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A new era of science festivals in India is bringing science to the public

Aisiri Amin 13 Nov 2024

Your Environment This Week: Citizen science improves scientific knowledge, Mahouts of Kaziranga, Fishing cat population grows

Team Mongabay-India 11 Oct 2024

When people’s participation propels science

Arathi Menon 10 Oct 2024

Nature-based learning programmes improve environment and climate literacy in Chennai

Aparna Ganesan 25 Apr 2023
Intentional burning of jhum gone out of control at a forest adjacent to Phalee, during Phalee Luita, a seed sowing festival. Photo by Shemchon Awungshi, Phalee BMC.

[Commentary] Documenting the flora and fauna of Phalee to mitigate the impact of forest fires

Ng Ngashangva 7 Nov 2022
Image shows a house sparrow perching on a grill in front of a house

[Book Review] ‘First Steps’ tracks the beginnings of citizen science in India

Renuka Kulkarni 19 Oct 2022

‘Delhi is a gaping wound…we’re a tiny Band Aid’: a film explores human and non-human relations in Delhi

Kartik Chandramouli 27 May 2022

[Video] A wagtail on shared space, birdwatching and hope

Kartik Chandramouli, Taarini Ravjit 12 Mar 2021

Urban projects, human settlements close in on Mumbai’s bird habitats

Hepzi Anthony 13 Jan 2021

Almost Famous species: the wild side of 2020 from forest to backyard

Sandhya Sekar 1 Jan 2021

The slender loris struggles to find canopy in Bengaluru

Mohit M. Rao 24 Sep 2020

Travel the great indoors for a glimpse of your city’s natural world

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Mar 2020

Women act to make slums climate-resilient, one house at a time

Kartik Chandramouli 16 Mar 2020

Bringing freshwater turtles out of their shells and into the spotlight

Aditi Tandon 6 Mar 2020

Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community

Sahana Ghosh 2 Mar 2020

Most Indian birds declining, finds new report using citizen science data

Neha Jain 21 Feb 2020

Mysore city has a bird atlas to its credit

Arathi Menon 30 Oct 2019
A participant at Green Hub's video fellowship

[Video] Youth of northeast India use films to tell stories about their environment and communities

Pooja Gupta 18 Jul 2019

Citizen science project records shoots and leaves to understand climate change

Kartik Chandramouli 29 Mar 2019

Wetlands to wastebins, Mumbai’s diverse habitats house hundreds of bird species

Aditi Tandon 18 Feb 2019