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Study finds how community-based conservation efforts influence mammal populations in Meghalaya

Ashvita Anand 8 Jun 2023

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

Aparna Ganesan 25 Apr 2023

Study looks at India’s rural work guarantee scheme through a climate lens

Kundan Pandey 14 Apr 2023

Community participation helps a Maharashtra village become flood-free after years

Hiren Kumar Bose 2 Mar 2023
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India budgets for mangroves and wetlands

T. V. Padma 3 Feb 2023
Painted storks in Kazhuveli. Photo by Bupesh Gupta.

[Commentary] Tamil Nadu needs an innovative wetland conservation strategy starting with Kazhuveli

Kannan Vaithianathan 12 Jan 2023
Loco Pilots allege negligence on implementation of safety measures around important elephant corridors. Photo from Northeast Frontier Railway.

Assam loco pilots on the need for effective communication to prevent elephant-rail collision

Barasha Das 9 Jan 2023

What’s for lunch? Elephants are picky eaters finds study in northern West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 3 Jan 2023

[Commentary] The missing caste from commons: A reflection from a Telangana village

Amalendu Jyotishi, Dontha Prashanth, Gummadi Sridevi 9 Dec 2022

Adivasi honey harvesters demand forest control and criticise ‘unfriendly’ conservation measures

Max Martin 29 Nov 2022
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 an aerial shot of a boat in a mangrove

How ecotourism in Konkan promotes climate-friendly tourism

Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Sep 2022

[Interview] A photographer on his long-term effort to document human-wildlife interactions

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2022
The rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is found in Namdapha National Park.

Namdapha National Park deforestation causes clash between authorities and Yobin communities

Spoorthy Raman 3 Aug 2022
A brown bear in Sechu-Tuan Nullah Wildlife Sanctuary

[Commentary] Wild garlic extraction disturbs wildlife around the Sechu-Tuan Nullah Wildlife Sanctuary

Narendra Patil 1 Aug 2022
Avicennia marina, more commonly known as grey mangroves or white mangroves. Photo by Dinesh Valke/ Wikimedia Commons.

Successful model of development in tandem with mangrove restoration

T. V. Padma 21 Jul 2022

[Commentary] Community collaboration in field research: Notes from Meghalaya

Bidyut Sarania 12 Jul 2022
Image shows a village meeting in Maharashtra, India

[Commentary] Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years

C. R. Bijoy 25 May 2022

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

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 May 2022
A view of Deepor Beel Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Sanskrita Bharadwaj.

Saving elephants from train hits near Deepor beel in Assam

Sanskrita Bharadwaj 17 Mar 2022