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[Commentary] Community-based conservation can help achieve 30×30 biodiversity target

Pijush Kumar Dutta 20 Dec 2024

Farms, fields threaten frogs in lateritic plateaus

Arathi Menon 19 Dec 2024

[Commentary] Rooted in art and science, “natural history” carries a legacy of evolution

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 9 Dec 2024

How a smoked fish tradition sustains an ethnic group in Bhutan

Choki Wangmo 2 Dec 2024
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[Book review] Ancient giants make for great stories

Usha Rai 14 Nov 2024

With local support, a tributary comes to life 

Nikhil Sreekandan 13 Nov 2024

Indigenous leaders assess outcomes on equity at biodiversity COP

Aimee Gabay 12 Nov 2024

Conserving India’s biodiversity will cost Rs. 816 billion per year, says new plan

Simrin Sirur 6 Nov 2024

Saving South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

Hailey Smalley 4 Nov 2024

[Commentary] Why black wolves matter

Preet Sharma 4 Nov 2024

Finance issue pushing countries into ‘two opposing camps’ at biodiversity COP

Simrin Sirur 31 Oct 2024

Dissonance over DSI dominates biodiversity COP

T. V. Padma 30 Oct 2024
Women workers making water hyacinth products in factory - ROPE International

Weeds of change

Shweta Thakur Nanda 21 Oct 2024

India’s disappearing wetlands are an early warning sign of drastic biodiversity loss

Simrin Sirur 18 Oct 2024

[Book review] Bringing alive the magnificent mountain mammals of the world

Usha Rai 16 Oct 2024

[Commentary] Can “life” be defined, one species at a time?

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 9 Oct 2024
School kids are playing in the playground. India introduced its new National Education Policy in 2020, but the climate vulnerability of the education sector is missing from this policy as well. Image by Shailesh Shrivastava

Your Environment This Week: Schools feel the heat, Forest loss in hotspots, Polluted Dal lake

Team Mongabay India 27 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

[Commentary] Kerala is a hotspot within a hotspot

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 19 Sep 2024
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Baby snakes with toxic traits

Arathi Menon 30 Aug 2024