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[Video] A Kerala village’s quest towards carbon neutrality

Salim Joseph 4 Mar 2022
Image shows group of Auroville residents standing in protest

Environmental conflict threatens iconic Auroville

Sarosh Bana 18 Feb 2022

Gond women take charge of water and farming in their village

Jigyasa Mishra 1 Feb 2022

[Commentary] Responding to ecological imbalance: Tokugha’s journey in conservation

Chitra Sangtani 28 Jan 2022

Hope in the time of a pandemic: Positive news from 2021

Aditi Tandon 3 Jan 2022
Even open canopied forests can pack a biological diversity that sustain communities. Photo by S. Gopikrishna Warrier/Mongabay.

[Video Explainer] What is the significance of the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill and why did it face opposition?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2021

In Arunachal’s Sessa Orchid Sanctuary communities collaborate with forest officials to conserve orchids

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 22 Dec 2021
Sumitra shows the value-added beeswax-products. Photo by Arathi Menon.

Aadhimalai, winner of UN Equator Prize from Nilgiris, offers a lesson in indigenous economics

Arathi Menon 20 Dec 2021

[Photos] A Kashmir spring is protected by a local festival

Waseem Dar 5 Nov 2021

Conservation by eliminating human presence is a flawed construct: study

Latoya Abulu 22 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Mapping the potential of Community Forest Resource Rights in central India

Sharachchandra Lele, Shruti Mokashi 11 Oct 2021
A Waghoba worshipper at Film City in Goregaon, Mumbai. Photo by Ramya Nair/Project Waghoba.

Worshipping Waghoba: Faith meets conservation in Maharashtra where humans and leopards share space

Aathira Perinchery 4 Oct 2021

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

K.A. Shaji 21 Sep 2021

Mangar, on the outskirts of New Delhi, looks to its past to protect its future

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas 7 Sep 2021

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021
An oran of Jaisalmer. Cutting of trees or hunting is not permitted on the orans, and it is left untouched for the animals to graze on. Image by Sumer Singh Bhati

Rajasthan’s orans and bustards under threat from green energy infrastructure

Madhav Sharma 12 Aug 2021

Fish sanctuaries and community support for conservation of Meghalaya’s mahseer

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Aug 2021

Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity

Pamela D'Mello 27 Jul 2021

Desert areas of Rajasthan bloom under afforestation efforts

Nandini Jhalani 28 Jun 2021

Haryana’s first community reserve, ancient Brahma Sarovar pond, awaits restoration

Vivek Gupta 23 Jun 2021