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[Commentary] Responding to ecological imbalance: Tokugha’s journey in conservation

Chitra Sangtani 28 Jan 2022
Eucalyptus plantations (left) adjoining tea plantations (right) dotted with silver oak trees in the Anamalai hills, Western Ghats, India. Photo by T.R. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia Commons.

[Analysis] Indian forests around the size of Nagaland, thinned down in two years

Prudhviraj Rupavath 27 Jan 2022

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

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Jan 2022
The Himalayan monal is illegally trafficked from the Himalayas. Photo by Koshy Koshy/Wikimedia Commons.

Using citizen science to track illegal wildlife trade in the Himalayas

T. V. Padma 21 Jan 2022

Return of the tiger at West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve

Nabarun Guha 13 Jan 2022
Banner image: The PPSP dams located amidst densely forested hills. Photo by Aniket Bhattacharya.

Purulia pumped storage project shows why pumped hydropower may not be clean

Aritra Bhattacharya 11 Jan 2022

Artificial nests for barn owls help farmers befriend these natural rodent killers

Kasturi Das 7 Jan 2022
Pokkudan's children revived the defunct Kallen Pokkudan Mangrove Trust in recent months, formed by their father in 2013 to impart mangrove conservation literacy to society. Photo by Bhavapriya JU.

Editor’s review 2021: Energy transitions, biodiversity-climate change links

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 31 Dec 2021
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

Lack of diverse, good-quality seeds curb tree-planting goals and reforestation plans

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 15 Dec 2021
Specimen found at Mishmi Hills. Photo by Minom Pertin.

Butterfly records at the forefront of Arunachal’s biodiversity sightings

Ranju Dodum 14 Dec 2021
Cormorant from Kole WetLands ,Thrissur, Kerala. Photo by Manoj K/Wikimedia Commons.

Solving multiple challenges while considering biodiversity and human rights

Sahana Ghosh 13 Dec 2021

Reforestation efforts provide hope, but more work needed on supportive policy and community involvement

Sapna Gopal 9 Dec 2021

The birth of Raimona, Assam’s sixth national park

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 18 Nov 2021

[Interview] Chennai floods again after losing many blue and green spaces

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 11 Nov 2021

[Analysis] Will Glasgow be just another talk shop while climate crisis worsens?

Soumya Sarkar 8 Nov 2021
Remnant forests in large tea monocultures in Darjeeling, Eastern Himalayas. Photo by Annesha Chowdhury.

Tea plantations support biodiversity when managed agroecologically

Roopak Goswami 1 Nov 2021
Forest staff before search operation to track tigers begin. Photo by Saurabh Katkurwar.

Tigers return to Gadchiroli forests after 30 years, human-animal conflict spikes

Saurabh Katkurwar 27 Oct 2021
Thousands of workers across India are involved in coal mining. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

[Commentary] Participatory governance needs to be more effective for just transitions in India

Sarthak Shukla, Amit Kumar 25 Oct 2021

Conservation by eliminating human presence is a flawed construct: study

Latoya Abulu 22 Oct 2021