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A lynx in a sea buckthorn shrub. Chamba spotted the Eurasian lynx on eight different occasions and captured several photographs. Photo by Stanzin Chamba.

A citizen-led initiative contributes to wildlife conservation in Ladakh

Manish Chandra Mishra 14 Nov 2023

[Interview] In ‘Shades of Blue’, ecologists explore the murky future of India’s urban waters

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 Nov 2023
Dharavi settlement near Mahim Junction in Mumbai, India

Poor governance burdens Indian cities, finds survey

Kundan Pandey 26 Oct 2023
Trees in Delhi

Delhi to expand tree adoption policy, citizens push for tree census first

Kundan Pandey 13 Oct 2023

When citizens take ownership of urban commons

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2023

Darkness-loving bats are being nudged out of the shadows

Vasudevan Sridharan 22 Sep 2023

Punjab implements policy to prioritise pedestrians

Vivek Gupta 19 Sep 2023

Climate action a priority in G20 Delhi Declaration

Kundan Pandey 12 Sep 2023
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023

Gig workers in India are exposed to highly polluted air and carcinogens, finds preliminary study

Vandana K. 17 Aug 2023

[Commentary] Green credits can be an incentive for cities to take climate action based on local need

Kshitij Singh 26 Jul 2023

[Commentary] Timely municipal elections enable local leaders to act locally and mitigate climate impacts

Srikanth Viswanathan, Kesava Balaji 2 Jun 2023

Urban and peri-urban farming can play a small role in reducing carbon footprint

Mohit M. Rao 21 Apr 2023
Open panchayat near Narsingarh in Madhya Pradesh. With the 73rd and 74th amendments, India took the first definite step on the path to ensure effective local governance in the 1990s. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/Creative Commons.

State Finance Commissions in ‘poor’ shape, affecting decentralisation process

Kundan Pandey 23 Mar 2023

Are cities ‘smart’ enough to leverage municipal bonds?

Kundan Pandey 21 Feb 2023

Fifty shades of green: The union budget’s environmental hits and misses

Kundan Pandey 2 Feb 2023

The role of urban foraging in building climate-resilient food systems

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 26 Jan 2023
A family moving to a safe place in Joshmanth. As of January 18,849 houses were damaged and 838 people shifted to safer places. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

46 years on, there is mountain of studies but Joshimath is still sinking

Shailesh Shrivastava 19 Jan 2023

As cracks widen in Joshimath, reasons lay hidden underground

Kundan Pandey 18 Jan 2023

A sinking town in Uttarakhand: What went wrong in Joshimath

Satyam Kumar, Shailesh Shrivastava 11 Jan 2023