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Image shows a deep mining pit surrounded by layers of dug-up soil and trees in the background

Goa mining: new regime, bigger challenges

Pamela D'Mello 30 Sep 2024

[Commentary] Unusual sheep flock in Goa raises concerns over climate-driven disease spread

Aaron Savio Lobo 13 Jun 2024
Researchers measuring a tree in Panjim, Goa. Photo by Nandini Velho.

As cities become megacities, their lanes are losing green cover

Divya Kilikar 9 May 2024

[Commentary] Indigenous traditions honour muggers amidst modern challenges

Akanksha Pandey 1 May 2024
Image shows a man standing on a bridge with a small stream flowing by

Residents, activists claim new Goa airport construction has impacted water availability

Maitreya Prithwiraj Ghorpade 18 Mar 2024

Restaurants fuelling demand for shark meat in India, finds study

Simrin Sirur 24 Jan 2024

Inside Goa and Karnataka’s conflict on Mhadei river water

Meera Mohanty 7 Jul 2023
A tiger photo-captured by a camera trap in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo from Vivekanand Environment Awareness Brigade, Keri, Sattari

Environmentalists revive contentious call to declare a tiger reserve in Goa

Praveena Sharma 5 Jul 2023

We didn’t start the fire? Speculations over cause of Goa forest fires continue; state plans recovery

Noopur Bhandiwad 16 Jun 2023

Understanding the role of local communities in the conservation of critically endangered rhino rays

Ashvita Anand 10 May 2023
Children playing cricket in Goa.

Panjim riverfront’s urban green lungs under pressure from entertainment tourism

Pamela D'Mello 2 Jan 2023

Tarballs dot India’s west coast annually, indicating continued oil spills, ship fuel discharge

Manjula Nair 21 Nov 2022

Government claims every household in Goa has piped water; records, residents disagree

Supriya Vohra 27 Oct 2022

Farmers continue protests against proposed IIT campus in Goa

Pamela D'Mello 20 Oct 2022

[Commentary] Resolving the conundrum on the precautionary principle

Kanika Jamwal and Aastha Kapoor 28 Jul 2022
The Mangrave: A community art project by The Earthivist Collective highlights the plight of this important ecosystem on the outskirts of Panaji. Photo by The Earthivist Collective

[Commentary] A city on marsh: Why Indian coastal cities need to design and build with nature

Aaron Savio Lobo, Ashali Bhandari, Karthikeyan Kuppu 22 Mar 2022

India’s climate mitigation potential in forests overestimated, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Feb 2022
Mining machinery at a Goa mine brought to a halt by Supreme Court of India’s February 2018 judgment. Photo by Meera Mohanty/Mongabay.

Mining on the shifty sands of Goan politics

Meera Mohanty 20 Jan 2022

Goa wants to restart mining. What does Goa’s youth want?

Supriya Vohra 10 Dec 2021

Goa’s pilot seaweed farm explores viability of this climate-smart algae

Cordelia B. Francis 28 Oct 2021