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India has multiple laws to govern its forests including the Forest Conservation Act 1980 which deals with the diversion of forests for non-forestry purposes. Photo by Paul Hamilton/Wikimedia Commons.

[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

Mrinali K. 26 Apr 2022
Chandigarh Fire dept dousing fire at dadumajra dumpsite in chandigarh. Photo by Special Arrangement.

Landfill fire foregrounds improper waste management in Chandigarh

Vivek Gupta 25 Apr 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Farms harvest solar energy

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 25 Apr 2022
Desert fox pups at a den. Photo by Sumeet Moghe/Wikimedia Commons.

The ‘mad babul’ spreads its roots, dominating Indian desert fox habitat

Sneha Mahale 25 Apr 2022
A cement plant in Himachal Pradesh. India is the world’s second-largest cement producer and consumer. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

RBI recommends technology for India’s cement industry to reduce carbon emissions

Mayank Aggarwal 22 Apr 2022

Can carbon-positive villages pave the way for climate resilience?

Sahana Ghosh 21 Apr 2022

Sewing their way to a sustainable menstruation

Azera Parveen Rahman 21 Apr 2022

[Analysis] Proposal on digital sharing of genetic information could circumvent benefit-sharing rights

Bhasker Tripathi 20 Apr 2022
Jim Corbett National Park. Sekhsaria speaks up for wildlife not just inside PAs, but for the wildlife outside PAs. He talks about involving people living inside PAs in their management, and on sensitising people outside PAs. Photo by Shashwat Jha/ Wikimedia Commons.

[Book review] A rough draft of conservation history

T. R. Shankar Raman 19 Apr 2022
Families displaced from Achanakmar Tiger Reserve left their pucca houses and built kutcha (non-permanent) houses. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul.

Two tiger reserves, two different stories of resettlement

Alok Prakash Putul, Translated by Abhishek Jha 18 Apr 2022

Climate change hits home as increasing heatwave days scorch India

Soumya Sarkar 18 Apr 2022

The wind farm paradox in southern Tamil Nadu

Priyanka Shankar 15 Apr 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.

Tamil Nadu opposes high-profile neutrino observatory, citing potential threat to national animal

Mayank Aggarwal 15 Apr 2022

The ghost of asbestos mining continues to haunt this tribal village in Jharkhand

Manish Kumar 14 Apr 2022

[Explainer] What are urban heat islands?

Anusha Krishnan 13 Apr 2022
Image shows smoke rising from a power plant chimney with a setting sun in the background

[Commentary] Speeding up just climate action

Joyashree Roy 13 Apr 2022

Misinformation leads to misperception, polarisation causing delay in climate action: IPCC report

Aditi Tandon 12 Apr 2022

[Commentary] The year of the tiger – and of wild tigers

Rajesh Gopal, Mohnish Kapoor 12 Apr 2022
Dogs not only compete with the raptors for food but there are many instances when they chase and attack them. Photo by Prasanna Kalita.

Vultures in Assam die by pesticide poisoning targeting stray dogs

Nabarun Guha 11 Apr 2022
Sangnara depends mainly on agriculture and pastoralism for livelihood. Photo by Ravleen Kaur/ Mongabay.

Expansion of windmills in Kachchh impact unique thorn forest and wildlife

Ravleen Kaur 8 Apr 2022