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Plantation work by local people in a forest near Thala village in Kangra district. Image by Pushpendra Rana.

Studies question effectiveness of forest plantations

Seema Sharma 10 Jun 2025

Meet DiCaprio’s Himalayan serpent

Neha Jain 3 Jan 2025
Tandup Cherring scouting for snow leopards on the Langza Plateau, Spiti. Image courtesy of Munib Khanyari

Solar power looms large over the snow leopards of Spiti

Nikhil Sreekandan 9 Dec 2024

[Book Review] Didi Contractor’s journey through ecologically-sensitive architecture

Nandita Jayaraj 30 Jul 2024

Flood risk study of Himalayan valley highlights unregulated tourism as a cause

Arathi Menon 29 Jul 2024

Study finds leopard cats and red foxes cohabit regions in the Western Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2024

Modelling study finds rural employment scheme plays an important role in forest cover

Simrin Sirur 17 Jun 2024

Western Himalayas more “risk prone” than the East, according to new index

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2024

Solar power helps nuns meet water needs during winters

Rachna Verma 8 Mar 2024

Himalayan wolf listed as ‘vulnerable’ in IUCN, prompts concerted conservation efforts

Sanjeev Kumar 8 Feb 2024

[Commentary] Pressures on the Thanpattan pastureland threaten biodiversity, pastoral livelihoods

Nidhi Singh 19 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Up close and personal with the fragility of the Himalayas

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 13 Oct 2023
A truck trying to cross the river in Himachal Pradesh.

Monsoon left widespread destruction and uneasy questions in Himachal

Vivek Gupta 26 Sep 2023

Despite Chamba order, stopping plantation on migratory routes of pastoralists in Himachal still a long journey

Vivek Gupta 23 Jun 2023
A woman doing farming in Ghoshal, a village in Lahaul valley. Photo by Anupama Shashni, Panjab University.

Farming becomes tough in Himachal’s cold desert with changing climate and crop pattern

Vivek Gupta 1 Sep 2022
A brown bear in Sechu-Tuan Nullah Wildlife Sanctuary

[Commentary] Wild garlic extraction disturbs wildlife around the Sechu-Tuan Nullah Wildlife Sanctuary

Narendra Patil 1 Aug 2022

Himachal’s ecology under pressure; around 31 forest fires per day in April-June this year

Vivek Gupta 8 Jul 2022
The new development plan of Shimla was meant to address the expansion needs of the city as well as growing ecological challenges besides ensuring the city’s sustainable growth. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

Is Shimla’s first major development plan in 43 years a lost opportunity?

Vivek Gupta 24 Jun 2022
Traffic jam at Saribal. Photo by Mike Prince/ Wikimedia Commons.

North India’s hills are feeling the heat too, but differently

Archana Singh 27 May 2022
Chilgoza trees in the forest area of Kinnaur district's Jangram Valley. Photo by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Kinnaur’s chilgoza pine trees make way for hydropower projects

Vivek Gupta 23 May 2022