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NGOs call for permanent moratorium on animal imports to Vantara

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2026
Care must be provided to an infant orangutan that is being looked after at a rescue center after losing its mother. Image by Junaidi Hanafiah/Mongabay Indonesia.

Five orangutans found in Odisha forest face long road back home to Indonesia

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Sep 2026
A customer buys caged birds at a pet market in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Your exotic pet could be putting your health at risk

Arathi Menon 10 Sep 2026
Labourers work at a metro line project in Aarey colony, amid protests against felling of trees in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

Kundan Pandey 7 Aug 2026
Weeds being removed from Doddajala lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Government launches new fund for environmental levies

Simrin Sirur 5 Feb 2026

[Commentary] Amendments in the Forest Conservation Act enable community-led recognition of forests

Gautam Aredath 23 Nov 2023

[Commentary] The underbelly of the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023

C. R. Bijoy 7 Apr 2023
A Landsat 7 image of the Sundarbans. Photo by NASA Observatory/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Book review] Lawscape behind landmarks: India’s history of environmental laws and policies

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 16 Mar 2023

[Commentary] A safe passage for the jumbos to the islands on the Brahmaputra

Anupam Sarmah, Arjun Kamdar, David Smith, Hiten Kumar Baishya 14 Feb 2023

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

Rituja Mitra 22 Jun 2022
IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar has often ruffled feathers with authorities for her actions against violations of forests and wildlife laws. As a mother to two boys, she has learnt to identify and stand her ground against gender-based discrimination, especially towards working mothers. Photo from Vanjulavalli Sridhar.

[Interview] ‘There is so much you can do in the forest service’, says IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar

Sahana Ghosh 3 Feb 2021

Nilgiris district collector says, environment before development

Arathi Menon 23 Sep 2020

Excess Baggage: How wildlife is trafficked by air in and out of India

Mahima Jain 10 Jul 2020

States can alter activities prohibited in wetlands as per latest guidelines

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jan 2020

Who killed the wandering rhino in Assam?

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 9 Sep 2019
Women are an important part of India’s fishing industry, especially as fish sellers. In Mangalore market they also work as loaders. Photo by Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar.

India begins regulating its fisheries

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar 22 Jul 2019
Wicker-Artisans

Plastic ban in J&K opens door for revival of wicker crafts

Athar Parvaiz 13 Jun 2019

Tiger range countries commit to course correction to take forward conservation

Mayank Aggarwal 30 Jan 2019

As e-waste continues to pile up, a greater focus on its management is needed

Vrushal Pendharkar 6 Jun 2018

It takes a village to fight off rhino poaching

Moushumi Basu 28 May 2018