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Analysts observing climate misinformation at COP26 say it could jeopardise climate action

Aditi Tandon 16 Dec 2021

Lack of diverse, good-quality seeds curb tree-planting goals and reforestation plans

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 15 Dec 2021
Long-term plot census, 2020 Sigur Plateau Tamil Nadu. Photo by Karthik Teegalapalli.

Climate mitigation should not come at cost of biodiversity conservation, warns tropical savannah ecologist

Sahana Ghosh 15 Dec 2021

Scented Marayoor forests under the threat of declassification and spike disease

K.A. Shaji 14 Dec 2021

Glacier loss pushing India’s mountain region towards water insecurity

Kapil Kajal 13 Dec 2021
Cormorant from Kole WetLands ,Thrissur, Kerala. Photo by Manoj K/Wikimedia Commons.

Solving multiple challenges while considering biodiversity and human rights

Sahana Ghosh 13 Dec 2021

Reforestation efforts provide hope, but more work needed on supportive policy and community involvement

Sapna Gopal 9 Dec 2021
In the coal mining areas, thousands depend on the coal ecosystem directly or indirectly for their livelihood. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

India’s coal transition likely to be a “messy and complicated exercise”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Dec 2021

Smugglers using government amnesty scheme as a new tool for exotic wildlife trade

Nabarun Guha 8 Dec 2021

Surveying maps, roping in authorities and building a community for Bengaluru’s lakes

Shoma Abhyankar 6 Dec 2021

COP26 in Glasgow: the hits and the misses

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2021

[Photos] In anticipation of India’s largest coal mining project

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Dec 2021
The contaminated water from the wells. Photo by special arrangement.

In a Himachal village, people accuse a waste management plant for contaminating water

Kapil Kajal 1 Dec 2021
SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Ajit Menon.

[Commentary] Industrialisation gone wrong in coastal Cuddalore

Ajit Menon, Arunkumar A.S. 1 Dec 2021

[Webinar] Should your next vehicle be electric?

Team Mongabay-India 30 Nov 2021

Floating solars illuminating Indian hinterlands, likely to see more expansion

Manish Kumar 26 Nov 2021

[Commentary] COP26 opens doors for India to push for a just transition

Srestha Banerjee 25 Nov 2021

Assam’s perfume tree comes to the tea industry’s rescue

Azera Parveen Rahman 24 Nov 2021

[Explainer] What is the effect of plastic on ecosystems?

Devayani Khare 23 Nov 2021
Members of a women-led group, most involved in farming, in front of solar panels powering irrigation in Jharkhand. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

Small steps are making energy sector more inclusive for women

Sahana Ghosh 23 Nov 2021