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Indian Porcupine in the Haryana Aravallis. Photo by Sunil Harsana.

Delhi and Haryana’s Aravallis support rich biodiversity and need protection

Neha Jain 11 Mar 2021

Great Nicobar’s protected areas to get near-zero eco-sensitive zones for “holistic development”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Mar 2021

Genomics offer clues to how forest trees responded to the last Ice Age

Sahana Ghosh 5 Mar 2021
A group of woman going to market to sell forest produces.

PESA: The wait for reforms on the ground continues even after 25 years

Kundan Pandey 4 Mar 2021

Land use changes are driving Himalayan forest bird loss

T. V. Padma 1 Mar 2021

Beasts that once roamed the Indian subcontinent could hold clues to evolution and extinction

Sahana Ghosh 24 Feb 2021

Grassland burning, clearing imperils birds of Brahmaputra’s river islands

Chandrani Sinha 22 Feb 2021

Monitoring rainfall changes in world’s wettest place

Sahana Ghosh 11 Feb 2021
First time since it was built 20 years ago, work for de-silting was started in 2020 at the Pushkar Sarovar lake formed by the second of the first five barriers restricting the ecological flow of Narmada. The infant river is no more than a thin stream. The district administration carried out repair work for the barrage structure as a result of which the pond was empty for most of the time post monsoon and showcased silt deposits mixed with municipal solid waste. Photo by Nivedita Khandekar.

Ecological degradation at Narmada’s origin in Amarkantak spells more trouble

Nivedita Khandekar 3 Feb 2021

India’s mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Jan 2021

Over 214,000 trees to make way for Ujh hydropower project in J&K

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Jan 2021

About 43 million hectares of forest lost in 14 years

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021

Ignored and invisible: The burden of mining on women

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jan 2021

Rajasthan’s latest draft forest policy proposes strict control over mining

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Jan 2021

[Obituary] Poet Sugathakumari: She gave voice to the Silent Valley

K.A. Shaji 4 Jan 2021

Mapping snakes in Uttarakhand for safer coexistence with humans

Shivani Pathak 23 Dec 2020

Path of destruction: Road to Anjaneri hilltop could threaten fragile rocky outcrop ecosystem

Vinaya Kurtkoti 17 Dec 2020

The cost of urbanisation in Delhi

Manupriya 15 Dec 2020

[Commentary] An existential crisis in Indian forests

Ghazala Shahabuddin 8 Dec 2020

Conserving the grass on Himalayan slopes

Hridayesh Joshi 4 Dec 2020