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Farmers at work in a field in Kripekapura village, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Narwariya via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA 4.0).

Interstate farmer migration is reshaping agriculture, deepening environmental concerns [Commentary]

Mohanasundari Thangavel and Gaurav Banaula 30 Apr 2025
Claim filing process for the habitat rights in Mayurbhanj district. Image courtesy of Vasundhara (Shyam Sundar Sahoo)

[Explainer] What are habitat rights?

Shuchita Jha 13 Jan 2025

Chhattisgarh tribal body says consent for mining in Hasdeo Arand was forged

Simrin Sirur 28 Nov 2024

Coal mining degraded 35% of native land cover in India’s central coal belt

Simrin Sirur 16 Aug 2024
Farmer distributes fertiliser in the farm. Image by EqualStock IN via Pexels (CC).

[Commentary] Challenges in scaling natural farming with bio-input resource centres

Joshua Lobo and M. Manjula 15 Aug 2024

In forested villages powered by solar, kitchen gardens aid in nutrition

Aishwarya Mohanty 23 May 2024

[Interview] “This is in honour of adivasis fighting for their land, water, forest,” says Goldman Prize winner Alok Shukla

Simrin Sirur 30 Apr 2024

[Commentary] Erratic weather, altered social dynamics disrupt mahua economy in eastern India

Abhijit Dey, Joydeep Chakraborty 29 Nov 2023

India’s clean energy goals may widen regional disparities, predicts working paper

Kundan Pandey 20 Oct 2023
Waste-collectors working in Ambikapur's Nawa Para locality. Photo by Vivek Gupta/Mongabay.

Ambikapur’s women-led waste management system also generates revenue for the city

Vivek Gupta 30 May 2023

Despite guidelines to control it, fly ash impacts the everyday lives of people in Chhattisgarh

Alok Prakash Putul 5 May 2023
Malnourished cows in Chattisgarh.

Malnutrition affects the health and productivity of cattle in Chhattisgarh

Alok Prakash Putul 19 Apr 2023

India needs legal framework for closing mines and power plants

Kundan Pandey 25 Oct 2022

Low prices offered by the government pushes tendu leaf collectors to explore open market

Alok Prakash Putul 21 Jun 2022
Hundreds of tribals are now camping in the forest to save the HasdeoAranyaforest which is spread over 70,000 square kilometers in the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul

In the midst of coal shortage reports, a coal mine extension is approved in pristine Hasdeo forests

Alok Prakash Putul 25 May 2022
Forest team patrolling with the help of captive elephants in Madhya Pradesh. Image by Satyendra Kumar Tiwari

Spirits are low this mahua season as fear and grief take over these MP villages

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Apr 2022
Families displaced from Achanakmar Tiger Reserve left their pucca houses and built kutcha (non-permanent) houses. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul.

Two tiger reserves, two different stories of resettlement

Alok Prakash Putul, Translated by Abhishek Jha 18 Apr 2022
The forest near Jashipur in the buffer area of STR on fire. Photo by Pragati Prava.

Chhattisgarh forest fires continue while forest staff remain on strike

Alok Prakash Putul 11 Apr 2022
Korba accounts for about 16 percent of India’s total coal production. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2022

Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India

Manish Kumar 28 Feb 2022