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Geeta Kini, a jamun cultivator, holds an umbrella to protect the produce from heavy rainfall. She says that previously, at least 50 women would sell jamuns by the roads. This year, there were very few of them, owing to a huge loss of jamuns, according to her. Image by Rushikesh More.

Stories no longer lost in translation

Saumitra Shinde 13 May 2025

How we use maps and graphs for environmental reporting

Saumitra Shinde 6 May 2025

The future of jobs is green, but getting there is a maze

Aditi Tandon, Sejal Mehta 1 May 2025
hoppy frog environmental game

Gaming on for environmental awareness

Aisiri Amin 28 Feb 2025
Vimla Bahuguna with Sunderlal Bahuguna in 1972.

Steadfast in struggle: The environmental legacy of Vimla Bahuguna [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 17 Feb 2025
Kallur Balan: The Man Who Planted a Forest

[Obituary] Kallur Balan: The man who planted a forest

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Feb 2025
City life in Jaipur. As of December 2024, around 41 cities have developed or are drafting City Climate Action Plans, as per a government statement. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0).

Fixing the gaps in city climate plans with a national framework

Kundan Pandey 11 Feb 2025
Madhya Pradesh, known as the Tiger State, has the highest number of tigers among all states in the country. Image by Vikas Sulya.

Teething troubles or conservation challenges at India’s latest tiger reserve?

Deshdeep Saxena 2 Jan 2025

Making sense of the environment: Explainers in 2024

Aditi Tandon 31 Dec 2024

Mongabay India in 2024: Reaching out beyond the echo chamber

Team Mongabay India 25 Dec 2024

Must-watch videos from 2024: Mongabay India staff picks

Kartik Chandramouli 23 Dec 2024

Citizens’ movement against tree felling modifies a flyover plan

Nabarun Guha 17 Dec 2024
A herd of wild elephants roaming and grazing in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Image by P. K. Verma

Fungus, not kodo millet, responsible for Bandhavgarh elephant deaths

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Nov 2024

Matsyanyaya: A journey through India’s landscapes swallowed by urbanisation

Rashi Goel 12 Nov 2024

Mongabay India honoured with Greenaccord International Media Award

12 Oct 2024

[Book Review] A compelling memoir of a mountaineer-geologist

Vandana K. 2 Oct 2024

[Explainer] What is recycling? How does it work in India?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Oct 2024
A landscape view of Champawat town, Uttarakhand. Urbanisation is a major driver of environmental change in the Himalayas. Image by WhiteRaven335 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Urban expansion drives forest loss in India’s biodiversity hotspots

T. V. Padma 23 Sep 2024

A new remote sensing study spotlights Indian savannas

Nikhil Sreekandan 12 Sep 2024
A laborer at Shivam Bricks in Gaya, where zigzag technology was installed in 2018 to reduce pollution. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Brick kilns embrace zigzag design to cut pollution and boost efficiency

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Aug 2024