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Mangrove saplings being planted at a nursery in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/Shawn Sebastian).

Mangrove restoration needs more than planting; it needs monitoring and data

Barasha Das 15 Jan 2026

Celebrating the life and work of Madhav Gadgil

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 13 Jan 2026
A highway being constructed on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Ministry changes land acquisition requirements for select projects seeking clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 Jan 2026
Rusted boats lie on the dried-up bed of the Aral sea. Image by Arian Zwegers via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Does the dry bed of the Aral Sea reflect India’s water future? [Commentary]

Tisha Srivastav 12 Jan 2026
Gadgil visits Yashawantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara, Maharashtra, in 2017. Image by Subodh Kulkarni via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Madhav Gadgil – a scientist, mentor and an institution builder [Obituary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 8 Jan 2026
A Nilgiri tahr strolls through grasslands at Eravikulam National Park. Image by K.A. Shaji.

The grass that refused to die

K.A. Shaji 8 Jan 2026
Vehicles move through dense smog in New Delhi in December 2025. (AP Photo)

People are leaving cities to escape toxic air

Shweta Thakur Nanda 7 Jan 2026
Irula farmers at work. Representative image by Sankar.s via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Unsafe drinking water can influence antimicrobial resistance

Debdutta Paul 5 Jan 2026

Supreme Court stays order on Aravalli definition

Simrin Sirur 30 Dec 2025
Journalists Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj on the set of Walking Against the Heat, a film produced as part of the Video Reporting Opportunity by All Living Things Environment Film Festival and Mongabay-India. Image courtesy of Aishwarya Mohanty and Divya Vilvaraj.

Taking environmental storytelling beyond the screen in 2025

Sandhya Sekar 26 Dec 2025
A woman carries water collected from a public tap during the summer on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Climate action cooled as heat surged in 2025 [Editor’s Review]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 25 Dec 2025
Workers desilt a village pond in Asir village, Sirsa district, Haryana, under MGNREGA, now replaced by the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025. Image by Mulkh Singh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New rural jobs law replaces MGNREGA

Kundan Pandey 22 Dec 2025

Tiger gut microbes reflect human pressure in India’s wildlife reserves, study finds

Manjeera Gowravaram 19 Dec 2025
A sloth bear with her cubs in Mahrashtra. Representative image by Rohit Sharma via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Proposed sloth bear reserve caught between courts and a thermal power project

Shaz Syed 18 Dec 2025
Vivek Menon birding in Seinthuk town (now known as Shergaon) in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Madhumay.

Vivek Menon becomes the first Asian chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission [Interview]

Nikhil Sreekandan 18 Dec 2025
A farmer burns crop residue after harvest near Bundelkhand expressway, around 330 km from New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Parliamentary committee makes widespread recommendations to improve air quality

Simrin Sirur 17 Dec 2025

Walking against the heat: How rising temperatures affect the nomadic Raikas

Aishwarya Mohanty, Divya Vilvaraj 15 Dec 2025
Raika community members walk with their camels. Image by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Three filmmakers and their urgent stories about the environment and health

Kartik Chandramouli 11 Dec 2025
Sushma Devi (in green), a paryavaran sakhi, demonstrates the use of an air quality monitor to women in Mahuda village, Dhanbad. Image courtesy of Deshaj Abhikram.

Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust

Vandana K. 11 Dec 2025
A woman collects firewood in Rajasthan. Representative image by Engineering for Change via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

LPG adoption correlates with higher green cover, finds study

Simrin Sirur 5 Dec 2025