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[Interview] Climate change talks do not take nature into consideration in its economics: Partha Dasgupta

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 5 Dec 2023

[Workshop] Environmental economics: Valuing and financing climate action

Team Mongabay-India 14 Nov 2023

Scavenging hyenas save carcass disposal costs

Neha Jain 4 Oct 2023

Ecosystem-based adaptation takes nature-based, people-centric approach to agriculture

Arathi Menon 9 Aug 2023
A woman with her harvest of fishbone fern in Chota Suruk, Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. Photo by Aditya Pradhan.

Studies highlight local perception of ecosystem services

Arathi Menon 11 Jul 2023
Fishermen engaged in seine net fishing at the Pulicat lagoon. Photo by Xavier Benedict/ AARDE Foundation.

Red listing the Pulicat lagoon may help protect the ecosystem, say researchers

Arathi Menon 4 May 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

Coconut-based integrated farming could help sequester carbon, improve farm productivity: study

T. V. Padma 2 Nov 2022
Wetlands near Doriya River of Majuli Island in North Eastern State Assam, India.

[Commentary] Latest wetland mapping data underscores the need to step up conservation action

Ritesh Kumar 11 Jul 2022

Himachal’s ecology under pressure; around 31 forest fires per day in April-June this year

Vivek Gupta 8 Jul 2022
African catfish in Bengaluru.African catfish find it easier to thrive in new and harsh environments. Photo by Yercaud Elango/ Wikimedia Commons.

Invasive freshwater fish are thriving in the Ganges, aided by increasing temperatures

Sneha Mahale 6 Jun 2022
Image shows a honeybee surrounded by yellow flowers

What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators

Shobha Menon 12 May 2022

[Commentary] Forests, ecosystem services and humans

Urbashi Pradhan 2 Sep 2021
Band-e Amir National Park is Afghanistan's first national park, located in the Bamyan Province. It is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit.Photo: Alex Treadway/ ICIMOD Photo: Alex Treadway/ICIMOD.

[Commentary] The changing priority of ecosystem services research in the Hindu Kush Himalayas

Pratikshya Kandel and Nakul Chettri 12 Jan 2021

Your Environment This Week: Yak exchange, flowers climbing up Himalayas, noise pollution fines

Team Mongabay 3 Jul 2020

Urbanisation and climate change sting bees. What can cities do for them?

Kartik Chandramouli 26 Feb 2020

Indian government proposes a 10-year plan to protect birds

Mayank Aggarwal 7 Feb 2020

New species remain hidden in the myristica swamps of the Western Ghats

Neha Jain 4 Nov 2019

Save tiger reserves and reap trillions in economic benefits, says report

Mayank Aggarwal 7 Aug 2019
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Insects are disappearing in India, and we don’t even have data

Geetha Iyer 11 Jun 2019