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Image shows a fire on a garbage dump

Brahmapuram fumes over waste

Reema Abraham 13 Mar 2023

[Commentary] What students and citizens can do about forest fires in Kodaikanal

Nikil Sankar Narayanan 28 Jun 2022

Chandigarh Fire dept dousing fire at dadumajra dumpsite in chandigarh. Photo by Special Arrangement.

Landfill fire foregrounds improper waste management in Chandigarh

Vivek Gupta 25 Apr 2022

The forest near Jashipur in the buffer area of STR on fire. Photo by Pragati Prava.

Chhattisgarh forest fires continue while forest staff remain on strike

Alok Prakash Putul 11 Apr 2022

With more forest fires and an ongoing pandemic, forest dwellers feel the heat this year

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 May 2021

The forest near Jashipur in the buffer area of STR on fire. Photo by Pragati Prava.

Communities or forest department? Similipal fires rake up debate on ownership of National Park

Pragati Prava 15 Mar 2021

The rolling ashes from Dzukou hills write back

Rini Barman 19 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Alternate perspectives on forest fires in India

Bharath Sundaram 13 Feb 2020

Most forest fires in India on account of human activity

Kanchan Srivastava 22 Jan 2020

Why Punjab failed to douse farm fires

Manu Moudgil 6 Jan 2020

When forests are not forests at all, can fire be used to better manage them?

Priyanka Hari Haran 13 Mar 2019

[Commentary] Fires, leopards, boars and migration: the complex story of a simple people

Gopakumar Marayil 4 Dec 2018

[Commentary] Hot and dry: What plants do when pushed to their very limits

Sandhya Sekar 17 Oct 2018

When drought and extreme heat strike forests at the same time

Sandhya Sekar 17 Oct 2018