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[Explainer] Why is India a major hub for wildlife trafficking?

Anusha Krishnan 8 Jun 2022
A spiny babbler

Nepal and India’s infrastructure rules are “wildlife-friendly,” but not for birds

Abhaya Raj Joshi 8 Jun 2022

[Webinar] Can decentralised solutions empower India’s energy transition?

Mongabay India 7 Jun 2022

Unaccounted deaths lay bare the dark side of sand mining

Varsha Singh 7 Jun 2022

[Commentary] Water tariff could be a tool to improve water use efficiency in domestic sector

Apoorva Bamal, Niyati Seth 7 Jun 2022
African catfish in Bengaluru.African catfish find it easier to thrive in new and harsh environments. Photo by Yercaud Elango/ Wikimedia Commons.

Invasive freshwater fish are thriving in the Ganges, aided by increasing temperatures

Sneha Mahale 6 Jun 2022

Oil palm farmers in Arunachal Pradesh lose hope in absence of processing mills, market, road linkage

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Jun 2022
Visitors examine green capsicum at the fully elevated Section 1 of the agrivoltaics plant near Parbhani. Image courtesy of NSEFI & GIZ

Climate Innovations

Mongabay.com 5 Jun 2022

Poachers saw off horn, but leave rhino alive in a unique case in Assam

Nabarun Guha, Sahana Ghosh 3 Jun 2022
Water being pumped through tubewells is also contaminated. Photo by Omkar Singh.

Industries dump chemicals into fields, pollute Ajnar river in Madhya Pradesh

Anil Kumar Tiwari 3 Jun 2022
An electric-charging station in the parking area of one of the metro stations in Hyderabad. Photo by-Manish Kumar

Madhya Pradesh looks to streamline the struggling ecosystem for electric vehicles

Manish Kumar 2 Jun 2022
Image shows a black and white image of cyclone Bhola

[Explainer] What are tropical cyclones? How are they formed?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Jun 2022

The Arabian Sea faces an increased frequency and duration of marine heatwave days, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jun 2022

Protecting the critical Chambal landscape, one of last viable habitats for red-crowned roofed turtle

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 31 May 2022

As Kosi river keeps changing, ownership of land on its embankments under question

Umesh Kumar Ray 31 May 2022
The vast expanse of roiling grey clouds advances from the Arabian sea and makes landfall in Kerala, around the first week of June, kickstarting the southwest monsoon season. Photo by Anoop Joy/ Flickr.

[Explainer] How does the Indian monsoon develop?

Anusha Krishnan 30 May 2022
Image shows the bank of the Mula Mutha river in Pune with underconstructed buildings in the background

Pune’s proposed river rejuvenation project does not consider ecology, hydrogeology, and climate change, say experts

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 May 2022
Under encroachment, Chahalwala pond of Kharawar village has turned into a garbage dumping site. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Once the lifeline of villages, ponds in Haryana turn into garbage sites

Sat Singh 26 May 2022
An adult male blackbuck in the IIT Madras campus. Photo by B Vinoth, Care Earth Trust.

[Commentary] The shrinking habitats of blackbucks in Chennai

R.J. Ranjit Daniels, Anjana Vencatesan 26 May 2022
Image shows a village meeting in Maharashtra, India

[Commentary] Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years

C. R. Bijoy 25 May 2022