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Experts call for coexistence, sustainable development as tiger population is close to saturation

Saurabh Katkurwar 14 Apr 2023
Open panchayat near Narsingarh in Madhya Pradesh. With the 73rd and 74th amendments, India took the first definite step on the path to ensure effective local governance in the 1990s. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/Creative Commons.

State Finance Commissions in ‘poor’ shape, affecting decentralisation process

Kundan Pandey 23 Mar 2023

[Commentary] The missing caste from commons: A reflection from a Telangana village

Amalendu Jyotishi, Dontha Prashanth, Gummadi Sridevi 9 Dec 2022
A huge rock art of an elephant in the district of Ratnagiri. The proposed crude oil refinery complex in the region poses threat to the heritage sites. Photo from Nisargyatri Sanstha.

Oil refinery sparks protests over livelihood concerns in Ratnagiri

Abhijeet Gurjar 17 Nov 2022

In Odisha’s Mangalajodi wetland, youth strive to build a healthier ecosystem and generate livelihoods

Tazeen Qureshy 26 Aug 2022

Bangladesh Sundarbans communities face hardships following a resource hunting ban

Abu Siddique 14 Jul 2022

[Photos] Maharashtra’s female farm workforce struggles in the shadows of floods

Sanket Jain 23 Jun 2022

Low prices offered by the government pushes tendu leaf collectors to explore open market

Alok Prakash Putul 21 Jun 2022

[Book review] The Narmada Bachao Andolan through the eyes of lesser-known tribal leaders

Kundan Pandey 20 Jun 2022

As Kosi river keeps changing, ownership of land on its embankments under question

Umesh Kumar Ray 31 May 2022
Image shows a village meeting in Maharashtra, India

[Commentary] Tracing Panchayati Raj’s role in deepening democracy and decolonising governance over 30 years

C. R. Bijoy 25 May 2022

[Commentary] Thirty years after the Rio Summit the green report card is not fully in the red

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 May 2022

A twin-state hydropower project could drown livelihoods and biodiversity

Kapil Kajal 27 Apr 2022
Image shows woody stem of Rubus ellipticus with fruiting

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 2022
National Tiger Conservation Authority report says a majority of the 575 local people surveyed were positive about the introduction of the tiger. Photo by Ayush Baheti/ Wikimedia Commons.

Is a tiger reserve in Rajasthan’s Kumbhalgarh a bad idea?

Rosamma Thomas 8 Apr 2022
Shandongs, traditional trapping pits, near herder camps were neutralised by removing a few stones to let the trapped wolves escape, and building a stupa near it. Photo by Karma Sonam.

From shandong to stupa: the story of conservation of wolves in Ladakh

Nabarun Guha 25 Mar 2022

Transforming a ghost village with hill-centric livelihood and tourism opportunities

Archana Singh 18 Jan 2022

Return of the tiger at West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve

Nabarun Guha 13 Jan 2022
Remnant forests in large tea monocultures in Darjeeling, Eastern Himalayas. Photo by Annesha Chowdhury.

Tea plantations support biodiversity when managed agroecologically

Roopak Goswami 1 Nov 2021
Thousands of workers across India are involved in coal mining. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

[Commentary] Participatory governance needs to be more effective for just transitions in India

Sarthak Shukla, Amit Kumar 25 Oct 2021