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[Explainer] What are coastal commons?

Max Martin 5 Mar 2024
Hanuman plover is a ground nesting bird, and both eggs and chicks are well camouflaged by their surroundings.

Newly identified shorebird species in Sri Lanka named after Hanuman

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Jan 2024
Image shows a clump of saplings in muddy soil

Coastal communities in Gujarat build mangrove barriers with benefits for environment and livelihoods

Ravleen Kaur 12 Jun 2023

Low coastal catch forces artisan fishers into the deeper, riskier waters of the storm-prone Arabian Sea

Max Martin 13 Jan 2023
Malvan’s fisherwomen are mainly involved in ancillary processes. Once their husbands return with the catch, the fisherwomen set out to cut, clean, market and even bargain with customers and agents or middlemen, known as dalals who help them sell their fish in the wholesale market. Photo by Manjula Nair/Mongabay.

Artisanal fishers struggle in Malvan

Manjula Nair 27 Dec 2022
Image shows an aerial shot of a boat in a mangrove

How ecotourism in Konkan promotes climate-friendly tourism

Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Sep 2022
The Nicobar crab-eating macaque is one of the major fauna of the Great Nicobar Island. Photo by Prasun Goswami/Wikimedia Commons.

The container terminal that could sink the Great Nicobar Island

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jul 2022

An upcoming port in Karnataka is shrinking space for olive ridley turtles

Supriya Vohra 15 Jul 2022

A road for a port cuts through the livelihoods of fisherwomen in Uttara Kannada

Supriya Vohra 14 Jul 2022

Karnataka’s port-development spree ignores coastal communities’ concerns

Supriya Vohra 13 Jul 2022

[Commentary] Thirty years after the Rio Summit the green report card is not fully in the red

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 May 2022

Hard constructions continue to erode Kerala’s coastline, leaving communities stranded

Supriya Vohra 5 May 2022

Goa’s pilot seaweed farm explores viability of this climate-smart algae

Cordelia B. Francis 28 Oct 2021

Unpacking how cyclones impact mangroves’ ability to soak up carbon dioxide

Sahana Ghosh 14 Oct 2021

Keeping alive a mangrove conservationist’s legacy to protect Kerala coast

K.A. Shaji 21 Sep 2021

India’s tidal power potential hampered by high costs and environmental risks

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Aug 2021

[Commentary] Cyclone, oil spill and tarballs: a trio of troubles for Mahim village

Dhwani Shah 19 Aug 2021

Millions of seahorses caught as bycatch in Indian shores

Neha Jain 26 Jul 2021
India’s monsoons are important to its agriculture and economy. Farms during India's monsoon season in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and warming shaped past Indian monsoons: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jul 2021

[Commentary] Conserving marine ecosystems through the Wild Life Protection Act is not very effective

Shivani Swami 10 Jun 2021