Goa’s environment faces problems from infrastructure boom
Goa's much-highlighted opencast iron ore mining has resulted in significant destruction of tree cover in the iron ore belts, where all vegetation is shaved off to scoop out top soil…
Is the upcoming Char Dham highway speeding towards environmental disaster?
The upcoming 900 kilometre-long Char Dham highway project, is being seen as a strategic attempt to bolster preparation of India’s security forces at the India-China border, apart from increasing tourist…
Scientists describe new species of shieldtail snakes found in Anaikatti hills
About an hour’s drive away from Coimbatore, in the Anaikatti hills, scientists from the herpetology division of Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) have found a new…
Five years since Uttarakhand floods: Continued disregard for the environment is an open invitation for more calamities
Take a disaster-prone area, add some lax administration and generous helpings of construction projects and voila! What do you get? Uttarakhand, the north Indian hill state which is a perfect…
Keezhattur farmers want the highway to bypass their paddy fields and wetlands
Keezhattur village in Kannur district of Kerala has become the focal point of an environmental controversy. While the Kerala Government wants to acquire land passing through paddy fields for constructing…
Should there be road-tunnels under Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park?
Environmentalists are divided over the recent decision of the Maharashtra State Wildlife Board, which is presided over by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to permit a geo-technical survey for two 11-km-long…
A dangerous path: New highway in Uttarakhand could jeopardise tigers
On May 1, forestry officials in the Indian state of Uttarakhand discovered a tiger cub, abandoned and injured. They attempted to rescue the animal, but had arrived too late –…
Special series
Wetland Champions
- [Commentary] India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
- [Commentary] Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots
- The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects
- Welcome to Tsomgo lake: Please don’t litter
Environment And Health
- Stubble burning is back, smothering north India with concerns for the upcoming winter
- Humans are contaminating Earth’s waterways with medicines, pharmaceutical ingredients
- Inhaling particulate matter is increasing the prevalence of anaemia among women of reproductive age
- Health effects of heat stress will intensify disproportionately without ambitious efforts
Almost Famous Species
- [Video] Hangul, the shy Kashmiri deer, is facing the threat of extinction as its habitat shrinks
- Identifying individual mugger crocodiles using drone technology to minimise conflicts
- How preserving forests could save the Indian giant squirrel
- Climate change threatens the habitat of the endangered white-winged wood duck, finds study
Eco Hope
- Urban farms offer a fresh perspective on managing kitchen waste and nurturing a community
- [Book Review] ‘First Steps’ tracks the beginnings of citizen science in India
- Clouds, droughts and other elements of nature recur in Rajasthan’s folk songs
- Longwood Shola forest is a water source for villages in the Nilgiris, maintains biodiversity
India's Iconic Landscapes
- [Video] Hangul, the shy Kashmiri deer, is facing the threat of extinction as its habitat shrinks
- Rajasthan is getting wetter and it’s not good news for the desert ecology
- [Commentary] Traditional water harvesting structures in the Thar desert are vanishing
- [Maps] Environmental path cleared for Great Nicobar mega project
Beyond Protected Areas
- Adivasi honey harvesters demand forest control and criticise ‘unfriendly’ conservation measures
- A newly described cave bat in Sri Lanka indicates presence of more species
- Concern over translocation of tigers in Maharashtra, as conditions in new areas ‘unfavourable’
- Top invasive species are blooming in India despite climate change
Conserving Agro-biodiversity
- Making sense of rainfall changes in Karnataka’s coffee estates through old records
- Adivasi honey harvesters demand forest control and criticise ‘unfriendly’ conservation measures
- [Commentary] Is agroecological farming a solution for rainfed degraded land?
- Farmers fear low fruit production as Kashmir records decline in precipitation
Just Transitions
- India needs to weigh options before partnership with G7 countries to accelerate a just energy transition
- Oil refinery sparks protests over livelihood concerns in Ratnagiri
- After little success in past, India revisits plan to repower its ageing wind turbines
- Land banks in Jharkhand may become a recipe for conflicts
