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Women walk after collecting firewood for their homes from a forest area in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Study links female legislators to faster forest-cover growth

Arathi Menon 4 Sep 2026
Kafal (Myrica esculenta) is a local seasonal berry found in the mid-Himalayan region. Image by Divya Chowfin.

Better demand could save indigenous fruits from being forgotten

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Aug 2026
Dasharam Thakre, a grazer from Borghundi village in Balaghat district, Madhya Pradesh. Thakre plays an important role in locating dead cattle and facilitating relief. Image by Ravin Mahle.

As herders quit, the skills that helped human-tiger coexistence, disappear [Commentary]

Varun Sharma 10 Aug 2026

Tribal council calls recognition of forest rights on Great Nicobar Island ‘false’

Simrin Sirur 17 Jul 2026

Proposed solar project in India’s largest grassland sparks conservation concerns

Ronak Gajjar 8 Jul 2026
Women from the Gadaba Indigenous community walk to collect vegetables and wood from the forest in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, Odisha. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indigenous communities missing in India’s report on access and benefit sharing [Commentary]

Alphonsa Jojan, Shyama Kuriakose 6 Jul 2026
A beekeeper in the Nilgiris harvests honey from her hive. Image by Shawn J. Stephen/Keystone Foundation.

Indigenous women build new livelihoods with hive boxes

Arathi Menon 3 Jul 2026
Men leads a herd of goats and sheep in the outskirts of Mandvi in Kachchh district, Gujarat. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Biodiversity and pastoral traditions lose shine with time in these grass preserves

Vandana K. 12 Jun 2026
A marbled cat captured on camera trap in Nagaland. Image by Giridhar Malla.

Communities rally to conserve marbled cat

Barasha Das 5 Jun 2026
People gather to oppose mining activities. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

A bauxite mining project, contested consent and growing tensions

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 1 Jun 2026
Gojri buffalos. Image by Neha Negi.

How nomadic herders sustain forests [Commentary]

Najakat Ali, Neha Negi, Neema P. Broome 1 Jun 2026
Tendu leaves being dried after harvest. Representative image by Subodhkiran via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India releases report on access-benefit sharing from biological resources

Simrin Sirur 29 May 2026
A bay woodpecker. Image by Rejoice Gassah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

A bird call that signals rains [Commentary]

Aditya Pradhan 25 May 2026
Neil Island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Image by Vishal Jadav via Pexels.

High Court bench to hear PILs challenging Great Nicobar clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 May 2026
A Chinese pangolin rescued and released by Wildlife Trust of India in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Panjit Basumatary/WTI.

A community leads protection of the pangolin in a critical illegal trade corridor

Kasturi Das 7 May 2026

The fading climate shields

Amir Bin Rafi 5 May 2026
Flowers bloom on a palash tree. For generations, Dalit communities in Palamu have gauged the weather by the palash blooms. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

The flame of the forest is fading; can it return?

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 24 Apr 2026

A generation strives to revive traditional healing

Leesha K. Nair 16 Apr 2026
Velli, a Paniyan elder collects Kurunthotti in Meppady, Wayanad. Image by Sujith M.M.

Adivasi medicinal plant collection faces uncertain economics [Commentary]

Vipindas P., Thippi Thazhassery, Sujith M.M., Abhi Augustine 2 Apr 2026
During the Raikas' long migrations in search for pastureland, they take breaks at areas with water resources. Image by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Shrinking commons, broken routes strain nomadic pastoralists

Aishwarya Mohanty 30 Mar 2026