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The Sikkole river. Image by Shawn J. Stephen/Keystone Foundation.

The Irulas mourn a fading river

B. Vijayarani 26 Nov 2025
The single forest road that connects Cholanaikkans with the outside world. Image by Unnnikrishnan Avala.

Asia’s last cave dwellers vanishing in the shadows of change

K.A. Shaji 25 Nov 2025
A new pond being dug at Lalmarg pasture in Ganderbal district. Pastoralist communities in Kashmir work together with the nonprofit Himalayan Pastoral Trust to construct alpine ponds to store harvested rainwater in high-altitude pastures. Image by Shahid Sulaiman.

As springs dry up, pastoralists see potential in rainwater harvesting

Hirra Azmat 21 Nov 2025
The People’s Summit brought together more than 1,100 civil society organisations and highlighted themes such as food sovereignty, environmental justice and just transition. Image by André Ferreira/Mighty Earth.

Belém’s streets turn red, black and green as people march for climate justice

Manish Chandra Mishra 18 Nov 2025

Looking at human-wildlife conflict through a data-first lens

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Oct 2025
A woman shows lemons growing oin her homestead garden in a tribal settlement in Cheeyampam. Image by Vipindas P.

How lemons have helped reclaim nutrition and support livelihoods [Commentary]

Vipindas P. 22 Sep 2025
A woman washes clothes near a well. Most village wells in Melghat contain murky water, which women use to wash clothes and utensils, leading to diseases and infections. Image by Abhijeet Tangde.

Despite dams and water schemes, tribal villages live with drought

Kiran Gite, Vinaya Kurtkoti 28 Aug 2025
Tubers on display at the Nilgiris Earth Festival. Image by Anokha Venugopal/Keystone Foundation.

Tubers and tribals face the climate test

Jeyanthi R. 13 Aug 2025

India’s forest communities hold the climate solutions we overlook [Commentary]

Saurabh Purohit, Y.D. Imran Khan 7 Jul 2025
The marshes of Tso Kar in the Changthang Plateau of Ladakh. The implementation of access and benefit sharing in remote regions is already compromised by the topography and scarcity of resources, and further at risk by the ABS regime. Image by Esha Joshi.

Access and benefit sharing regulations impinge on the rights of local communities [Commentary]

Esha Joshi, Neema P. Broome 16 Jun 2025

[Commentary] Community-based conservation can help achieve 30×30 biodiversity target

Pijush Kumar Dutta 20 Dec 2024

Indigenous leaders assess outcomes on equity at biodiversity COP

Aimee Gabay 12 Nov 2024

[Commentary] Conserving old ways in a new world

Arathi Menon 2 Oct 2024

Addressing climate vulnerabilities in a conference of panchayats

Aishwarya Mohanty 17 Sep 2024

Looking for nutritional gold in wild greens

Arathi Menon 27 Aug 2024

Uniting traditional wisdom with modern science, barefoot ecologists record climate impacts

Gowthami Subramaniam 14 Aug 2024

[Explainer] What is a People’s Biodiversity Register?

Laasya Shekhar 9 Jul 2024

[Book Review] Who are the true stewards of the forests? Decoding forest laws and community rights

Vandana K. 3 Jul 2024

Tamil Nadu’s grazing ban threatens rights, livelihoods of forest dwellers

George Rajasekaran 28 Jun 2024

GI tags protect Indian tradition amid impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss

Priyanka Shankar 6 Jun 2024