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Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Dec 2020

Are forest rules used against tribal people in Jammu and Kashmir?

Athar Parvaiz 1 Dec 2020

Invoking tradition and science to revive Meghalaya’s ponds

Azera Parveen Rahman 30 Nov 2020
Golden jackal in an agricultural landscape. Photo by Abi Vanak.

Small and lesser studied mammals of the Western Ghats need more attention

Rishika Pardikar 30 Nov 2020

Life and struggles of the sloth bear in human-dominated areas

Aathira Perinchery 27 Nov 2020
Black-rumped Flameback

Large trees in the sub-Himalayan sal forests are important for foraging woodpeckers

Neha Jain 26 Nov 2020
Youth from the Kadar community in Athirapilly fishing in a tributary. Photo credit by Aathira Perinchery.

Over 1,800 rainforest trees to be axed for hydropower project near proposed Athirapilly dam

Aathira Perinchery 12 Nov 2020

Assam’s tribal communities lost land and forest to mining

Anupam Chakravartty 4 Nov 2020
SHG members tending to the Herbal garden

A traditional healer combines ancient wisdom and training for healing and livelihood

Azera Parveen Rahman 19 Oct 2020

A budding botanist’s quest for plant-indigenous community relations

Sahana Ghosh 1 Oct 2020

Tree walks in Delhi’s green spaces offer solace and a dollop of history

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 30 Sep 2020

Hydropower not a very ‘green’ solution in Himachal Pradesh, finds study

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Sep 2020

Deforestation pushes elephants from Chhattisgarh to Madhya Pradesh, increasing conflict

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Sep 2020

[Commentary] Of ants and antelopes – the ecological history of Chennai was not what one would imagine

R.J. Ranjit Daniels, N. Muthu Karthick, Anjana Vencatesan, Jayshree Vencatesan 22 Sep 2020

Why illegal mining in Aravallis should scare Delhi and its neighbours

Hridayesh Joshi 21 Sep 2020
Seeds of Terminalia belerica THIS

Conserving sacred groves through community participation

Himanshu Nitnaware 21 Sep 2020

Closer watch on vulnerable tribal groups in the Andamans in the face of COVID-19

Sanjib Kumar Roy 18 Sep 2020

Is joint community ownership the way forward for mineral governance in India?

Mayank Aggarwal 17 Sep 2020

Nature in peril as biodiversity losses mount alarmingly, states the Living Planet Report

Soumya Sarkar 16 Sep 2020

Punjab’s Mattewara forest and Sutlej river under threat from upcoming industrial park

Vivek Gupta 15 Sep 2020