Electric buses in India: To be or not to be?
Transport corporations in India are gradually junking rickety old buses that spew blankets of thick black smoke, to make an ambitious and direct leap to cleaner and sophisticated electric buses.…
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Ping! Elephants ahead: reducing human-elephant conflict, one SMS at a time
In India, few animals carry the kind of cultural symbolism like elephants do. Human-elephant interaction boasts a rich history dating back centuries. It is but natural that such a long…
Tiger dead: The big cat that walked from MP to Gujarat dies mysteriously
In the second week of February 2019, the presence of a tiger was confirmed in the Mahisagar area of Gujarat but the happiness was short lived as the big cat…
It is all about encroachment in the hills of Munnar
As communities in the Western Ghats prepare for the national elections, the Munnar-Devikulam region and its fragile ecology are turning hot subjects of political debate not only in Idukki constituency…
[Commentary] India’s farming crisis is a crisis of the ecological commons
At the time of India’s upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the agro-pastoral crisis has emerged as a major flashpoint issue. In March and November 2018, tens of thousands of farmers marched…
Mildly cold weather as deadly as extremely hot temperatures, finds study
A study has revealed moderately cold temperatures (13.8 degree Celsius to roughly 30 degree Celsius) are responsible for a substantially greater number of deaths in comparison to extremely cold and hot temperatures in…
Coonoor citizens join hands to conserve wetlands and waterways
The recent Madras High Court order to evict encroachers from the banks of water bodies in the Nilgiris came as a shot in the arm for the citizens of Coonoor,…
Social media users as ‘environmental sensors’ to conserve Kerala’s wetlands
Ever thought your vacation photos could help decision-makers conserve nature and further enrich your travel? An Indo-Israeli joint study has sniffed out geotagged photo data from popular image hosting service…
Cooking beetles: An island in Assam is eating its farm pest
Beetle fry, anyone? A ‘Pest-aurant’ in the remote and rapidly-shrinking Majuli, world’s largest river island in northeast India, has cooked up a unique method to prevent pests from attacking crops…
India changes coastal rules, bonanza for the industry
Eyeing massive economic growth and employment generation, the Indian government has overhauled the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules which govern developmental activities along the ecologically sensitive 7,500-km-long Indian coastline. Doing…
