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The aim of BHGY is to increase the income of marginal farmers. The scheme is linked to carbon finance so that farmers can take proper care of their orchards. Image by TRIF.

Carbon markets fund plantations and livelihoods

Vishal Kumar Jain 8 Jul 2025
Jaigir lies in the core of the Palamu Tiger Reserve. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla/Mongabay.

Making way for tigers, moving human settlements

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 27 Jun 2025
Aerial view of sand mining. The Supreme Court’s verdict striking down the 2017 and 2021 amnesties for environmental violations has significant legal and commercial implications for companies and infrastructure projects. Image by Saiphani02 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Upholding the law, Supreme Court halts amnesties for EIA violators, jolts industry

Akshay Deshmane 10 Jun 2025
Kanhai Prasad, a farmer in Charai village, secures a mesh netting to protect his crops. "All night you can hear tractors roaring from the forest edge, blasting loud music and crushing stone,” he said. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla/Mongabay.

Stone crushers drive nilgai into fields, damaging crops

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 29 May 2025

Farmers demand separate minimum support price for natural farming products

Vishal Kumar Jain 21 May 2025
A representative image of tree felling in West Bengal. The Supreme Court of India is hearing a petition challenging a government-issued procedure for handling environmental violations. Image by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Industry pushes for reinstatement of amnesty for environmental violations

Akshay Deshmane 25 Apr 2025

Indigenous traditions shape wolf survival

Sneha Mahale 16 Apr 2025
Manisha Oraon, co-founder of The Open Field, interacts with women at her restaurant. Besides serving local cuisine, her team is documenting Jharkhand’s tribal food traditions. Image courtesy of Manisha Oraon

Tribal entrepreneurs bring indigenous cuisine to the urban mainstream

Kundan Pandey 12 Mar 2025
Residents of Pulwama in Jharkhand say that while the Rajhara North coal mine’s reopening might offer temporary benefits, it risks repeating a cycle of displacement and environmental damage. Bindu Devi says that she will fight for the right compensation (R). The government has allocated mining blocks to Fairmine Carbons which has begun production (L). Images by Ashwini Kumar Shukla for Mongabay.

A coal mine reopens, sparking hope and fear

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 11 Mar 2025
Saplings of Semialta

The Semialata plant is a game changer for lac farming in Jharkhand amid climate and migration challenges

Vineeta Parmar 24 Feb 2025

Climate change-induced pest outbreak in sugarcane fields impact quality of jaggery

Vishal Kumar Jain 28 Jan 2025
Women preparing mahua laddu. Image by Mukesh Mahato.

[Commentary] Mahua and its products need GI recognition

Abhijit Dey, Akriti 26 Sep 2024

Lesser adjutants thrive in a Jharkhand district, finds study

Vinaya Kurtkoti 24 Sep 2024

Addressing climate vulnerabilities in a conference of panchayats

Aishwarya Mohanty 17 Sep 2024
Bottle gourds from Mahto’s farm being prepared for market dispatch. Image by Vishal Kumar Jain.

A Jharkhand farmer uses AI and technology to modernise farming

Vishal Kumar Jain 16 Sep 2024

Ruling on mining taxation empowers states, worries industry

Vishal Kumar Jain 21 Aug 2024

Indigenous knowledge of Jharkhand’s forest greens need preserving

Kushagra Rajendra, Vineeta Parmar 10 Apr 2024
Kanhu Purty collects water from a chua in Karampada, Saranda forest. Photo by Manoj Choudhary.

Forest laws complicate access to safe drinking water for tribal groups

Manoj Choudhary 26 Mar 2024

[Commentary] Erratic weather, altered social dynamics disrupt mahua economy in eastern India

Abhijit Dey, Joydeep Chakraborty 29 Nov 2023

[Interview] “Favourable conditions and diet important for ex-situ conservation of wild cats”

Rahul Singh 14 Nov 2023