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Chilgoza trees in the forest area of Kinnaur district's Jangram Valley. Photo by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Kinnaur’s chilgoza pine trees make way for hydropower projects

Vivek Gupta 23 May 2022

India has high proportion of priority areas for tree conservation and restoration, says study

Carolyn Cowan 23 May 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
The Indian Contingent at Antractica as part of the 2041 expedition, earlier this year. Photo by 2041 foundation.

[Commentary] Journey through Antarctica reveals realities of a changing climate and youth’s role in climate action

Deepika Rawat 20 May 2022
A Great Indian Bustard which allegedly died due to collision with power lines. Photo by Devesh Gadahvi.

Are power lines turning Kutch into a bird graveyard from a bird paradise?

Ronak Gajjar 19 May 2022
Image shows an Asiatic caracal camouflaged in an Indian forest

From a life among royals, to fighting for survival

Apekshita Varshney 18 May 2022

[Explainer] What is carbon pricing?

Anusha Krishnan 18 May 2022

Celebrating tiger numbers in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, while tribal residents await their rights

Arathi Menon 17 May 2022
Tamil Nadu maintains that the neutrino observatory project and allied activities could impact the movement of tigers. Photo by Timothy A. Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Tiger movements between India and Nepal become increasingly restricted, even as numbers rise

Abhaya Raj Joshi, Sahana Ghosh 17 May 2022

India’s coal crisis exposes power sector woes

Manish Kumar 16 May 2022
A private wind farm in Radhapuram, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbraman/Mongabay.

Repowering Tamil Nadu’s aging wind farms to meet clean energy targets

Priyanka Shankar 13 May 2022
Image shows a tiger on a dusty forest track in India

[Commentary] Connecting corridors for tigers in Central India

Anurag Mishra 13 May 2022

[Video] When sand mining alters a river, flooding farmlands in Spiti

Munmun Dhalaria 12 May 2022

Bihar’s organic farming model fails to impress as farmers struggle with low yield and high input cost

Umesh Kumar Ray 12 May 2022

[Webinar] Where is India on the green hydrogen map?

Team Mongabay-India 12 May 2022
Image shows a honeybee surrounded by yellow flowers

What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators

Shobha Menon 12 May 2022

The canaries in the coal mine

Saiyam Khosla 11 May 2022

[Interview] Whitley Award winner from Nepal emphasises on crossborder collaboration to protect the red panda

Abhaya Raj Joshi 11 May 2022
Displaced people of Lohari village, live in a school because their houses have been submerged. Photo by Kapil Kajal.

As Lohari village is submerged for a dam, homes, farms and memories are drowned

Kapil Kajal 10 May 2022
Elephant herd crossing roads at Bandipur. Photo by Lokeshlakshmipathy/Wikimedia Commons.

Corridors with high human activities may not ease elephant connectivity: study

Rupsy Khurana 9 May 2022