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Three years after an oil well blowout, this Assam wetland is slowly coping

Bondita Baruah 28 Dec 2023
Concrete porcupine screens installed on the river bank to stop erosion on a river island near Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Jyotirmoy Saharia

Grassland loss threatens endemic birds in Arunachal sanctuary

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya, Jyotirmoy Saharia 30 Nov 2023

When citizens take ownership of urban commons

Arathi Menon 27 Sep 2023

Declining bird populations are a ‘grim’ reminder of rapid biodiversity loss, says new report

Simrin Sirur 29 Aug 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

Behind Delhi’s floods is a history of encroachment and diminishing wetlands

Simrin Sirur 21 Jul 2023

Kerala’s dwindling mangroves need concerted effort in conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Jul 2023

Bihar’s makhana and the wetlands they grow in

Pranav Kumar 12 Jul 2023
Fishermen engaged in seine net fishing at the Pulicat lagoon. Photo by Xavier Benedict/ AARDE Foundation.

Red listing the Pulicat lagoon may help protect the ecosystem, say researchers

Arathi Menon 4 May 2023
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India budgets for mangroves and wetlands

T. V. Padma 3 Feb 2023

Fifty shades of green: The union budget’s environmental hits and misses

Kundan Pandey 2 Feb 2023

[Commentary] Decentralised waste water treatment systems to improve water security

Somnath Pal, Charu Bhanot 23 Jan 2023
Painted storks in Kazhuveli. Photo by Bupesh Gupta.

[Commentary] Tamil Nadu needs an innovative wetland conservation strategy starting with Kazhuveli

Kannan Vaithianathan 12 Jan 2023
Migratory birds flying at the Bhoj Wetland in Bhopal. The wetland was awarded Ramsar tag in 2002.

Wetland conservation in MP limited by low notification of wetlands

Shahroz Afridi 11 Jan 2023
A fisherwoman pulling up her Chinese net using the traditional Khu-il Chingba method in front of a homestay. Photo by Victor Ningthoujam.

Authorities announce “clean up” of Loktak lake; locals fear loss of fishing commons

Donald Takhell 9 Aug 2022
Wetlands near Doriya River of Majuli Island in North Eastern State Assam, India.

[Commentary] Latest wetland mapping data underscores the need to step up conservation action

Ritesh Kumar 11 Jul 2022
The Suraha Tal Lake is the largest floodplain lake in the Ballia district. Jananayak Chandrashekhar University is situated within the Jai Prakash Narayan (Suraha Tal) Bird Sanctuary. Photo- Ballia district administration

A bird sanctuary’s survival is being threatened in Uttar Pradesh

Mayank Aggarwal 20 May 2022
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Nepal’s first bird sanctuary could be a new attraction for Indian tourists

Abhaya Raj Joshi 1 Apr 2022

Birds in Delhi ponds remind us why we should not ignore small urban wetlands

Kartik Chandramouli 31 Jan 2022
Pokkudan's children revived the defunct Kallen Pokkudan Mangrove Trust in recent months, formed by their father in 2013 to impart mangrove conservation literacy to society. Photo by Bhavapriya JU.

Editor’s review 2021: Energy transitions, biodiversity-climate change links

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 31 Dec 2021