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[Commentary] Amendments in the Forest Conservation Act enable community-led recognition of forests

Gautam Aredath 23 Nov 2023

India following a global trend of forsaking environment protection for “national security,” paper says

Simrin Sirur 21 Nov 2023

In Nepal, vulture colonies seen to hold stable amid old and new threats

Abhaya Raj Joshi 2 Oct 2023

With no primary data on impacts, government approves an oil extraction technique 500 m outside forests

Simrin Sirur 28 Sep 2023

Artisanal fishers wary of coastal aquaculture regulation amendments that legalise past violations

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 15 Sep 2023
Image shows a tiger in a forest

Tiger poaching network, that spread from west to east India, busted

Nabarun Guha 11 Sep 2023
A leopard cat seen by the Kinabatangan River in Myanmar. The unmanned border areas along the Myanmar border and thick forest cover along the river Tiau, which divides Mizoram and Myanmar, have likely contributed to ease of access, trade, and a general increase in poaching in this part of India. Photo by Mike Prince/Wikimedia Commons.

The silent trade of elusive small cats in Mizoram

Nabarun Guha 3 Aug 2023
Joyeeta Gupta speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Photo by World Economic Forum - Jakob Polacsek/ Flickr.

[Interview] Joyeeta Gupta: The Indian voice for environmental justice at global platforms

Arathi Menon 27 Jul 2023

[Commentary] The underbelly of the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023

C. R. Bijoy 7 Apr 2023

Artisanal fishers of Rameswaram resist the polluting shrimp farms on the island

Priyanka Shankar 30 Mar 2023

[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