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Fragmentation of forests in Southern India due to plantations. The latest government forest report classifies plantations as forests

[Commentary] Green language of the Union Budget may result in net loss for the environment

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 4 Feb 2022

The state of India’s forests: Losing forests, gaining plantations

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Jan 2022
Mining machinery at a Goa mine brought to a halt by Supreme Court of India’s February 2018 judgment. Photo by Meera Mohanty/Mongabay.

Mining on the shifty sands of Goan politics

Meera Mohanty 20 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
SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Ajit Menon.

[Commentary] Industrialisation gone wrong in coastal Cuddalore

Ajit Menon, Arunkumar A.S. 1 Dec 2021

[Interview] Renewable energy goals can’t be met by excluding people or making them hostile, say founders of LIFE

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Oct 2021

Conservation by eliminating human presence is a flawed construct: study

Latoya Abulu 22 Oct 2021
Cooling towers of a thermal power plant based in Haryana. Over the past two weeks, India witnessed an intense debate over the shortage of coal which many cautioned could lead to power cuts or blackout. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia commons

India’s ‘coal shortage’ could set stage for overhaul of laws

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Bridge the North-South divide for a more just UN Biodiversity Framework

Subhankar Banerjee 7 Oct 2021

Environmentalists concerned over easy clearances for Bengaluru’s real estate

Bhanu Sridharan 8 Sep 2021

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

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas 7 Sep 2021

India proposes new green energy rules to promote renewable power

Mayank Aggarwal 19 Aug 2021

Mass deaths of birds in Faridkot linked to use of chemicals on fruit trees

Vivek Gupta 5 Aug 2021
An invasive alien plant species (Mikania micrantha) growing along the roads to Thalassery, Kerala. Roads often function as corridors of long-distance spread and establishment of IAPS. Photo by A. K. Banerjee

[Commentary] We know the problem of alien invasive species, but are we doing enough to solve it?

Achyut Kumar Banerjee 4 Aug 2021

Millions of seahorses caught as bycatch in Indian shores

Neha Jain 26 Jul 2021

Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest’s biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border

Nabarun Guha 23 Jul 2021

148 zebra loaches exported per day from Western Ghats to feed global pet trade

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jul 2021

As Dharamshala grows, the city eats into the forest

Meenakshi Kapoor 25 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Conserving marine ecosystems through the Wild Life Protection Act is not very effective

Shivani Swami 10 Jun 2021

[Interview] Bittu Sahgal: “Young people want to protect the environment, but don’t have their hands on the wheel”

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 21 May 2021