative adaptation: Ways to improve India’s long-term food security

Parvathi Preethan, Namrata Ginoya 30 Aug 2021

Why are residents of low-lying Kuttanad abandoning their homes?

K.A. Shaji 25 Aug 2021

Sustainable strategies needed to manage human-wild boar conflict in Goa, experts say

Sneha Mahale 16 Aug 2021