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Fire in the mountain sparks debate on jhum safety

Barasha Das 26 Jun 2025
Rescue operation in a flood affected area in Imphal West, Manipur. Photo credit- Manipur Police

Record rainfall followed by floods and landslides batter Northeast India

Nabarun Guha 9 Jun 2025

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

Pijush Kumar Dutta 20 Dec 2024
A leopard cat seen by the Kinabatangan River in Myanmar. The unmanned border areas along the Myanmar border and thick forest cover along the river Tiau, which divides Mizoram and Myanmar, have likely contributed to ease of access, trade, and a general increase in poaching in this part of India. Photo by Mike Prince/Wikimedia Commons.

The silent trade of elusive small cats in Mizoram

Nabarun Guha 3 Aug 2023
Image shows a gecko on a log

New species of parachute gecko recorded in Mizoram

Neha Jain 10 Jul 2023

First dataset on tree-moss dwelling diatoms from Mizoram’s Blue Mountains

Sahana Ghosh 2 Dec 2022

Mizoram youth protest against the national highways widening project

Nabarun Guha 17 Nov 2022
Amit Kumar Bal setting camera traps

[Interview] Researcher Amit Kumar Bal on studying carnivores in the thick of Mizoram forests

Nabarun Guha 3 Oct 2022
Wild animals seized at Khankawn check gate in Champhai district. Photo by Mizoram police.

Champhai district in Mizoram is now a hotspot for wildlife trafficking in India

Nabarun Guha 15 Sep 2022
Image shows a twig with two leaves with greenery in the background against an open sky

Reconstructing 90-year-long rainfall history in northeast India using tea garden records

Sahana Ghosh 7 Sep 2022

Failure to cut GHG emissions is putting species conservation in eastern Himalayas at risk

Sahana Ghosh 16 May 2022

India’s climate mitigation potential in forests overestimated, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Feb 2022
Agriculture is one of the major sources of livelihood for the farmers of Saratchandrapur village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. Photo by Tazeen Qureshy.

Tackling agrobiodiversity loss in Odisha’s Similipal protected area

Tazeen Qureshy 6 Dec 2021

[Commentary] Balancing trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

Joli Rumi Borah and James Reed 21 Oct 2021
A woman returning from a market crosses a palm oil plantation in Damparengpui village, Mamit district, Mizoram. Photo by Gaurab Talukdar.

Mizoram’s balancing act with palm oil’s ecological impact and economic benefits

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Gaurab Talukdar, Nabarun Guha 13 Sep 2021

Bees recorded feeding on sweat and tears of human beings

Roopak Goswami 16 Jul 2021

With more forest fires and an ongoing pandemic, forest dwellers feel the heat this year

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 May 2021

Not two, only one species of hoolock gibbon in India: study

Roopak Goswami 30 Apr 2021

Discoveries and rediscoveries: Stoneflowers in northeast India

Aathira Perinchery 30 Jul 2020

Why do indigenous communities persist with practising shifting cultivation?

Aimee Gabay 22 Jun 2020