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Uncertainty in availability, makes ‘guchhi’ hunting a difficult occupation in Himachal

Jigyasa Mishra 5 Apr 2022

Hydropower project nudges a tribal community out of their land in Himachal Pradesh

Kapil Kajal 3 Mar 2022

Glacier loss pushing India’s mountain region towards water insecurity

Kapil Kajal 13 Dec 2021
The contaminated water from the wells. Photo by special arrangement.

In a Himachal village, people accuse a waste management plant for contaminating water

Kapil Kajal 1 Dec 2021

Scientists describe a new Himalayan snake species found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

Himachal Pradesh and its recurring face-off with disasters

Kapil Kajal 3 Sep 2021
Grey heron at Kaveri river near Biligundlu. Photo by P Jeganathan/Wikimedia Commons.

Study draws attention to political reforms for the success of forest carbon finance

Sahana Ghosh 22 Jul 2021

As Dharamshala grows, the city eats into the forest

Meenakshi Kapoor 25 Jun 2021

Winter drought in Himachal impacts agriculture and drinking water supply

Vivek Gupta 26 Apr 2021

Avian flu in India brings forth environmental, animal and human health linkages

Sahana Ghosh 17 Mar 2021

Managing waste to save the wetlands of Himachal Pradesh

Snigdha Nalini Oreya 16 Mar 2021

Why trout farmers in Himachal Pradesh are exiting the business

Sidharth Singh 10 Mar 2021

Land use changes are driving Himalayan forest bird loss

T. V. Padma 1 Mar 2021

Three new leafhopper species described in India

Neha Jain 16 Feb 2021
Melting glaciers of Nanda Devi mountains, Chamoli, India. Photo by Naresh Chandra/Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists analysing Uttarakhand floods highlight need to improve monitoring of glaciers

Sahana Ghosh 12 Feb 2021
Camera trap image of snow leopard in HP upper reaches. Camera trap images from surveys by NCF and HP forest department.

Scientific survey maps 73 snow leopards in Himachal Pradesh

Vivek Gupta 10 Feb 2021
Gaddi herd of sheep and goats moving toward Bharmour from Chamba .Gaddi move their herds of sheep and goats toward Bharmour from lower ranges of plains in summer and vice versa.The Gaddis are a tribe living primarily in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir of Indian union.Their main profession is goat and sheep rearing. Photo by Harvinder Chandigarh/Wikimedia Commons.

Afforestation is making the livelihoods of Gaddi pastoralists in the Himalayas more vulnerable

Neha Jain 18 Dec 2020

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

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Sep 2020

“Ladies First!”: Women fight against solid waste dumping in this Himachal Pradesh village

Vaishnavi Rathore 13 Apr 2020

Natural history, religion interweave to help human-leopard coexistence in a Siwalik village

Bhanu Sridharan 23 Dec 2019