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Conservation by eliminating human presence is a flawed construct: study

Latoya Abulu 22 Oct 2021

The home of Chipko movement, now epicentre of disasters and relocation challenges

Seema Sharma 5 Oct 2021

Environmentalists concerned over easy clearances for Bengaluru’s real estate

Bhanu Sridharan 8 Sep 2021
Bonnet macaque at Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Sanctuary, Karnataka, India. Photo by Ullasa Kodandaramaiah/Wikimedia Commons.

Quick solutions for human-monkey conflicts could lead to dangerous results

Mohit M. Rao 7 Sep 2021
Dhriti Banerjee, a forensic entomologist, on the field. Photo from ZSI.

[Interview] The glass ceiling has been shattered, says ZSI’s first woman director

Sahana Ghosh 3 Sep 2021

[Commentary] Transformative adaptation: Ways to improve India’s long-term food security

Parvathi Preethan, Namrata Ginoya 30 Aug 2021

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

India’s permaculture movement is being taken forward by young people

Babli Yadav 12 Aug 2021

Incentivising landowners around Pench to engage in agroforestry for conservation

Priyanka Shankar 2 Aug 2021

Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity

Pamela D'Mello 27 Jul 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021

Are we overlooking the role of grasslands in mitigating climate change?

Aathira Perinchery 29 Jun 2021

Bamboo forest regeneration efforts planned in Chhattisgarh

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 17 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Wildlife in Tillari valley at risk from land-use change

Narendra Patil 31 May 2021

Women from Kerala weave a solution to the region’s climate woes

Catherine Gilon 31 May 2021
Local MLA visits damaged site at Madh Island. Photo by Kiran Kohli.

Cyclone Tauktae exposes vulnerabilities along India’s west coast

Supriya Vohra 26 May 2021

[Interview] Bittu Sahgal: “Young people want to protect the environment, but don’t have their hands on the wheel”

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 21 May 2021

The upcoming marina at Malpe and why the local residents are against it

Rashi Goel 10 May 2021
A group of women from a mountain village in Rajasthan carrying firewood on their heads. They walk for an hour each way in sandals to cut the wood. Photo by Karan Singh Rathore/Flickr

30 years of liberalisation: Existing poor energy access may dive down further with Covid-19

Kundan Pandey 27 Apr 2021