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A native tarantula as a seasonal food

Sabir Nishat 5 Nov 2026
An aerial view of an island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Representative image by Nabil Naidu via Pexels.

Centre says tribal leaders are not ‘necessary’ parties to Great Nicobar forest rights dispute

Simrin Sirur 27 Oct 2026
Protests against the SUMP in Upper Siang held last week. Image by special arrangement.

Assembly ban imposed in Upper Siang, protesters detained under UAPA

Simrin Sirur 14 Oct 2026
Shompen people in Great Nicobar Island in 1997. The Shompen are the original forest dwellers of the Island. Images courtesy of Manish Chandi.

Isolated island tribes should choose their own destinies, says Manish Chandi [Interview]

Latoya Abulu 28 Sep 2026

People and the politics of contest, construction and compensation

Satish Bhartiya 16 Sep 2026
A coal block in Hasdeo. Even today, approximately 75% of India’s total energy consumption is met by coal-based thermal power plants. Image by Alok Prakash Putul/Mongabay.

Centre tightens grip over mineral taxation, states cry foul

Vishal Kumar Jain 11 Sep 2026
A tiger in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, from where tigers disperse to Kawal Tiger Reserve. Image by A.J.T Johnsingh, WWF-India & NCF via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The tiger reserve with abundant prey but no resident tigers

Nivedhika Krishnan 8 Sep 2026
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