Chhattisgarh’s tribal women keep vigil on their forests
A group of women sits huddled in a circle for a meeting, in a village in Lundra forest range of Chhattisgarh's Surguja district, about 100 kilometres away from state capital…
Can a new elephant reserve address human-elephant interaction in Chhattisgarh?
At midnight on September 14, 2019, Bir Sai, the sarpanch (village head) of the Thirriama village, falling under the Kendai forest range in Korba district of Chhattisgarh woke up to…
Agriculture is taking the hardest hit of climate change in Chhattisgarh
Climate change is slowly beginning to affect the most important cog in the economic wheel of India – agriculture. Rain-fed agriculture systems are taking a hard hit with monsoons becoming…
A long road to clean energy for rural women in Chhattisgarh
The Indian government’s scheme to improve rural women’s health by providing clean cooking fuel started off well-intended in 2016. However, over two years later, in the primarily rural state of…
[Analysis] Will environmental issues drive the narrative in the 2019 national elections?
On December 11, officials will open the seals of thousands of electronic voting machines from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana. Packed in those machines are the electoral fates…
Tribal communities in Chhattisgarh enter the election fray to stand up for themselves
This is the third article in a three-part series on the role of environment in the upcoming elections at Chhattisgarh. Part One describes the paradox of development in the resource-rich…
Quest for black diamond leaves Korba breathless
This is the second article in a three-part series on the role of environment in the upcoming elections at Chhattisgarh. Part One describes the paradox of development in the resource-rich…
Rich in resources, poor in development: Chhattisgarh’s paradox of plenty comes to the fore before the elections
This is the first article in a three-part series on the role of environment in the upcoming elections at Chhattisgarh. Part Two examines the impact of coal mining on the…
[Commentary] Hot and dry: What plants do when pushed to their very limits
About 10 percent of the world’s land surface experienced drought in 2005. The number is set to skyrocket over the twenty-first century to about 40 percent, as the globe warms…
When drought and extreme heat strike forests at the same time
The frequency of extreme weather events is going up around the world, and droughts and heatwaves are no exception. When the globe warms by 3-4 degrees - a possibility during…
