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[Commentary] Pastoralists of Gujarat need a passage to participate in governance

Rituja Mitra 22 Jun 2022
Sangnara depends mainly on agriculture and pastoralism for livelihood. Photo by Ravleen Kaur/ Mongabay.

Expansion of windmills in Kachchh impact unique thorn forest and wildlife

Ravleen Kaur 8 Apr 2022
Improving the efficiency of large solar parks is crucial to avoiding the requirement of installing more projects. Photo by Thomas Lloyd Group/Wikimedia Commons.

Reduce air pollution to avoid land conflicts due to solar projects, recommends study

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Mar 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Renewable energy, limited land

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 11 Mar 2022
Korba accounts for about 16 percent of India’s total coal production. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2022
Men carry baskets of tomatoes in a field adjacent to the solar park in Pavagada, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Mongabay.

Given land for power, Pavagada residents now powerless

Arathi Menon 14 Feb 2022

For net-zero by 2050, India needs 2.5 percent of its land for clean energy installation

Mayank Aggarwal 10 Sep 2021

Land conflicts on the horizon as India pursues a clean energy future

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jul 2021

A new tool to site renewable power projects to avoid conflicts

Arathi Menon 7 Jul 2021

Ignored and invisible: The burden of mining on women

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jan 2021

Removing forest dwellers from areas to protect biodiversity costs more than involving them: report

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Dec 2020

Are forest rules used against tribal people in Jammu and Kashmir?

Athar Parvaiz 1 Dec 2020

Latest Kaziranga expansion brings back fear of evictions among residents

Anupam Chakravartty 25 Nov 2020

There is a path to prosperity for India’s coal-dependent towns, but it’s tough

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Nov 2020

India’s largest coalfield to expand, green cover under threat

Manish Kumar 6 Nov 2020

Assam’s tribal communities lost land and forest to mining

Anupam Chakravartty 4 Nov 2020

Rajasthan’s phosphate mines deprive villagers of land, livelihood, health

Kapil Kajal 28 Oct 2020

The precarious journey of Goa’s mining-affected and dependent people

Supriya Vohra 23 Sep 2020

Mega renewable energy park in Kutch could have potentially adverse environmental impact

Mayank Aggarwal 22 Sep 2020

Is joint community ownership the way forward for mineral governance in India?

Mayank Aggarwal 17 Sep 2020