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[Interview] Conservationist MK Ranjitsinh Jhala on the need for a grassland policy in India

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 24 Mar 2023
A Landsat 7 image of the Sundarbans. Photo by NASA Observatory/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Book review] Lawscape behind landmarks: India’s history of environmental laws and policies

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 16 Mar 2023

India, Bangladesh could economically benefit from better management of shared waterways

Abu Siddique 5 Jan 2023

Countries resolve to protect cetaceans from marine plastic pollution

Sharada Balasubramanian 30 Dec 2022

Editor’s review 2022: A warmer Arabian Sea, energy transition and a search for economic value

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 24 Dec 2022
Sunil Patil mixes cattle feed. Heat stress has resulted in low milk production. Patil worries about the rise in rates of cattle feed. Photo by Abhijeet Gurjar/Mongabay.

Heat stress impacts milk production in Maharashtra’s dairy cattle

Abhijeet Gurjar 10 Nov 2022

Deep-sea mining efforts gear up to meet clean energy demands amid concerns

Priyanka Shankar 26 Oct 2022
Barasingha stags in Kanha National Park. Photo by Kandukuru Nagarjun/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] India’s wildlife conservation journey has had great strides and many hurdles

Usha Rai 28 Sep 2022
Fishing on the Teesta River in Bangladesh

Experts call for more effective water sharing agreements between India and Bangladesh

Abu Siddique 27 Sep 2022
Sand mining in Bangladesh

Demand for sand in Bangladesh escalates illegal activities, threatens environment

Abu Siddique 22 Sep 2022
A thermal power plant in Haryana. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia Commons.

Climate action, pollution control needed to keep sulphur dioxide in check

Manish Chandra Mishra, Sahana Ghosh 14 Sep 2022

Manipur landslide sparks ecological debate

Kasturi Das 26 Aug 2022

[Commentary] Resolving the conundrum on the precautionary principle

Kanika Jamwal, Aastha Kapoor 28 Jul 2022
A protest by environmentalists in Colombo.

Environmental policy failures contributed to Sri Lanka’s people power revolution

Malaka Rodrigo 27 Jul 2022

[Commentary] SC judgement on eco-sensitive zone is the icing on the cake for biodiversity

Dipak Anand, G.V. Gopi, Anjani Rawat 25 Jul 2022
Garbage burning near East Kolkata Wetlands. Currently, the environmental crisis is viewed only as a pollution problem despite the data and knowledge available on the consequences of climate change.

[Commentary] Environment law needs to go beyond the ‘pollution paradigm’

Sugandha Yadav 18 Jul 2022

Bangladesh Sundarbans communities face hardships following a resource hunting ban

Abu Siddique 14 Jul 2022
Protests over dam construction in Arunachal Pradesh have been observed in the Siang River belt. However, most protests against big dams have weaken.

Dams, art and protest in Arunachal Pradesh

Ranju Dodum 4 Jul 2022

[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 2022
The new development plan of Shimla was meant to address the expansion needs of the city as well as growing ecological challenges besides ensuring the city’s sustainable growth. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

Is Shimla’s first major development plan in 43 years a lost opportunity?

Vivek Gupta 24 Jun 2022