Jammu and kashmir News

RSS
84 stories
A donkey looking for food at a dumping site. Donkeys often turn to such sites after being abandoned during winters. Image by Waseem Dar for Mongabay.

A harsh winter reality for Kashmir’s donkeys

Farzana Nisar, Waseem Dar 5 Mar 2025

Studies gain pace while the identity of Kashmir’s langurs remains gray

Arathi Menon 13 Dec 2024

No-fuss approach to food helps golden jackals thrive

Arathi Menon 29 Nov 2024
Image shows a watercolour of a tree

[Book review] Ancient giants make for great stories

Usha Rai 14 Nov 2024

Pollution, construction threatens Kashmir’s iconic Dal lake, chinar trees

Athar Parvaiz 27 Sep 2024

Changing patterns in precipitation and temperature affect Kashmir’s ecosystem

Mudassir Kuloo 28 Aug 2024
Banner image: Common morel. Image by Joost J Bakker via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Wild edible plants enhance food security and climate resilience in Kashmir, finds study

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 8 Aug 2024

Beekeeping thrives in Kashmir amid bi-annual migration to warmer places

Mudassir Kuloo 2 Jul 2024

Kashmiri willow steps up to the crease and swings for recognition

Hirra Azmat 5 Jun 2024
Dr. Mohsin Ali Gazi (incharge veterinary officer) along with staff treating a leopard in Kashmir: Image- Arranged from Dr Mohsin Ali Gazi

Wildlife rescue operations in Kashmir face an uphill battle with rising human-wildife conflict

Mudassir Kuloo 26 Apr 2024

Indoor saffron farming offers hope amidst declining saffron production

Hirra Azmat 24 Apr 2024
Pine needles being collected from the forest floor at Sunderbani forests, Nowshera Forest Division

Converting pine needles from a fire risk into a livelihood opportunity

Hirra Azmat 1 Apr 2024

Prolonged dry weather impacts J&K’s key sectors, forests, glaciers and water bodies

Mudassir Kuloo 22 Jan 2024

Hangul population in Kashmir could go extinct without intervention, finds long-term study

Sneha Mahale 11 Dec 2023

Dachigam National Park at risk as forest cover, natural habitat reduces, reveals study

Hirra Azmat 24 Nov 2023
Farmer Ghulam Hassan examines the feathery shell of the damaged saffron corms and a quill that is left behind by the porcupines following a nocturnal attack on his field.

Loss of forest cover in Kashmir is pitting a protected animal against the world’s costliest spice

Abrar Mattoo 23 Nov 2023

Microplastics in J&K’s waterbodies dangerous to ecosystems and humans alike

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2023

Gymnosperms that are critical for coniferous forest health may be steadily declining in response to climate change

Hirra Azmat 17 Jul 2023
The first wind power project was planned to be developed at the site in the Bidda village of Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo arranged by Tauseef Ahmed.

A wind project has been waiting to power up for a decade in Jammu and Kashmir

Tauseef Ahmad 12 Jul 2023

Environmentalists raise concerns as work on J&K’s Tawi riverfront continues

Irshad Hussain, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2023