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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, Nakul Chettri 12 Jan 2021

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

Mongabay.com 3 Jul 2020

[Commentary] Ecological civilisation and the new global biodiversity framework

Balakrishna Pisupati 6 Apr 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

Marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, says biodiversity report

Mayank Aggarwal 9 May 2019

[Commentary] The vanishing forests of the river

Gopakumar Marayil 30 Oct 2018

IPCC report warns that impacts can get severe if global warming is not limited

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Oct 2018

[Interview] Land degradation is affecting two-fifths of humanity

Padmaparna Ghosh 11 Apr 2018

Is the new forest policy draft missing the wood for the trees?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 9 Apr 2018

New mayfly find in Meghalaya signifies good river health

Bhavya Khullar 20 Dec 2017