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Youth from the Kadar community in Athirapilly fishing in a tributary. Photo credit by Aathira Perinchery.

Over 1,800 rainforest trees to be axed for hydropower project near proposed Athirapilly dam

Aathira Perinchery 12 Nov 2020
The Sandynallah valley where the team did its sampling. Photo by Sarath Kavil.

The Todas may have moved up the Nilgiris 3500 years ago: study

Sahana Ghosh 4 Nov 2020
Bembatty village where the upper reservoir of the Sillahalla hydroelectric project is expected to be located. Photo by Mathimaran.

Concerns over Sillahalla hydroelectric project coming up in the ecosensitive Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 3 Nov 2020

Nilgiris district collector says, environment before development

Arathi Menon 23 Sep 2020

Present versus past: Environmental threats can destroy Edakkal caves and their Stone Age carvings

K.A. Shaji 16 Sep 2020

The bugyals or Himalayan alpine meadows: a treasure trove endangered

Hridayesh Joshi 27 Aug 2020

There’s more to Kodagu floods than heavy rains

Arathi Menon 17 Aug 2020

Deadly landslides are becoming Kerala’s new reality every monsoon

K.A. Shaji 11 Aug 2020
A female otter in river Kolhu, Uttarakhand. Photo by Sayanti Basak.

Protecting rivers and involving communities to conserve Himalayas’ shy otters

Sahana Ghosh 31 Jul 2020

How glaciers in the western Himalayas are reacting differently to climate change and human activities

Mayank Aggarwal 15 Jul 2020

[Commentary] Finding the middle ground with the Changpa herders in Ladakh

Ajay Bijoor 15 May 2020

“Ladies First!”: Women fight against solid waste dumping in this Himachal Pradesh village

Vaishnavi Rathore 13 Apr 2020

[Book Review] Travelling through India’s wildlands in the time of social distancing

Aathira Perinchery 23 Mar 2020

Mysore city has a bird atlas to its credit

Arathi Menon 30 Oct 2019

Unstoppable rivers: Bhutan’s quest for energy security and development in a changing climate

Emma Johnson 28 Oct 2019

Hills of peril: Southwest monsoon inflicts severe damage in the Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 23 Oct 2019

Sky-bound Navi Mumbai airport leaves project-affected behind

Nikhil S. Dixit 17 Oct 2019

Protesting against neglect, Manibeli village in the Narmada valley decides to boycott Maharashtra polls

Kanchan Srivastava 16 Oct 2019

The invisible victims of an unfinished city

Mayank Aggarwal 10 Oct 2019
Coonoor stream after it was cleaned up. Photo by Clean Coonoor.

Coonoor citizens and officials clean the streams and river in the hill town

Nina Varghese 2 Oct 2019