Legend has it that in a village on the island of Majuli in Assam, whenever someone needed something, they would go to a nearby beel (wetland) and pray to the…
Eminent Indian ecologist and international environment policy expert S. Faizi is among the six recipients of the Alliance World of Scientists (AWS) 2024 Planet Earth Awards. A staunch supporter of…
Situated atop a hill, 50 km from the district headquarters of Dindori in Madhya Pradesh, is the village of Patangarh. During a visit here, earlier this year, the village resonated…
In the expansive compound surrounding Sundi Bai Uike's hut made from a mixture of clay and cow dung, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a row of 10…
The Rupa Buddhist monastery is abuzz with activity as the Shertukpen people, a prominent tribe residing in the Rupa sub-division of the West Kameng district in the northeastern state of…
Nestled within the coastal communities of Kerala lies an age-old practice that embodies the essence of sustainable living: Kambavala fishing. This traditional method, deeply ingrained in local culture, not only…
The marketplaces in Arunachal Pradesh are brimming with an array of local delights, including seasonal kiwis, persimmons, nuts, etc. What’s most captivating to the waves of tourists flocking into the…
Over a year after the initiation of India's ambitious cheetah reintroduction project, the central government is now in the planning stages for establishing a cheetah breeding and conservation centre in…
Squatting on the veranda against the bright pink wall of her modest home, Boramma focuses her strength and attention on the spindle with a piece of wood mounted on it.…
"In our childhood, the resonating sound of ulakkai (a stone pestle) grinding cholam (white corn) was our daily wake-up call. Our mother would sift it to make chola kali (corn…
Along Tibet's border in Nepal, where tall ancient structures stand in the arid landscape, is the isolated kingdom of Lo Manthang where tourists have been allowed only since the late…
Community tropical forest management is a predictor of multiple positive outcomes, both socially and for the environment, a recent peer-reviewed study found. According to the paper, published in Nature Climate…
In 2009, with hopes to curb the spread of the vibrant flowering shrub lantana (Lantana camara), one of the world’s worst invasive species, the NGO Shola Trust started a long…
On the bank of the horseshoe-shaped Safrai river in the Chala village of Assam’s Charaideo district, stands a lush evergreen forest of over 680 hectares. Nearby, the rectangular shaped structure…
When her mother-in-law started taking her along on forest patrols, Pramila Pradhan, 51, began embracing thengapalli, a form of forest stewardship. In Kodalpalli, Odisha, thenga means stick, and palli means…
What does a forest mean to the forest-dwelling adivasi communities in India? Do they see forest ecosystems the way those outside the forest see it? How much of their interpretation…
In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The local forest staff had set up the device discreetly to…
On August 3, 2021, a flood washed over several villages in the Bundelkhand region of central India. It is speculated that this flood was caused by the unprecedented rainfall coupled…
In a relief to environmentalists and local indigenous population concerned about India’s hydropower ambition in the Dibang river valley region of Arunachal Pradesh, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the…
The water-loving evergreen tree, hijol, adapted to floodplains, has been traditionally managed over millennia as family and community forest in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin. A new study that works out the impact…