A senior forest officer in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was left with no work allocated to him, after he highlighted to the Indian government’s environment ministry that the construction…
River Sharavathi already accounts for 40 percent (1,469.2 megawatt) of hydropower generated in Karnataka with seven dams and five tunnels but the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) is now planning…
In the entire list of environmental laws in India, perhaps no legislation is as underutilised as the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. A law that provides for local control over biodiversity;…
Even though Indian states budgeted 19 percent more money for forestry in three years after the introduction of ecological fiscal transfers (EFTs) than in the three years prior to its…
How reliable are long-lived plantations composed of a few species for carbon capture, when compared with natural tropical forests that comprise many species? Fighting climate change through reforestation activities, such…
Households living at the edges of India’s forests straddle two ends of India’s spectrum: wild India with its harsh realities for eking an existence from the forest and urban India…
Ignoring one of the most important lessons from the coronavirus pandemic - to let wildlife habitats remain undisturbed - the Uttarakhand government is eyeing to temporarily use at least 778…
Sanjay Kumar Hansda, a member of the Santhal tribe, would usually earn as much as Rs. 25,000 between March and June by collecting and selling minor forest products. However, this…
On March 20, the controversial Hubballi-Ankola railway line project was cleared at the Karnataka State Wildlife Board (KSWB) meeting in Bengaluru amid protests from members. The proposed 164.44 km Hubballi-Ankola…
Even as India is just coming out of a nationwide lockdown due to the novel coronavirus, the environment ministry is considering large scale mining, infrastructure and industrial projects for environment,…
