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Gunjavane’s sarpanch, Laxman Rasal (R), and Raintree Foundation field officer Pravin Sanga Shetty at a desilted and revived percolation tank that stores rainwater flowing down from surrounding hills and gradually recharges nearby wells. Image by Saumitra Shinde/Mongabay.

Hilly villages trap runoff to tackle water scarcity amid plenty

Kartik Chandramouli 5 Feb 2026
An Indian grey wolf. Image by Rudraksha Chodankar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why wolf psychology matters for community-based conservation [Commentary]

Devvrat Singh, Rohit R.S. Jha 5 Feb 2026
A village head gazes into a dry well near sugarcane fields damaged by a drought in Beed district, Maharashtra. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

What India risks by dismantling its rural safety net [Commentary]

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jan 2026
Seeds being sown by Kai Thota workers. Kai Thota's model ensures that women farmers get a consistent source of income, while ensuring healthy soil ecosystems and promoting local biodiversity. Image courtesy of Kai Thota.

Centring women in climate-resilient farming

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 15 Jan 2026
Workers desilt a village pond in Asir village, Sirsa district, Haryana, under MGNREGA, now replaced by the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025. Image by Mulkh Singh via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New rural jobs law replaces MGNREGA

Kundan Pandey 22 Dec 2025
Sushma Devi (in green), a paryavaran sakhi, demonstrates the use of an air quality monitor to women in Mahuda village, Dhanbad. Image courtesy of Deshaj Abhikram.

Grassroots women map air pollution hotspots, spur a coal company to curb dust

Vandana K. 11 Dec 2025

The bull lady of Kathasamipalayam dies at 59 [Obituary]

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2025
Local community members protest against alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act. Image shared by local villagers.

Between the roar of tigers and the voices of the forest

Ayushi Sharma 12 Nov 2025
A woman shows lemons growing oin her homestead garden in a tribal settlement in Cheeyampam. Image by Vipindas P.

How lemons have helped reclaim nutrition and support livelihoods [Commentary]

Vipindas P. 22 Sep 2025
Kanhai Prasad, a farmer in Charai village, secures a mesh netting to protect his crops. "All night you can hear tractors roaring from the forest edge, blasting loud music and crushing stone,” he said. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla/Mongabay.

Stone crushers drive nilgai into fields, damaging crops

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 29 May 2025

How shifting weather patterns threaten a sweet legacy

Rushikesh More, Apsara Aga 18 Mar 2025

A wildlife sanctuary in the crossfire

Ruella Rahman Khound 17 Jan 2025
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South Goa tourist hubs found highly vulnerable to climate change

Lisann Dias 15 Jan 2025

Relocating villages in core tiger areas based on science

Nikhil Sreekandan 7 Jan 2025
Image shows a deep mining pit surrounded by layers of dug-up soil and trees in the background

Goa mining: new regime, bigger challenges

Pamela D'Mello 30 Sep 2024
Artist Bhajju Shyam paints himself immersed in nature, playing the Bana and singing traditional songs. Photo by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Converting folklores to fine art

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Mar 2024

A village protects a flock, round the clock

Arathi Menon 19 Feb 2024
Oriental pied hornbill perched on a branch.

How the loss of a natural dye-producing plant initiated the idea of a village sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 6 Dec 2023
Groups of four women form a forest patrol team in Kodalpalli village in Odisha’s Nayagarh district.

The Forest Rights Act sees outcome in a women-led forest stewardship scheme in Odisha

Malavika Vyawahare 27 Nov 2023
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023